Discrimination and the incidence of psychotic disorders among ethnic minorities in The Netherlands
Author(s) -
Wim Veling,
JeanPaul Selten,
Ezra Susser,
Winfried Laan,
Johan P. Mackenbach,
Hans W. Hoek
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
international journal of epidemiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.406
H-Index - 208
eISSN - 1464-3685
pISSN - 0300-5771
DOI - 10.1093/ije/dym085
Subject(s) - ethnic group , incidence (geometry) , schizophrenia (object oriented programming) , race (biology) , demography , medicine , epidemiology , variation (astronomy) , psychiatry , psychology , political science , sociology , gender studies , physics , optics , law , astrophysics
It is well established now that the incidence of schizophrenia is extremely high for several ethnic minority groups in western Europe, but there is considerable variation among groups. We investigated whether the increased risk among these groups depends upon the degree to which they perceive discrimination based on race or ethnicity.
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