Race in the "decade of the brain".
Despite NIMH efforts to facilitate the study of women and minorities in federally funded schizophrenia research, there is a significant lack of information about race differences in brain morphology and neuropsychological function in schizophrenia. A review of three major psychiatric journals between 1994 and 1996 revealed that only 14 (2.8%) of 502 schizophrenia articles reported the results of race analyses. Only 84 (16.7%) even reported the racial composition of the study sample. The study of race differences in schizophrenia, although fraught with methodological complexity and social/political tension, is necessary to prevent inappropriate generalization of research results across racial groups.
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Dept. of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA.
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D006801:Humans; D010506:Periodicals as Topic / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011594:Psychometrics; D044469:Racial Groups; D012107:Research Design; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000235:genetics / Q000503:physiopathology*