Am J Psychiatry 1984; 141:970-974
Copyright © 1984 by American Psychiatric Association
Diagnosis and pharmacotherapy issues in the care of Hispanics in the public sector
GL Adams, RJ Dworkin and SD Rosenberg
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.
