SOCI 310 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Health Professional, Social Desirability Bias, Systematic Review
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Myth: rates of schizophrenia (biological diseases) are the same across the world regardless of time, place, demographic and context. In fact studies consistently show variations b/w immigrants and non-immigrants and b/w different ethnic groups. Ethnic density (only for schizophrenia, not depression, anxiety ) If low % of minority pop : higher risk of psychosis. Cantor-graae and selten, ajp 2005, summary: systematic review of 18 immigrant studies in western countries mainly u. k. , By country: significant variations across country, significant variation within country according to ethnicity, uk: caribbeans africans asians white, netherlands: moroccans suriname/antilleans turks. Israel: ethiopia former ussr european and north america. Ethnic density is protective: can be yourself in those neighborhood, more local newspaper, media, news from you own country: make you feel more like home. Diff in rates and possible causes (to remember) Diff b/w new world and old world countries.
