Psychological Medicine
Volume 40, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 705-709

The social determinants of psychosis in migrant and ethnic minority populations: A public health tragedy (Review) (Open Access)

Morgan C.* , Hutchinson G.
  • a NIHR Biomedical Research Centre and Centre for Public Mental Health, Health Service and Population Research Department, King's College London, United Kingdom
  • b Psychiatry Unit, Department of Clinical Medical Sciences, University of the West Indies, Mount Hope, Champs Fleurs, Trinidad and Tobago

Abstract

High rates of schizophrenia and other psychoses have been repeatedly found in migrant populations. However, the development of public health responses has been hindered by unfounded claims that the high rates are an artefact of misdiagnosis. Recent research implicating exposure to social adversity across the life course as the key explanation for these high rates has the potential to inform initiatives to tackle this major public health problem. Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2009.

Author Keywords

Social determinants Migration Ethnicity Public health Psychosis

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https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-77952424732&doi=10.1017%2fS0033291709005546&partnerID=40&md5=10d5fbc78625cff969d5bb337420501b
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291709005546
ISSN: 00332917
Cited by: 42
Original Language: English