TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1997//
TI  - Increased rate of psychosis among African-Caribbeans in Britain is not due to an excess of pregnancy and birth complications
JO  - British journal of psychiatry
A1  - Hutchinson, G.
A1  - Takei, N.
A1  - Bhugra, Dinesh
A1  - Fahy, T. A.
A1  - Gilvarry, C.
A1  - Mallett, R.
A1  - Moran, Peter
A1  - Leff, J.
A1  - Murray, R. M.
SP  - 145
EP  - 147
VL  - 171
IS  - 
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 0007-1250
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -