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Transcultural Psychiatry, Vol. 35, No. 1, 39-74 (1998)
DOI: 10.1177/136346159803500102

Schizophrenia in British Immigrants: Recent Findings, Issues and Implications

Eric Jarvis

McGill University

Recent literature reveals three clusters of findings with respect to schizophrenia in British immigrants: (1) while there are high rates of schizophrenia among many British immigrant groups, the rates are most consistently elevated among British Afro-Caribbeans; (2) there are high rates of compulsory hospital admission, and police contact prior to admission, in British Blacks with schizophrenia; and (3) there may be poorer outcome in Afro-Caribbean schizophrenic patients, when compared to Caucasian and Asian patients. Current explanatory hypotheses point away from genetic theories and highlight environmental factors, including socio-economic disadvantage and racism, as well as family and community responses to psychiatric disorders.

Key Words: Caribbean • compulsory admission • immigrant • outcome • schizophrenia • United Kingdom


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