Schizophrenia and affective disorder in black and white patients: a methodologic note.
Contrary to many published reports of higher rates of schizophrenia and lower rates of affective disorder among blacks, this analysis of data collected over a ten-year period in a psychiatric clinic that serves a predominantly black population found minimal differences between the two ethnic groups. Methodologic considerations that reduce spurious black-white differences are discussed. The authors urge proper caution in evaluating such reported differences and propose screening measures to identify biased diagnostic procedures.
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001741:Black or African American; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019964:Mood Disorders / Q000208:ethnology*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000208:ethnology*