Immigrant child and adolescent psychiatric referrals: a five-year retrospective study of Asian and Caucasian families.
OBJECTIVE
Referrals to the Bradford (England) Child and Family Psychiatric Clinic were studied over a five-year period with the purpose of comparing native Caucasian and immigrant groups. Punjabi Moslems of Pakistani descent formed a majority of immigrant referrals.


METHODS
This immigrant sample was compared with native Caucasians matched for age and sex.


RESULTS
Differences between these groups were found in the rates and sources of referral, together with family composition, diagnosis and adherence to treatment.


CONCLUSIONS
These results are discussed in terms of the influence of cultural background and gender socialization. This report makes suggestions with respect to service provision and the assessment of individuals from linguistically unassimilated ethnic minorities.
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Department of Psychiatry, Foothills Provincial Hospital, Calgary, Alberta.
Cawthorpe
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D000293:Adolescent; D000296:Adolescent Psychiatry / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D000416:Alberta; D002648:Child; D002665:Child Psychiatry / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003156:Community Mental Health Services / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D004641:Emigration and Immigration / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005006:Ethnicity / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D010154:Pakistan / Q000208:ethnology; D012017:Referral and Consultation / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D044465:White People / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data