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International Diagnostic Systems and Latin-American Contributions and Issues

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 August 2018

Juan E. Mezzich
Juan E. Mezzich*
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University of Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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The complex socio-cultural features of Latin peoples throughout the Americas represent a potent challenge to health care planning. Attempting to meet this challenge requires consideration of the suitability of diagnostic systems as key clinical and public health tools, as well as exploration of promising ways for improving them.

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III. Psychosocial Aspects
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 154 , Issue S4: Psychiatric Diagnosis: Nosological, Biological and Psychological Aspects , May 1989 , pp. 84 - 90
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