British Journal of Psychiatry
Volume 139, Issue 6, 1981, Pages 506-512

First admissions of native-born and immigrants to psychiatric hospitals in South-East England 1976 (Article)

Dean G. , Walsh D. , Downing H. , Shelley E.
  • a Med.-Soc. Res. Board, Dublin 2, Ireland
  • b Med.-Soc. Res. Board, Dublin 2, Ireland
  • c Med.-Soc. Res. Board, Dublin 2, Ireland
  • d Med.-Soc. Res. Board, Dublin 2, Ireland

Abstract

In the past, birthplace has frequently been omitted in completing the Sheet, but in 1976, over 91% of all first admissions in psychiatric hospitals in South-East England were analysed by birthplace, sex, age-group and marital status. First admissions for schizophrenia were 5 times the expected number for immigrants from New Commonwealth America (the West Indies), 4 times the expected number for immigrants from New Commonwealth Africa (mostly ethnic Asians) and 3 times the expected number from India. Immigrants from Pakistan and the remaining New Commonwealth Asian countries did not show a significantly higher than expected number of admissions for schizophrenia, and their first admissions for alcoholic psychosis and alcoholism, psychoneuroses and personality and behaviour disorders were significantly fewer than expected. First admissions for schizophrenia were also significantly more than expected among immigrants from Ireland, Germany and Poland, but not from Italy.

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Index Keywords

Short Survey central nervous system ethnic or racial aspects geographic distribution mental hospital alcoholism schizophrenia neurosis major clinical study Ireland migration
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DOI: 10.1192/bjp.139.6.506
ISSN: 00071250
Cited by: 111
Original Language: English