The relationship between ethnicity and service access, treatment uptake and the incidence of psychosis among people at ultra high risk for psychosis.
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Authors
Byrne, Majella
Codjoe, Louisa
Morgan, Craig
Stahl, Daniel
Day, Fern
Fearon, Paul
Fusar-Poli, Paolo
Power, Paddy
McGuire, Philip
Valmaggia, Lucia
Issue Date
2018-12-21
Type
Journal Article
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Language
en
Keywords
Early intervention , Ethnic minority , Psychosis , Transition , Ultra High Risk
Alternative Title
Abstract
Black ethnicity is associated with increased risk for psychosis in South London. This study explored the distribution of ethnicity among services users at ultra high risk for psychosis (UHR) and examined the influence of ethnicity on service access, treatment uptake and incidence of psychosis. The ethnic distribution of 228 people at UHR for psychosis, seen in an early detection clinical service over 10 years, was compared with 146 people with first episode psychosis from the same geographic region and census figures for the local population. Black service users were significantly over-represented in the UHR group compared to the background population (34% vs 21%; p < 0.05); but less so than in the first episode sample (58% vs 19%; p < 0.05). Within the UHR sample, there was no strong evidence of differences between ethnic groups in the types of treatment provided, nor in the rate of transition to psychosis over 2 years. The absence of differences between ethnic groups in rates of transition to psychosis raises the possibility that access to mental health care at the high risk stage might have reduced the influence of ethnicity on the incidence of psychosis in this sample. This would need to be replicated in a larger sample.
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Citation
Byrne, M., Codjoe, L., Morgan, C., Stahl, D., Day, F., Fearon, P., Fusar-Poli, P., Power, P., McGuire, P., & Valmaggia, L. (2019). The relationship between ethnicity and service access, treatment uptake and the incidence of psychosis among people at ultra high risk for psychosis. Psychiatry research, 272, 618–627. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2018.12.111
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Copyright © 2018. Published by Elsevier B.V.
Journal
Psychiatry research
Volume
272
Issue
PubMed ID
ISSN
1872-7123