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This research aims to explore the differences in diagnosis frequencies of mental disorders between U.S. and U.K. hospitalized patients.

Cross-National Study of Diagnosis of the Mental Disorders: Some Results from the First Comparative Investigation

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Comparative investigation reveals clinical differences in diagnosis of mental disorders between U.S. and U.K. populations.

This research aims to explore the differences in diagnosis frequencies of mental disorders between U.S. and U.K. hospitalized patients.
Compared consecutive hospital admissions from a U.S. state hospital and an English area mental hospital.
Analyzed independently assigned project diagnoses and official hospital diagnoses.
Investigated the frequency of mental disorder diagnoses given to hospitalized patients in both countries.
Independently assigned project diagnoses showed greater frequency similarity between the two countries compared to official diagnoses.
Genuine clinical differences were found between the mental disorder patient populations of the U.S. and U.K.

Cooper et al. (1969) studied this question.

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