The adaptation and testing of diagnostic and outcome measures for cross-cultural research

摘要: Specific symptom presentations as well patterns of onset, duration, risk and outcome mental illness have been shown to vary across cultures. Cross cultural research aims understand the processes which explain these differences in expression illness. This endeavor can give clues etiology disorders provide evidence on whether different societal responses affects its course, thus ultimately providing improvement treatment. However, cross-cultural is affected by a number methodological substantive issues, namely, definition what constitutes “true” case, use culturally sensitive diagnostic tools need for evaluating outcomes particular context they occur. The present paper focuses main issues describes method consisting obtaining content, semantic, technical, criterion equivalence. has found successful achieving ...