Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences
Volume 24, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 534-541

Sociodemographic and clinical correlates of migrant status in adults with psychotic disorders: Data from the Australian Survey of High Impact Psychosis (Article)

Saha S.* , Morgan V.A. , Castle D. , Silove D. , McGrath J.J.
  • a Queensland Centre for Mental Health Research, Park Centre for Mental Health, Wacol, QLD 4076, Australia, Discipline of Psychiatry, University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD 4072, Australia, Queensland Brain Institute, University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD 4072, Australia
  • b School of Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences, University of Western Australia, Perth, WA 6907, Australia
  • c St Vincents Hospital, University of Melbourne, Fitzroy, VIC 3065, Australia
  • d School of Psychiatry, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
  • e Queensland Centre for Mental Health Research, Park Centre for Mental Health, Wacol, QLD 4076, Australia, Discipline of Psychiatry, University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD 4072, Australia, Queensland Brain Institute, University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD 4072, Australia

Abstract

Objective. The links between migrant status and psychosis have attracted considerable attention in recent decades. The aim of the study was to explore the demographic and clinical correlates of migrant v. Australia-born status in individuals with psychotic disorders using a large community-based sample. Method. Data were drawn from a population-based prevalence survey of adults with psychotic disorders. Known as the Survey of High Impact Psychosis (SHIP), it was conducted in seven Australian catchment areas in 2010. Logistic regression was used for the main analyses, examining associations of migrant status with sociodemographic and clinical variables. Results. Of the 1825 participants with psychotic disorders, 17.8% (n = 325) were migrants, of whom 55.7% (n = 181) were male. Compared to Australia-born individuals with psychosis, migrants were more likely to be currently married, to have completed a higher level at school, to have left school later, and to be employed with full-time jobs. Migrants with psychosis were either no different from or less impaired or disadvantaged compared to their Australian-born counterparts on a range of clinical and demographic variables. Conclusions. In a sample of individuals with psychotic disorders, there was no evidence to suggest that migrant status was associated with worse clinical or socio-economic outcomes compared to their native-born counterparts. © 2014 Cambridge University Press.

Author Keywords

Migrants psychotic disorders schizophrenia sociodemographic factors Clinical factors

Index Keywords

unemployment demography indigenous people sex ratio human psychosis controlled study social aspect academic achievement migrant married person male female socioeconomics population research prevalence Article major clinical study adult Australian residential care community sample health survey
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https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85027949082&doi=10.1017%2fS2045796014000535&partnerID=40&md5=47824577e520f99115bf27da831b103a
DOI: 10.1017/S2045796014000535
ISSN: 20457960
Cited by: 2
Original Language: English