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    Hosp Community Psychiatry. 1992 Jan;43(1):61-4.

    Use of a structured interview to diagnose anxiety disorders in a minority population.

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    Department of Psychiatry, State University of New York, (SUNY) Health Science Center, Brooklyn 11203.

    Abstract

    A structured interview--the Anxiety Disorder Interview Schedule--Revised (ADIS-R)--was used to assess the presence of panic disorder and other anxiety disorders in 100 psychiatric outpatients at an inner-city municipal hospital, most of whom were black and of low socioeconomic status. The ADIS-R identified seven patients as having a primary diagnosis of panic disorder and 16 as having a secondary diagnosis of panic disorder. None of the patients received a primary diagnosis of panic disorder from the outpatient clinical staff, who did not use the ADIS-R. The authors conclude that a structured interview is an effective tool for identifying panic disorder in a minority population, in whom the disorder is generally underdiagnosed.

    PMID:
    1544652
    [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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