title: [Psychiatric studies in the migrant].
abstract: The psychiatric investigation of foreign patients are important in the understanding of the mechanisms of exclusion. This is a descriptive study on a population of foreign patients consulting an outpatient psychiatric service. The diagnoses and modes of intake are discussed. The psychiatric examination is then analysed underlining what is useful for the physicians to understand foreign patients. Common problems are reviewed. Prevention is possible through adjustment of the frame towards specialized consultations.
authors.affiliation: Policlinique psychiatrique universitaire B, Lausanne.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Besson
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003469:Culture; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007406:Interview, Psychological; D008487:Medical History Taking; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000208:ethnology; D008605:Mental Health Services / Q000600:supply & distribution*; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000208:ethnology; D013557:Switzerland; D014171:Transients and Migrants / Q000523:psychology