Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease
Volume 194, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 27-33

Incidence of schizophrenia or other psychoses in first- and second-generation immigrants: A National Cohort Study (Article)

Leão T.S. , Sundquist J. , Frank G. , Johansson L.-M. , Johansson S.-E. , Sundquist K.*
  • a Karolinska Institute, Center for Family Medicine, Stockholm, Sweden
  • b Karolinska Institute, Center for Family Medicine, Stockholm, Sweden
  • c Karolinska Institute, Center for Family Medicine, Stockholm, Sweden
  • d Karolinska Institute, Center for Family Medicine, Stockholm, Sweden
  • e Karolinska Institute, Center for Family Medicine, Stockholm, Sweden
  • f Karolinska Institute, Center for Family Medicine, Stockholm, Sweden, Center for Family Medicine Stockholm, Karolinska Institutet, Alfred Nobels allé 12, SE-141 83 Huddinge, Sweden

Abstract

The main aims of this study were to investigate whether the increased risk of psychotic disorders among certain immigrant groups is present in the next generation and whether having one parent born in Sweden has a protective effect on the risk of psychotic disorders among second-generation immigrants. In total, 2,243,546 individuals were followed from January 1, 1992, until December 31, 1999, for first hospital admission for schizophrenia or other psychoses. Cox regression was used to estimate hazard ratios. The highest risks of psychotic disorders were found among first-generation and second-generation Finns, after adjustment for socioeconomic status. Having one parent born in Sweden had no protective effect on the risk of being hospitalized for psychotic disorders among second-generation immigrants. The disabling symptoms of psychotic disorders call for increased awareness among clinicians and public health planners involved in the treatment and prevention of psychotic disorders, especially among certain immigrant groups. Copyright © 2006 by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.

Author Keywords

schizophrenia Socioeconomic status immigrants psychotic disorders

Index Keywords

hospital admission Cohort Effect immigrant proportional hazards model Finland hospitalization regression analysis schizophrenia Follow-Up Studies follow up human risk assessment immigration Cohort Studies psychosis Ethnic Groups International Classification of Diseases controlled study Sweden social status Humans male female Psychotic Disorders risk factor Risk Factors Incidence Article major clinical study adult Age Factors Emigration and Immigration social class health practitioner parent
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DOI: 10.1097/01.nmd.0000195312.81334.81
ISSN: 00223018
Cited by: 64
Original Language: English