Psychosis in Migrants from the Indian Subcontinent and English-Born Controls
- 1 August 1991
- journal article
- Published by Royal College of Psychiatrists in The British Journal of Psychiatry
- Vol. 159 (2) , 222-225
- https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.159.2.222
Abstract
A cohort of first-generation Asian immigrants who received a diagnosis of a functional psychosis at the Bethlem Royal and Maudsley Hospitals were compared with an English-born control group. The Asians were found to have spent a lower total percentage of time in the two hospitals, had fewer in-patient admissions per year, and had a shorter average duration of stay in hospital than the matched controls.Keywords
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