[Iranian and German Patients in an Urban Psychiatric Practice: Are they Different Concerning Frequency and Severity of Mental Illness?].
OBJECTIVE
Frequency and severity of mental illness in patient samples of two culturally different origins.


METHODS
Employment of the structured interview (Mini-DIPS) and self-assessment questionnaires on depression (BDI-II) and general psychiatric symptom load (SCL-90-R) as well as posttraumatic symptoms (ETI) and sense of coherence (SOC-29) in 55 Iranian and 51 German patients of a psychiatric practice.


RESULTS
Iranian patients show higher symptom load, but also higher resilience.


CONCLUSIONS
The higher burden of symptoms in Iranians can be attributed to traumatic experiences before migration on the one hand and is associated with insufficient language proficiency on the other hand.
Gemeinschaftspraxis für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie, Psychosomatik, Köln.
Rezvan
R
Leidinger
Psychosomatische und Psychotherapeutische Abteilung (Leiterin: Prof. Dr. [TR] Yesim Erim), Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg.
Eva
E
Morawa
Psychosomatische und Psychotherapeutische Abteilung (Leiterin: Prof. Dr. [TR] Yesim Erim), Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg.
Yesim
Y
Erim
D000328:Adult; D003863:Depression / Q000523:psychology*; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D005858:Germany; D006801:Humans; D007492:Iran; D008297:Male; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires