Race, schizophrenia, and admission to state psychiatric hospitals.
The relationships among race, diagnoses of schizophrenia, mood disorder, and admission to state psychiatric hospitals were examined in this study. Two hypotheses and two research questions represented these relationships. Data were analyzed from a sample of 2,311 individuals who had hospital admissions in Indiana during an 8-year period. In comparison with the general population, African Americans were found to be overrepresented among inpatients with diagnoses of schizophrenia. African Americans were four times more likely than White inpatients to receive a diagnosis of schizophrenia. Accountability tools to address issues of differential hospitalization rates and overdiagnosis of schizophrenia are discussed.
Barnes
Arnold
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Department of Sociology and Social Work, 1601 East Market Street-Gibbs Hall, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, Greensboro, NC 27411, USA. abarnes@ncat.edu
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001741:Black or African American / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D006302:Health Services Research; D006778:Hospitals, Psychiatric; D006801:Humans; D007196:Indiana; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010343:Patient Admission; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000208:ethnology