High rates of psychosis for black inpatients in Padua and Montreal: different contexts, similar findings.
OBJECTIVE
This study tested the hypothesis that despite differences in setting, specifically in Padua or Montreal, black psychiatric inpatients will have higher rates of assigned diagnosis of psychosis than their non-black counterparts.


METHODS
Data on psychotic patients admitted to the psychiatry ward were extracted from records of general hospitals in Padua and Montreal. Logistic regression analyses were conducted separately for each site to determine the relation between being black and receiving a diagnosis of psychosis, while controlling for sex and age.


RESULTS
Most black patients at both sites received a diagnosis of psychosis (76% in Padua and 81% in Montreal). Being black was independently and positively associated with being diagnosed with psychosis compared to patients from other groups.


CONCLUSIONS
Black patients admitted to psychiatry, whether in Padua or Montreal, were more likely to be assigned a diagnosis of psychosis than were other patients.
Jarvis
G Eric
GE
McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada. eric.jarvis@mcgill.ca
Toniolo
Irene
I
Ryder
Andrew G
AG
Sessa
Francesco
F
Cremonese
Carla
C
D044383:Black People / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D002170:Canada / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000208:ethnology; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D005260:Female; D006760:Hospitalization / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D038801:International Classification of Diseases / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D007558:Italy / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000208:ethnology; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D044382:Population Groups / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011567:Psychiatric Department, Hospital / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011618:Psychotic Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000208:ethnology*; D014171:Transients and Migrants / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D044465:White People / Q000706:statistics & numerical data