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Language proficiency (LP) seems essential for access to foreign environments, and the limited research concerning its effects on mental health care encouraged this preliminary study.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>We reviewed clinical records of all immigrant psychiatric patients hospitalized at the University of Foggia in 2004\u201309 ( N = 85), and compared characteristics of patients with adequate versus inadequate LP.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Subjects (44 men, 41 women; aged 35.7\u00b110.0 years) represented 3.62\u00b10.94% of all hospitalizations in six years. (2004\u201309). Most (60.0%) had emigrated from other European countries. Many were diagnosed with a DSM-IV unspecified psychosis (40.0%) or adjustment disorder (18.8%), and 45.9% were in first-lifetime episodes. Average comprehension and spoken LP was considered adequate in 62.4% and inadequate in 37.6%. In multivariate modelling, adequate LP was more prevalent among women, emigration from another European country, receiving more psychotropic drugs at hospitalization, and having entered Italy legally.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Findings support an expected importance of LP among immigrant psychiatric inpatients, and encourage language assessment and training as part of the comprehensive support of such patients, especially men.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1177\/0020764013487653","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2013,6,5]],"date-time":"2013-06-05T23:43:50Z","timestamp":1370475830000},"page":"299-303","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/sage-journals-update-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":11,"title":["Language proficiency among hospitalized immigrant psychiatric patients in Italy"],"prefix":"10.1177","volume":"60","author":[{"given":"Antonio","family":"Ventriglio","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Univeristy of Foggia, Foggia, Italy"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Ross J.","family":"Baldessarini","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"International Consortium for Bipolar and Psychotic Disorders Research, McLean Hospital and Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Salvatore","family":"Iuso","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Univeristy of Foggia, Foggia, Italy"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Antonella","family":"La Torre","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Univeristy of Foggia, Foggia, Italy"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Antonio","family":"D\u2019Onghia","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Univeristy of Foggia, Foggia, Italy"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Michela","family":"La Salandra","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Univeristy of Foggia, Foggia, Italy"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Maristella","family":"Mazza","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Univeristy of Foggia, Foggia, Italy"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Antonello","family":"Bellomo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Univeristy of Foggia, Foggia, Italy"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"179","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2013,6,5]]},"reference":[{"key":"bibr1-0020764013487653","volume-title":"La depresi\u00f3n en los inmigrantes: una perspectiva transcultural","author":"Achotegui J.","year":"2002"},{"key":"bibr2-0020764013487653","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1007\/978-1-4614-3710-9"},{"key":"bibr3-0020764013487653","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.3138\/9781487579876-084"},{"key":"bibr4-0020764013487653","first-page":"201","volume-title":"Nebraska Symposium on Motivation","author":"Berry J. 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