Morgan C, Hutchinson G
NIHR Biomedical Research Centre, and Centre for Public Mental Health, Health Service and Population Research Department, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College, London, UK.
Psychiatry Unit, Department of Clinical Medical Sciences, University of the West Indies, Mount Hope, Champs Fleurs, Trinidad.
Psychol Med. 2010 May;40(5):705-709. doi: 10.1017/S0033291709005546.
High rates of schizophrenia and other psychoses have been repeatedly found in migrant populations. However, the development of public health responses has been hindered by unfounded claims that the high rates are an artefact of misdiagnosis. Recent research implicating exposure to social adversity across the life course as the key explanation for these high rates has the potential to inform initiatives to tackle this major public health problem.
在移民群体中,精神分裂症和其他精神病的发病率一直居高不下。然而,公共卫生应对措施的发展受到了一些毫无根据的说法的阻碍,这些说法认为高发病率是误诊的结果。最近的研究表明,一生中接触社会逆境是这些高发病率的关键原因,这有可能为解决这一重大公共卫生问题的举措提供信息。