At 12:50 PM -0500 12/7/01, David Epstein wrote: >Found this in my weekly check of BMJ. Interesting. > > Schizophrenia in ethnic minorities is more common in white neighbourhoods > > "The incidence of schizophrenia among non-white people increases > significantly as the proportion of non-white ethnic minorities in a > particular area falls. Boydell et al (pB 1336) found that as the > proportion of non-white ethnic minorities in electoral wards in > London fell, the incidence of schizophrenia in these groups > rose. These results were not explained by deprivation. Increased > exposure to or decreased protection from overt discrimination, > institutional racism, inequality, or isolation are possible > explanations."
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