Am J Psychiatry 1984; 141:690-692
Copyright © 1984 by American Psychiatric Association
The frequency of major psychiatric disorder in Chinese inpatients
SM Yan, DZ Xiang, YZ Chao, DY Chen, DQ Zhang and MA Taylor
The authors applied DSM-III criteria to 268 consecutive Chinese inpatients.
Nearly a quarter had affective disorder, a third had schizophrenia, and,
except for one patient, none had alcoholism or drug abuse. The authors
discuss the factors influencing hospitalization in China.
