Migration and schizophrenia
@article{Selten2007MigrationAS, title={Migration and schizophrenia}, author={Jean-Paul Selten and Elizabeth Cantor-Graae and Ren{\'e} S. Kahn}, journal={Current Opinion in Psychiatry}, year={2007}, volume={20}, pages={111–115} }
Purpose of review An exploration of the evidence that a history of migration is a risk factor for schizophrenia and an evaluation of those studies that seek an explanation for this. Recent findings A meta-analysis found an increased risk for schizophrenia among first-generation and second-generation migrants and found a particularly high risk for migrants from countries where the majority of the population was Black. The latter finding was confirmed and extended by a large first-contact…
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