Zahid Uzma, Hosang Georgina M, de Freitas Daniela Fonseca, Mooney Roisin, Bhui Kamaldeep
Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
Department of Psychology, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King's College London, London, UK.
Schizophrenia (Heidelb). 2023 Jun 9;9(1):37. doi: 10.1038/s41537-023-00367-8.
Syndemic theory is described as population-level clustering or co-occurrence of health conditions in the context of shared aetiologies that interact and can act synergistically. These influences appear to act within specific places of high disadvantage. We suggest ethnic inequality in experiences and outcomes of multimorbidity, including psychosis, may be explained through a syndemic framework. We discuss the evidence for each component of syndemic theory in relation to psychosis, using psychosis and diabetes as an exemplar. Following this, we discuss the practical and theoretical adaptations to syndemic theory in order to apply it to psychosis, ethnic inequality and multimorbidity, with implications for research, policy, and practice.
综合征理论被描述为在相互作用且可能产生协同作用的共同病因背景下,健康状况在人群层面的聚集或同时出现。这些影响似乎在特定的高度不利地区发挥作用。我们认为,包括精神病在内的多重疾病在经历和结果方面的种族不平等,可能可以通过综合征框架来解释。我们以精神病和糖尿病为例,讨论综合征理论各组成部分与精神病相关的证据。在此之后,我们讨论对综合征理论的实际和理论调整,以便将其应用于精神病、种族不平等和多重疾病,探讨其对研究、政策和实践的影响。