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| Psychoses, ethnicity and socio-economic status | | Author(s) | J B Kirkbride, D Barker, F Cowden |
| Journal title | British Journal of Psychiatry, vol 193, June 2008 |
| Pages | pp 18-24 |
| Source | http://bjp.rcpsych.org |
| Keywords | Psychoses ; Ethnic groups ; Economic status [elderly] ; Correlation ; Longitudinal surveys ; London. |
| Annotation | Consistent observation of raised rates of psychoses among black and minority ethnic (BME) groups may possibly be explained by their lower socio-economic status. The East London First Episode Psychosis Study (ELEEP), a 2-year population-based study of DSM-IV psychotic disorder in individuals aged 18-64 in East London tested whether risk of psychoses remained elevated in BME populations compared with the White British. All BME groups had elevated rates of a psychotic disorder, after adjusting for age, gender and socio-economic status. For schizophrenia, risk was elevated for people of black Caribbean and black African origin, and for Pakistani and Bangladeshi women. Mixed White and Black Caribbean, and White other groups had elevated rates of affective psychoses and other non-affective psychoses. Elevated rates of psychoses in BME groups could not be explained by socio-economic status, even though current socio-economic status may have overestimated the effect of the confounder given potential misclassification as a result of downward social drift in the prodrome phase of psychosis. These findings extended to all BMR groups and psychotic disorders, though heterogeneity remains. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-080717201 A |
| Classmark | EL: TK: F:W: 49: 3J: 82L |
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