title: Perceived Discrimination in Patients With Psychiatric Disorder and Turkish Migration Background in Germany.
abstract: Perceived discrimination (PD) has a negative impact on the course of psychiatric disorders. We have investigated PD in inpatients with affective or anxiety disorder and Turkish migration background (TP) or native Germans (GP). Migration-related, clinical, and sociodemographic data of n = 62 TP and n = 62 GP, matched for age, sex, and psychiatric diagnoses, were retrospectively analyzed. PD was assessed as one of 10 questions related to migration and acculturation (yes/no, severity 0-10). PD prevalence rates were compared between TP and GP; relationships of PD with other variables were analyzed using bivariate correlations and multiple regression analyses. A PD prevalence of 26% in TP and 1% in GP was found (odds ratio, 21.2 [2.7-165.8]). Migration background was the strongest predictor of PD in the total group. Within the TP sample, asylum-seeking status and migration-related distress were significantly predictive of PD. In patients with psychiatric disorder in Germany, PD seems to be strongly related to migration-related distress.
authors.affiliation: *Vitos Clinical Centre for Psychiatry and Psychotherapy Giessen-Marburg; †Faculty of Medicine, University of Giessen, Giessen; and ‡Institute of European Ethnology and Cultural Studies, University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany.
authors.forename: Matthias J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Müller
authors.forename: Eckhardt
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Koch
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D054242:Emigrants and Immigrants / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D005858:Germany / Q000208:ethnology; D006801:Humans; D007297:Inpatients / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008297:Male; D028642:Persons with Psychiatric Disorders / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008875:Middle Aged; D011287:Prejudice / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D015995:Prevalence; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014421:Turkey / Q000208:ethnology