title: Mood disorders in first- and second-generation immigrants: systematic review and meta-analysis.
abstract: BackgroundAlthough there are consistent reports of higher psychosis rates among immigrants, the information on mood disorders is limited.AimsTo review and quantify the difference in incidence of mood disorders in first- and second-generation immigrant (FGI and SGI) groupsv.non-immigrants.MethodPubMed, EMBASE and PsycINFO were searched for articles from cohort studies reporting incidence of mood disorders among FGIs and SGIs.ResultsEighteen studies met our inclusion criteria. The summary relative risk (RR) for FGIs was 1.25 (95% CI 1.11-1.41), based on 17 effect sizes and 6120 cases, and 1.16 (95% CI 0.96-1.40) for SGIs based on three effect sizes. Men seemed at higher risk (RR = 1.29, 95% CI 1.06-1.56).ConclusionsClinicians should view FGIs as a group at risk of mood disorders, especially men. Further research is needed to understand immigrants' risk, especially in SGI.
authors.affiliation: Irina Mindlis, MPH, Lic, Division of General Internal Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, USA; Paolo Boffetta, MD, MPH, Institute for Translational Epidemiology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, USA Irina.mindlis@mssm.edu.
authors.forename: Irina
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Mindlis
authors.affiliation: Irina Mindlis, MPH, Lic, Division of General Internal Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, USA; Paolo Boffetta, MD, MPH, Institute for Translational Epidemiology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, USA.
authors.forename: Paolo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Boffetta
mesh_terms: D054242:Emigrants and Immigrants / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D019964:Mood Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology*