title: Standardised assessment in developing countries.
abstract: In developing countries, the standardised psychiatric assessment raises special problems: lack of trained manpower, lack of research facilities, transcultural aspects of concepts and wording originally elaborated by Western psychiatrists. The author gives a few examples, mainly from the PSE.
mesh_terms: D000349:Africa; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D003906:Developing Countries; D005060:Europe; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D011570:Psychiatry / Q000592:standards*; D011581:Psychological Tests / Q000592:standards*; D013577:Syndrome; D014177:Translations