Are American psychiatric outpatients more depressed than Chinese outpatients?

Tested the assumption that Americans tend to seek psychiatric help for depression, whereas Chinese patients are more likely to have somatic symptoms of emotional disturbance. 99 Taiwanese and 97 American psychiatric outpatients were given computerized diagnoses based on information obtained in a standard psychiatric interview schedule. Ss were primarily aged 15–34 yrs. It was found that the Chinese Ss scored higher on the measures of somatization but also on the measures of depression. Data do not support the assumption. (7 ref) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)