Dear David and all, Interesting indeed. Thanks. As many (all?) of you know, there is a wide agreement in schizophrenia studies that more attention needs to be paid to one's parental socioeconomic status (SES) ratehr than to one's own SES. The reason for this being that it's hard to tell whether one's own SES is a risk factor for or product of the illness (or of the predisposition for it). I think this kind of information is key in this study too. That is, do the parents live in these areas as well, and for how long. In cases where it is only the patient, it may well be a product of the illness process (seeking help, distancing oneself from a true or imagined hostile family/culture, etc.), ratehr than a contributing factor for it. Does the paper provide this kind of info? Best, Danny
Danny Koren Chair, Clinical Program Psychology Department University of Haifa Haifa, Israel Quoting David Epstein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > 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." > > Full text: > http://bmj.com/cgi/content/full/323/7325/1336 > > --David > > > --- > You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
