title: Extremism, religion and psychiatric morbidity in a population-based sample of young men.
abstract: There is growing risk from terrorism following radicalisation of young men. It is unclear whether psychopathology is associated.
  
  
  
  To investigate the population distribution of extremist views among UK men.
  
  
  
  Cross-sectional study of 3679 men, 18-34 years, in Great Britain. Multivariate analyses of attitudes, psychiatric morbidity, ethnicity and religion.
  
  
  
  Pro-British men were more likely to be White, UK born, not religious; anti-British were Muslim, religious, of Pakistani origin, from deprived areas. Pro- and anti-British views were linearly associated with violence (adjusted odds ratio (OR) = 1.51, 95% CI 1.38-1.64, P<0.001, adjusted OR = 1.33, 95% CI 1.13-1.58, P<0.001, respectively) and negatively with depression (adjusted OR = 0.72, 95% CI 0.61-0.85, P<0.001, adjusted OR = 0.64, 95% CI 0.48-0.86, P = 0.003, respectively).
  
  
  
  Men at risk of depression may experience protection from strong cultural or religious identity. Antisocial behaviour increases with extremism. Religion is protective but may determine targets of violence following radicalisation.
authors.affiliation: Jeremy W. Coid, MBChB, MD(Lond), FRCPsych, MPhilDipCriminol, Violence Prevention Research Unit, Wolfson Institute of Preventive Medicine, Queen Mary University of London, London; Kamaldeep Bhui, MBBS, MSc, MD, FRCPsych, Centre for Psychiatry, Wolfson Institute of Preventive Medicine, Queen Mary University of London, London; Deirdre MacManus, MB ChB, MSc, MRCPsych, PhD, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neurosciences, King's College London, London; Constantinos Kallis, PhD, Violence Prevention Research Unit, Wolfson Institute of Preventive Medicine, Queen Mary University of London, London; Paul Bebbington, PhD, FRCP, FRCPsych, Division of Psychiatry, Faculty of Brain Sciences, University College London, London; Simone Ullrich, PhD, Violence Prevention Research Unit, Wolfson Institute of Preventive Medicine, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK.
authors.forename: Jeremy W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Coid
authors.affiliation: Jeremy W. Coid, MBChB, MD(Lond), FRCPsych, MPhilDipCriminol, Violence Prevention Research Unit, Wolfson Institute of Preventive Medicine, Queen Mary University of London, London; Kamaldeep Bhui, MBBS, MSc, MD, FRCPsych, Centre for Psychiatry, Wolfson Institute of Preventive Medicine, Queen Mary University of London, London; Deirdre MacManus, MB ChB, MSc, MRCPsych, PhD, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neurosciences, King's College London, London; Constantinos Kallis, PhD, Violence Prevention Research Unit, Wolfson Institute of Preventive Medicine, Queen Mary University of London, London; Paul Bebbington, PhD, FRCP, FRCPsych, Division of Psychiatry, Faculty of Brain Sciences, University College London, London; Simone Ullrich, PhD, Violence Prevention Research Unit, Wolfson Institute of Preventive Medicine, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK.
authors.forename: Kamaldeep
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Bhui
authors.affiliation: Jeremy W. Coid, MBChB, MD(Lond), FRCPsych, MPhilDipCriminol, Violence Prevention Research Unit, Wolfson Institute of Preventive Medicine, Queen Mary University of London, London; Kamaldeep Bhui, MBBS, MSc, MD, FRCPsych, Centre for Psychiatry, Wolfson Institute of Preventive Medicine, Queen Mary University of London, London; Deirdre MacManus, MB ChB, MSc, MRCPsych, PhD, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neurosciences, King's College London, London; Constantinos Kallis, PhD, Violence Prevention Research Unit, Wolfson Institute of Preventive Medicine, Queen Mary University of London, London; Paul Bebbington, PhD, FRCP, FRCPsych, Division of Psychiatry, Faculty of Brain Sciences, University College London, London; Simone Ullrich, PhD, Violence Prevention Research Unit, Wolfson Institute of Preventive Medicine, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK.
authors.forename: Deirdre
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: MacManus
authors.affiliation: Jeremy W. Coid, MBChB, MD(Lond), FRCPsych, MPhilDipCriminol, Violence Prevention Research Unit, Wolfson Institute of Preventive Medicine, Queen Mary University of London, London; Kamaldeep Bhui, MBBS, MSc, MD, FRCPsych, Centre for Psychiatry, Wolfson Institute of Preventive Medicine, Queen Mary University of London, London; Deirdre MacManus, MB ChB, MSc, MRCPsych, PhD, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neurosciences, King's College London, London; Constantinos Kallis, PhD, Violence Prevention Research Unit, Wolfson Institute of Preventive Medicine, Queen Mary University of London, London; Paul Bebbington, PhD, FRCP, FRCPsych, Division of Psychiatry, Faculty of Brain Sciences, University College London, London; Simone Ullrich, PhD, Violence Prevention Research Unit, Wolfson Institute of Preventive Medicine, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK.
authors.forename: Constantinos
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Kallis
authors.affiliation: Jeremy W. Coid, MBChB, MD(Lond), FRCPsych, MPhilDipCriminol, Violence Prevention Research Unit, Wolfson Institute of Preventive Medicine, Queen Mary University of London, London; Kamaldeep Bhui, MBBS, MSc, MD, FRCPsych, Centre for Psychiatry, Wolfson Institute of Preventive Medicine, Queen Mary University of London, London; Deirdre MacManus, MB ChB, MSc, MRCPsych, PhD, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neurosciences, King's College London, London; Constantinos Kallis, PhD, Violence Prevention Research Unit, Wolfson Institute of Preventive Medicine, Queen Mary University of London, London; Paul Bebbington, PhD, FRCP, FRCPsych, Division of Psychiatry, Faculty of Brain Sciences, University College London, London; Simone Ullrich, PhD, Violence Prevention Research Unit, Wolfson Institute of Preventive Medicine, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK.
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bebbington
authors.affiliation: Jeremy W. Coid, MBChB, MD(Lond), FRCPsych, MPhilDipCriminol, Violence Prevention Research Unit, Wolfson Institute of Preventive Medicine, Queen Mary University of London, London; Kamaldeep Bhui, MBBS, MSc, MD, FRCPsych, Centre for Psychiatry, Wolfson Institute of Preventive Medicine, Queen Mary University of London, London; Deirdre MacManus, MB ChB, MSc, MRCPsych, PhD, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neurosciences, King's College London, London; Constantinos Kallis, PhD, Violence Prevention Research Unit, Wolfson Institute of Preventive Medicine, Queen Mary University of London, London; Paul Bebbington, PhD, FRCP, FRCPsych, Division of Psychiatry, Faculty of Brain Sciences, University College London, London; Simone Ullrich, PhD, Violence Prevention Research Unit, Wolfson Institute of Preventive Medicine, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK s.ullrich@qmul.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Simone
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ullrich
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003863:Depression / Q000208:ethnology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010154:Pakistan / Q000208:ethnology; D011057:Politics; D011203:Poverty / Q000208:ethnology*; D012069:Religion and Psychology; D006113:United Kingdom / Q000208:ethnology; D014754:Violence / Q000208:ethnology*; D055815:Young Adult