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Cross-national differences in measures of psychiatric morbidity
Abstract:
This byproduct of an epidemiological study of psychiatric disorders in the Washington Heights are of New York City suggests that there are Anglo-American differences in measures of psychiatric morbidity. A description of the project and examples of some of the results are presented. Some possible causes and implications of the Anglo-American differences are discussed.
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