PMID- 18202725
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20080204
LR  - 20181201
IS  - 0807-7096 (Electronic)
IS  - 0029-2001 (Linking)
VI  - 128
IP  - 2
DP  - 2008 Jan 17
TI  - [Immigrants' use of out-patient psychiatric services].
PG  - 162-5
AB  - BACKGROUND: We wanted to identify patient characteristics among non-western 
      immigrants who received treatment at an outpatient psychiatric clinic in Oslo, 
      and to compare their utilization pattern with that of ethnic Norwegian patients. 
      MATERIAL AND METHODS: The sample consisted of all the patients who received 
      treatment at Toyen outpatient psychiatric clinic (N=1095). Demographic 
      characteristics, variables connected to clinical status and non-western 
      immigrants' use of the services were compared with corresponding information for 
      ethnic Norwegians. Severity of symptoms was measured with the Global Assessment 
      of Functioning (GAF) rating scale. In addition, gender, ethnic background and 
      self-reported mental health of the patients (data from the HUBRO-study) were 
      compared with that for the total population in the clinic's catchment area. 
      RESULTS AND INTERPRETATION: Average age, severity of symptoms, and number of 
      treatment sessions were similar in the ethnic groups. The proportion of immigrant 
      patients treated in the clinic was higher than the proportion living in the 
      clinic's catchment area. However, if the different ethnic groups' use of 
      psychiatric services is compared to their self-reported psychiatric symptoms, the 
      results indicate that non-western immigrants use out-patient psychiatric services 
      less than should be expected.
FAU - Ayazi, Touraj
AU  - Ayazi T
AD  - Lovisenberg Diakonale Sykehus, Toyen distriktspsykiatriske senter (DPS), 
      Hagegaten 32, 0653 Oslo. ayazilowbar;t@yahoo.no
FAU - Bogwald, Kjell-Petter
AU  - Bogwald KP
LA  - nor
PT  - Comparative Study
PT  - Journal Article
TT  - Innvandreres bruk av poliklinisk psykiatrisk tjeneste.
PL  - Norway
TA  - Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen
JT  - Tidsskrift for den Norske laegeforening : tidsskrift for praktisk medicin, ny 
      raekke
JID - 0413423
SB  - IM
MH  - Community Mental Health Services/*statistics & numerical data
MH  - Emigrants and Immigrants/*psychology
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Mental Disorders/diagnosis/ethnology/therapy
MH  - Norway/ethnology
MH  - Refugees/psychology
MH  - Sex Distribution
EDAT- 2008/01/19 09:00
MHDA- 2008/02/05 09:00
CRDT- 2008/01/19 09:00
PHST- 2008/01/19 09:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2008/02/05 09:00 [medline]
PHST- 2008/01/19 09:00 [entrez]
AID - 1641262 [pii]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen. 2008 Jan 17;128(2):162-5.