Psychiatric morbidity in people born in Ireland

Commander, Martin; Odell, S. M.; Sashidharan, S. P.; Surtees, Paul G.

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“…We identified 15 migrant studies from eight countries: Australia ( n = 2; [55,207]), Germany ( n = 1; [92]), India ( n = 1; [175]), Israel ( n = 1; [200]), Taiwan ( n = 1; [129]), the Netherlands ( n = 1; [173]); United Kingdom ( n = 7; [39,43,65–68,133]); and United States ( n = 1; [180]).…”

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A Systematic Review of the Prevalence of Schizophrenia

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BackgroundUnderstanding the prevalence of schizophrenia has important implications for both health service planning and risk factor epidemiology. The aims of this review are to systematically identify and collate studies describing the prevalence of schizophrenia, to summarize the findings of these studies, and to explore selected factors that may influence prevalence estimates.Methods and FindingsStudies with original data related to the prevalence of schizophrenia (published 1965–2002) were identified via searching electronic databases, reviewing citations, and writing to authors. These studies were divided into “core” studies, “migrant” studies, and studies based on “other special groups.” Between- and within-study filters were applied in order to identify discrete prevalence estimates. Cumulative plots of prevalence estimates were made and the distributions described when the underlying estimates were sorted according to prevalence type (point, period, lifetime, and lifetime morbid risk). Based on combined prevalence estimates, the influence of selected key variables was examined (sex, urbanicity, migrant status, country economic index, and study quality).A total of 1,721 prevalence estimates from 188 studies were identified. These estimates were drawn from 46 countries, and were based on an estimated 154,140 potentially overlapping prevalent cases. We identified 132 core studies, 15 migrant studies, and 41 studies based on other special groups. The median values per 1,000 persons (10%–90% quantiles) for the distributions for point, period, lifetime, and lifetime morbid risk were 4.6 (1.9–10.0), 3.3 (1.3–8.2), 4.0 (1.6–12.1), and 7.2 (3.1–27.1), respectively. Based on combined prevalence estimates, we found no significant difference (a) between males and females, or (b) between urban, rural, and mixed sites. The prevalence of schizophrenia in migrants was higher compared to native-born individuals: the migrant-to-native-born ratio median (10%–90% quantile) was 1.8 (0.9–6.4). When sites were grouped by economic status, prevalence estimates from “least developed” countries were significantly lower than those from both “emerging” and “developed” sites (p = 0.04). Studies that scored higher on a quality score had significantly higher prevalence estimates (p = 0.02).ConclusionsThere is a wealth of data about the prevalence of schizophrenia. These gradients, and the variability found in prevalence estimate distributions, can provide direction for future hypothesis-driven research.

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“…It would seem reasonable to suppose that variation will also be observed when the 'White' and 'Black' categories are disaggregated. For example, within the former category, in which the highest risk is concentrated, people born in Ireland are known to have higher rates of alcohol problems than the non-Irish White population (Cochrane & Bal, 1989;Commander, Odell, Sashidharan & Surtees, 1999). It may be that yet more substantial ethnic differences may be observed in more detailed studies.…”

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Can it really be this black and white? An analysis of the relative importance of ethnic group and other sociodemographic factors to patterns of drug use and related risk among young Londoners

McCambridge

Strang

2005

Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy

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“…Additionally, the public house was for the Irish, possibly distinct among ethnic groups in the UK, a centre for finding employment and accommodation. Evidence of heavy alcohol consumption and excessive rates of alcohol-related disease among the Irish in Britain is plentiful (Commander et al 1999;Harrison and Carr-Hill 1992), yet explanation for these data is scarce. Harrison and Carr-Hill (1992) suggest that alcohol intake increases following migration to Britain and that this may be related to social adversity (see also Pearson et al 1991).…”

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Older Irish migrants living in London: identity, loss and return

Leavey¹,

Sembhi²,

Livingston

2004

Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies

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More than a quarter of a million people left Ireland for Britain in the 1940s and 1950s.The literature on the Irish experience in Britain reveals high levels of social deprivation and poor health, some of which has been attributed to prejudice and discrimination, the legacy of a colonial relationship. Other commentators have suggested the more interwoven complexities for Irish migrants in Britain of maintaining an authentic identity. In this paper we explore the myth of return, encompassing notions of identity and settlement for this cohort of Irish people, now in the latter part of their lives. They discuss complex, conflicting attitudes to 'home' and belonging. We used focus groups and semi-structured in-depth interviews to explore their reasons for, and experience of, migration and their attitudes to the possibility of return. Many of the informants, particularly single men, detailed their lives as exiles, unable to return to Ireland and poorly connected to British life. They describe a state of disconnection to both worlds. Others have been able to obtain, over time, a relatively contented existence in the UK.

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Psychiatric morbidity in people born in Ireland

Abstract: The excess morbidity for alcohol use disorders reported in people born in Ireland is affirmed and the need for longitudinal and ethnographic research into this important public health issue emphasised.

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A Systematic Review of the Prevalence of Schizophrenia

A Systematic Review of the Prevalence of Schizophrenia

Can it really be this black and white? An analysis of the relative importance of ethnic group and other sociodemographic factors to patterns of drug use and related risk among young Londoners

Older Irish migrants living in London: identity, loss and return

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