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Eva J Brandl1,2, Nora Dietrich1, Nicoleta Mell1
1Psychiatrische Universitätsklinik der Charité im St. Hedwig-Krankenhaus, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin.
Objective:
A better understanding of specific sociodemographic and clinical factors in patients with migration background may help to significantly improve psychiatric treatment outcome of these patients. Therefore, we investigated these factors in a large sample of psychiatric outpatients.
Methods:
N = 423 psychiatric patients of a large outpatient service were assessed for sociodemographic variables as well as clinical variables including diagnosis, psychopharmacological treatment, treatment duration and current symptom load (SCL-14).
Results:
We found significant differences between patients with and without migration background in terms of sociodemographic and clinical factors such as education, employment and main diagnose. Patients with migration background had a significantly higher current symptom load, especially for somatic symptoms.
Conclusion:
The data underline the large differences between patients with and without migration background regarding sociodemographic and clinical factors. These differences should be considered in psychiatric treatment of these patients.
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