Severe mental disorder in Afro-Caribbean patients: some social, demographic and service factors
Psychol med
; 19(3): 683-96, Aug. 1989.
Artigo
em Inglês
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| ID: med-9415
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ABSTRACT
Forty-two consecutively identified Afro-Caribbean patients with a first episode of psychosis were compared with a similar group of non-Caribbean patients. A number of differences emerged, although the same portion of patients in each group had symptoms for 6 months or more prior to psychiatric contact. Afro-Caribbean patients showed greater delay in seeking help, more `disturbance' later in the course of their illness and were more likely to be admitted compulsorily. The social geography of the two groups suggests that the high rates of schizophrenia and related psychoses that we previously reported cannot be explained simply by differences in area of residence at the time of presentation. (AU)
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Base de dados:
MedCarib
Assunto principal:
Transtornos Psicóticos
/
Esquizofrenia
/
Comparação Transcultural
Tipo de estudo:
Estudo prognóstico
Limite:
Adulto
/
Humanos
País/Região como assunto:
Caribe
Idioma:
Inglês
Revista:
Psychol med
Ano de publicação:
1989
Tipo de documento:
Artigo