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- Title
Socio-demographic and clinical characteristics of migrants to Ireland presenting with a first episode of psychosis.
- Authors
O'Donoghue, B.; Sexton, S.; Lyne, J. P.; Roche, E.; Mifsud, N.; Brown, E.; Renwick, L.; Behan, C.; Clarke, M.
- Abstract
Objectives: When presenting with a first episode of psychosis (FEP), migrants can have different demographic and clinical characteristics to the native-born population and this was examined in an Irish Early Intervention for Psychosis service. Methods: All cases of treated FEP from three local mental health services within a defined catchment area were included. Psychotic disorder diagnoses were determined using the SCID and symptom and functioning domains were measured using validated and reliable measures. Results: From a cohort of 612 people, 21.1% were first-generation migrants and there was no difference in the demographic characteristics, diagnoses, symptoms or functioning between migrants and those born in the Republic of Ireland, except that migrants from Africa presented with less insight. Of those admitted, 48.6% of admissions for migrants were involuntary compared to 37.7% for the native-born population (p = 0.09). Conclusions: First-generation migrants now make up a significant proportion of people presenting with a FEP to an Irish EI for psychosis service. Broadly the demographic and clinical characteristics of migrants and those born in the Republic of Ireland are similar, except for less insight in migrants from Africa and a trend for a higher proportion of involuntary admissions in the total migrant group.
- Subjects
IRELAND; STATISTICS; NOMADS; ANALYSIS of variance; PSYCHOSES; SCHIZOPHRENIA; MANN Whitney U Test; REGRESSION analysis; HEALTH service areas; T-test (Statistics); CHI-squared test; MENTAL depression; DESPAIR; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; SOCIODEMOGRAPHIC factors; DATA analysis; EARLY medical intervention; MENTAL health services
- Publication
Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine, 2023, Vol 40, Issue 3, p336
- ISSN
0790-9667
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1017/ipm.2020.132