Hunter Ernest, Gynther Bruce, Anderson Carrick, Onnis Leigh-Ann, Groves Aaron, Nelson Jeff
Queensland Health, Cairns, QLD, Australia.
Australas Psychiatry. 2011 Oct;19(5):434-8. doi: 10.3109/10398562.2011.583068.
The aim of this study was to describe prevalence and characteristics of psychotic disorders in a remote Indigenous population.
Clinical review of all patients with an active diagnosis of a psychotic disorder in remote communities of Cape York and the Torres Strait.
170 patients were identified and demographic, social and treatment variables described.
Psychotic disorders are common and more so among young adult Aboriginal men, with high rates of comorbid conditions including substance use, intellectual impairment and diabetes. In parallel to this case complexity, there are high rates of coercive treatments. Certain differences by ethnicity and location are described and possible explanations proposed.
本研究旨在描述偏远原住民群体中精神障碍的患病率及特征。
对约克角和托雷斯海峡偏远社区所有被确诊患有精神障碍的患者进行临床评估。
确定了170名患者，并描述了其人口统计学、社会和治疗变量。
精神障碍很常见，在年轻成年原住民男性中更为常见，同时存在包括物质使用、智力障碍和糖尿病在内的高共病率。与此类病例复杂性并存的是，强制治疗率很高。描述了按种族和地点的某些差异并提出了可能的解释。
