front 1 Aim | back 1 a study to diagnosis and classification of depression in Switzerland, Canada, Japan, and Iran |
front 2 Method | back 2 576 Participants were used |
front 3 Procedures | back 3 Used a standard diagnosis system for the four countries |
front 4 Results | back 4 40% of the participants displayed systems that were not on the classification system |
front 5 Conclusion | back 5 Diagnosis and classification needs an emic (culturally- specific) approach because norms are different in different cultures |