Ethnic and migrational impact on the clinical manifestation of depression

Abstract

Depressive symptomatology varies between ethnic groups. These differences are mainly due to ethnicity as such but migration may play an additional role. It is essential for physicians to be aware of atypical presentation forms of depression in minority groups.

Country variations in depressive symptoms profile in Asian countries: Findings of the Research on Asia Psychotropic Prescription (REAP) studies

“…Many international studies have reported cultural and ethnic variations in reporting depressive symptoms (Deisenhammer et al ., ; Lloyd et al ., ). Thus, there are doubts on the fitness of Western diagnostic system for Asian patients who present differently with clinical depression.…”

“…As also shown in Figure 5, centers from highincome countries were reported to have significantly more vegetative symptoms cluster (P < 0.05); upper middle-income countries reported significantly more of the mood (P < 0.001) and cognitive symptoms clusters (P < 0.01); and lower middle-income countries reported less of mood symptoms cluster but more of the cognitive symptoms cluster (P < 0.05). Many international studies have reported cultural and ethnic variations in reporting depressive symptoms (Deisenhammer et al, 2012;Lloyd et al, 2012). Thus, there are doubts on the fitness of Western diagnostic system for Asian patients who present differently with clinical depression.…”

Symptom manifestation and treatment effectiveness, -obstacles and -facilitators in Turkish and Moroccan groups with depression in European countries: A systematic review

“…Dutch was not an exception, as the relevant papers from Dutch scholars were published in English. c) The study sample was formed completely or partially by participants older than 18 (e.g., the parents of children and samples aged [15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24].…”

Kulturelle Unterschiede bezüglich der depressiven Störung und Bindungsorientierung

“…Eine Vergleichsstudie der depressiven Symptomatik von türkisch-vs. österreichstämmigen Patientinnen zeigte, dass türkische Migrantinnen im Vergleich zu Türkinnen im Herkunftsland und Öster-reicherinnen mehr somatische Beschwerden aufwiesen, was auf die bereits genannten Migrationseffekte zurückzuführen sei. Auch konnten signifikant unterschiedliche Profile der depressiven Symptomatik aufgedeckt werden, wobei beide türkischen Populationen mehr Somatisierungen vorwiesen [41].…”