Patterns of illness and care over the 5 years following onset of psychosis in different ethnic groups; the GAP-5 study.

Albus Alaghband-Rad Andreasen, Bebbington, Birchwood, Boydell, Compton, Crumlish, Davies, Di Forti, Di Forti, Emsley, Emsley, Endicott, Harrison, Harrison, Harrison, Harrison, Harrow, Jablensky, Kaleda, Kiev, Leese, Lieberman, Loebel, Malla, Mallett, Mann, McG (Editor), Ajnakina O., Lally Lopez-Morinigo J., Di Forti M., Kolliakou A., Gardner-Sood P., Lally Lopez-Morinigo J., Dazzan P., Pariante C.M., Mondelli V., MacCabe J., David A.S., Gaughran F., Murray R.M., Olesya; ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3987-1236 Vassos E. AO - Ajnakina, Olesya Ajnakina, John Lally, Marta Di Forti, Anna Kolliakou, Poonam Gardner-SoodJavier Lopez-Morinigo, Paola Dazzan, Carmine M Pariante, Valeria Mondelli, James MacCabe, Anthony S David, Fiona Gaughran, Robin M Murray, Evangelos Vassos, Evangelos A I - ORCID: http://orcid.org/Ajnakina Vassos Olesya; ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3987-1236, Lally, John; ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3038-0625, Kolliakou, Anna; ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1234-4129, Dazzan, Paola; ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8427-3617, Mondelli, Vale

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Abstract

PURPOSE: Previous research has not provided us with a comprehensive picture of the longitudinal course of psychotic disorders in Black people living in Europe. We sought to investigate clinical outcomes and pattern of care in Black African and Black Caribbean groups compared with White British patients during the first 5 years after first contact with mental health services for psychosis., METHODS: 245 FEP cases aged 18-65 who presented to psychiatric services in 2005-2010 in South London (UK). Using the electronic psychiatric clinical notes in the South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust (SLaM), extensive information was collected on three domains-clinical, social, and service use., RESULTS: During the 5-year follow-up (mean = 5.1 years, s.d. = 2.4; 1251 person years) after first contact with mental health services, a higher proportion of Black African and Black Caribbean ethnicity had compulsory re-admissions (chi 2 = 17.34, p = 0.002) and instances of police involvement during an admission to a psychiatric unit (chi 2 = 22.82, p <0.001) compared with White British ethnic group. Patients of Black African and Black Caribbean ethnicity did not differ from the ethnic group in overall functional disability and illness severity, or frequency of remission or recovery during the follow-up period. However, patients of Black ethnicity become increasing socially excluded as their illness progress., CONCLUSIONS: The longitudinal trajectory of psychosis in patients of Black ethnicity did not show greater clinical or functional deterioration than white patients. However, their course remains characterised by more compulsion, and longer periods of admission.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1101-1111
Number of pages11
JournalSocial Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology
Volume52
Issue number9
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2017

Keywords

  • *African Continental Ancestry Group/px [Psychology
  • *Disease Course
  • *Disease Management
  • *European Continental Ancestry Group/px [Psycholog
  • *Psychosis
  • *Psychotic Disorders/eh [Ethnology]
  • *Psychotic Disorders/th [Therapy]
  • *Racial and Ethnic Differences
  • *Racial and Ethnic Groups
  • *psychology
  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • African Continental Ancestry Group/sn [Statistics
  • Aged
  • Black person
  • Caribbean
  • Caribbean Region/eh [Ethnology]
  • Caucasian
  • Europe
  • Europe/ep [Epidemiology]
  • European Continental Ancestry Group/sn [Statistics
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Longitudinal Studies
  • Male
  • Mental Health
  • Middle Aged
  • Onset (Disorders)
  • Psychotherapeutic Outcomes
  • Test Construction
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Young Adult
  • adolescent
  • adult
  • aged
  • epidemiology
  • ethnology
  • female
  • human
  • longitudinal study
  • male
  • middle aged
  • psychosis/su [Surgery]
  • statistics and numerical data
  • treatment outcome
  • young adult

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