Social identity and psychosis: Explaining elevated rates of psychosis in migrant populations

JC McIntyre, A Elahi, RP Bentall - Social and Personality …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
A substantial body of literature suggests that migrants are at greater risk of developing
psychotic symptoms, such as paranoia, compared to non‐migrants. To date, researchers …

Psychoses sans Frontieres: towards an interdisciplinary understanding of psychosis risk amongst migrants and their descendants

J Dykxhoorn, JB Kirkbride - Epidemiology and psychiatric sciences, 2019 - cambridge.org
Understanding the excess risk of psychotic disorders in migrant and ethnic minority groups
has long been an important research focus in psychiatric epidemiology and public mental …

The social determinants of psychosis in migrant and ethnic minority populations: a public health tragedy

C Morgan, G Hutchinson - Psychological Medicine, 2010 - cambridge.org
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 …

Immigration, social environment and onset of psychotic disorders

F Bourque, E van der Ven… - Current …, 2012 - ingentaconnect.com
The recent decade has been characterized by a resurging interest for socio-environmental
determinants of psychotic disorders, largely as a result of findings from studies of migration …

Immigration and psychotic experiences in the United States: another example of the epidemiological paradox?

H Oh, J Abe, N Negi, J DeVylder - Psychiatry Research, 2015 - Elsevier
In Europe, it is widely established that immigration increases risk for psychotic disorder.
However, research has yet to confirm this association in the United States, where immigrants …

Subclinical psychosis in adult migrants and ethnic minorities: systematic review and meta-analysis

A Tortelli, A Nakamura, F Suprani, F Schürhoff… - BJPsych Open, 2018 - cambridge.org
BackgroundIt is well established that migration and ethnic minority status are risk factors for
psychotic disorders. Recent studies have aimed to determine if they are also associated with …

Migration, ethnicity and psychoses: evidence, models and future directions

C Morgan, G Knowles, G Hutchinson - World Psychiatry, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
There is a large body of research reporting high rates of psychotic disorders among many
migrant and minority ethnic groups, particularly in Northern Europe. In the context of …

The role of migration processes and cultural factors in the classification of personality disorders

A Najjarkakhaki, S Ghane - Transcultural Psychiatry, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Migrants and ethnic minorities are at risk of being under-and overdiagnosed with personality
disorders (PDs). A culturally informed approach to the classification of PDs guides clinicians …

Comparing risk factors for non-affective psychotic disorders with common mental disorders among migrant groups: a 25-year retrospective cohort study of 2 million …

KK Anderson, B Le, J Edwards - Schizophrenia Bulletin, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Background and Hypothesis Although migration is a well-established risk factor for
psychotic disorders, less is known about factors that modify risk within migrant groups. We …

The social defeat hypothesis of schizophrenia: a parsimonious explanation for multiple psychosis risk factors?

R Schalbroeck - Psychological Medicine, 2023 - cambridge.org
In their recent meta-analysis, Selten, van der Ven, and Termorshuizen (2020) report an
increased risk of psychotic disorder in first-and second-generation migrants, and show that …