@article{ref1,
title="Increased rate of psychosis among African-Caribbeans in Britain is not due to an excess of pregnancy and birth complications",
journal="British journal of psychiatry",
year="1997",
author="Hutchinson, G. and Takei, N. and Bhugra, Dinesh and Fahy, T. A. and Gilvarry, C. and Mallett, R. and Moran, Peter and Leff, J. and Murray, R. M.",
volume="171",
number="",
pages="145-147",
abstract="BACKGROUND: It has been suggested that the increased rate of psychotic illness among African-Caribbeans living in Britain is due to an excess of pregnancy and birth complications (PBCs). METHOD: We therefore compared the frequency of PBCs in a group of White psychotic patients (n = 103) and a comparable group of patients of African-Caribbean origin (n = 61); the latter consisted of 30 first-generation (born in the Caribbean) and 31 second-generation (born in Britain) individuals. RESULTS: White psychotic patients were more than twice as likely to have a history of PBCs as their African-Caribbean counterparts (odds ratio = 2.34, 95% confidence interval (CI) 0.88-6.47, P = 0.062). The same trend was observed among patients with a DSM-III diagnosis of schizophrenia (odds ratio = 1.65, 95% CI 0.56-4.97, P = 0.32). The rate of PBCs was similar among the first- and second-generation Caribbean psychotic patients. CONCLUSIONS: The increased rate of psychotic illness that has been reported among the African-Caribbean population in Britain is not due to an increased prevalence of PBCs.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0007-1250",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}