title: The impact of immigration on the development of adolescent schizophrenia.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Impact of immigration on the development of adolescent schizophrenia.
  
  
  METHODS
  The review of literature used Academic Search Premier, CINHAL, PsychINFO, PubMed, and MEDLINE databases to examine reasons given to immigration as a risk factor to adolescent schizophrenia.
  
  
  RESULTS
  There is not a single factor or a group of related factors that could explain why the incidence of schizophrenia among immigrants is higher compared with natives of the host county.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Further inquiry into this phenomenon is needed to understand factors that increase the risk of schizophrenia among immigrant children and to help plan and implement strategies for prevention.
authors.affiliation: Laboure College, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA. ampadu.e@neu.edu
authors.forename: Esther
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ampadu
mesh_terms: D000069:Acculturation; D000293:Adolescent; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004641:Emigration and Immigration / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D011287:Prejudice; D012307:Risk Factors; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000208:ethnology / Q000451:nursing*; D012565:Schizophrenic Psychology