主诉、症状与诊断的文化相关性(英文)

Complaints, symptoms and the cross-cultural relevance of diagnoses

Expensive, high-technology research currently dominates the content of most psychiatric journals, but there is still a continuing need for detailed clinical studies and for studies that address fundamental conceptual issues. These studies, which are primarily based on

Expensive, high-technology research currently dominates the content of most psychiatric journals, but there is still a continuing need for detailed clinical studies and for studies that address fundamental conceptual issues. These studies, which are primarily based on the interviewing and follow-up of patients and other community members, do not require expensive technology and laboratory equipment but they do need trained professional staff over significant periods of time, so they are not necessarily much cheaper than high- technology studies. This editorial will discuss a few of these types of studies.