Psychosis in Asian immigrants from the Indian sub-continent: preliminary findings from a follow-up study including a survey of general practitioners.
The paper presents preliminary findings from a follow-up study of 86 first-generation immigrants to the United Kingdom from the Indian sub-continent, and a matched indigenous English-born control group. All subjects had originally been seen at the Bethlem Royal and Maudsley Hospitals and had been diagnosed as suffering from a functional psychosis. Attempts to locate the patients 5-20 years later revealed that a significantly higher proportion of the immigrant group could not be traced to a general practitioner within the United Kingdom, or otherwise accounted for. Possible explanations for this finding are advanced; the fact itself has important implications for those concerned with the provision of care and services for mentally ill immigrants in this country.
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Epidemiology Unit, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK.
D001459:Bangladesh / Q000208:ethnology; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D004739:England / Q000453:epidemiology; D005006:Ethnicity / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007194:India / Q000208:ethnology; D010154:Pakistan / Q000208:ethnology; D010348:Patient Care Team / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011618:Psychotic Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology; D013188:Sri Lanka / Q000208:ethnology