Symptom severity in bilingual Hispanics as a function of clinician ethnicity and language of interview.

摘要: Research on bilingual patients is equivocal about how language influences clinical judgment in psychiatric interviews. In this study, 148 Hispanics with schizophrenia, depression, and anxiety disorders were interviewed English, Spanish, or both. Hispanic clinicians rated symptoms more severe than did Anglo clinicians, severity was highest interviews, followed by lowest English. Results have implications for Diagnostic Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (4th edition; American Psychiatric Association, 1994) cultural considerations.