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Diagnosis in Cross-National Context

By: Richard Ruth, Ayelet Krieger & Andrea Liner
In: Cultural Sociology of Mental Illness: An A-to-Z Guide
Edited by: Andrew Scull
Subject:Sociology of Health & Illness, Clinical Psychology (general)

Mental health diagnosis is difficult to conceptualize and compare across national contexts because of differences in diagnostic systems, clinicians' diagnostic preferences, issues involving diagnostic and assessment methodologies, and the differential development of mental ...

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  Ruth, R., Krieger, A., & Liner, A. (2014). Diagnosis in cross-national context. In A. Scull (Ed.), Cultural sociology of mental illness: An A-to-Z guide (Vol. 1, pp. 208-210). SAGE Publications, Inc., https://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781483346342.n78
  
  Ruth, Richard, Ayelet Krieger, and Andrea Liner. "Diagnosis in Cross-National Context." In Cultural Sociology of Mental Illness: An A-to-Z Guide, edited by Scull, Andrew, 208-10. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781483346342.n78.
  
  Ruth, R., Krieger, A. and Liner, A. 2014. Diagnosis in Cross-National Context. In: Andrew Scull Editor, 2014. Cultural Sociology of Mental Illness: An A-to-Z Guide, Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc. pp. 208-210 Available at: <http://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781483346342.n78> [Accessed 28 Jan 2021].
  
  Ruth, Richard, et al. "Diagnosis in Cross-National Context." Cultural Sociology of Mental Illness: An A-to-Z Guide. Edited by Andrew Scull. Vol. 1. Thousand Oaks: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2014, pp. 208-10. SAGE Knowledge. 28 Jan 2021, doi: http://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781483346342.n78.
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