Discrimination, ethnicity and psychosis — a qualitative study
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12928182 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Apu Chakraborty (0009-0002-3076-6587, The Royal Free Hospital, corresponding author), Kwame Mckenzie (0000-0001-6419-8130, University of Toronto), Michael King (0000-0003-4715-7171, University College London) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 2 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 18-29 |
| Publication date | 2009-05-13 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Ethnicity and Inequalities in Health and Social Care (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1757-0980 • E-ISSN: 2042-8367 |
| Publisher | Emerald Publishing Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1108/17570980200900004 |
| OpenAlex | W1967083066 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 34 |
Background: the increased incidence of psychosis in African‐Caribbeans in the UK compared to the white British population has been frequently reported. The cause for this is unclear; social factors are said to account for this increase and one factor that is often cited is discrimination.Aims and method: we have looked at two groups of psychotic patients, blacks of Caribbean origin and white British, and present a qualitative comparison of the individual's experience of unfair treatment and its perceived cause.Results: the African‐Caribbean patients did not describe more perceived discrimination than their white counterparts but were more likely to claim that their distress was due to racial discrimination perpetrated by the psychiatric services and society in general. The white patients were more likely to attribute perceived discrimination to their mental illness.Conclusion: this mismatch of explanatory models between black patients and their doctors may account for some inequalities in their treatment, their relative non‐engagement and adverse outcome.Declaration of interest: none
Declaration · Distress · Ethnic group · Mental health · Mental illness · Political science · Population · Psychiatry · Psychosis · Race (biology · Schizophrenia (object-oriented programming · Sociology · White (mutation · White British · Clinical Psychology · Medicine · Mental Health Treatment and Access · Migration, Health and Trauma · Psychology · Racial and Ethnic Identity Research
Mental Health, Race and Culture
Early manifestations and first-contact incidence of schizophrenia in different cultures
Black Power
Section 136 and African/Afro-Caribbean Minorities
Emergent Ethnicity
Life events, ethnicity and perceptions of discrimination in patients with severe mental illness
First psychiatric admission rates of first and second generation Afro Caribbeans
Relation Between Racial Discrimination, Social Class, and Health Among Ethnic Minority Groups
Toward a theory of assimilation and dissimilation
Aliens and alienists
The compulsory detention of Afro-Caribbeans under the Mental Health Act
| Citations per year | 0.08 |
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| Citation span | 2013 - 2013 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |