Clinical data from 1,752 ambulatory patients treated at five public
mental health clinics were used to test hypotheses concerning the diagnoses
and psychopharmacotherapy of Hispanic patients compared with Anglos and
blacks. Hispanics were less likely than the other two groups to be labeled
schizophrenic but more likely to be diagnosed as having other mental
illnesses. Hispanics were less likely to receive medication than the other
two groups. However, when pharmacotherapy was used there were no
significant differences among groups in the number of medications
prescribed. There were no differences among the groups in the doses
prescribed.
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