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- Title
Cultural and social influences of negative illness appraisals in first-episode psychosis.
- Authors
Upthegrove, Rachel; Atulomah, Onyekachi; Brunet, Kat; Chawla, Rajan
- Abstract
Background In the UK, there has been growing concern about the incidence and prognosis of psychosis in minority ethnic groups for a number of years. Negative self-appraisals after first-episode psychosis ( FEP) are associated with post-psychotic depression, poor functioning and suicidality. In carers, appraisals of loss and decreased control are linked with high expressed emotion and relapse; however, as yet there has been no investigation as to how ethnicity and culture relate to these negative appraisals in FEP. Aims The study aims to investigate the occurrence of negative illness appraisals, for example, loss and shame, in FEP within different ethnic and social-cultural groups. In addition, it aims to explore influence of insight, recovery style and carers' appraisals in the development of negative appraisals. Methods There were 67 patients and 46 carers who completed reliable and valid measures on beliefs about illness, insight and recovery style. Data on ethnicity and deprivation were also collected. Results Black patients experienced significantly less loss, lack of control and entrapment than White, Asian and mixed ethnicity patients, yet these were not explained by lower levels of insight or recovery style. Patient's and carer's appraisals were highly correlated. Conclusion Black patients, in spite of higher incidence and poorer outcome in FEP, experienced less loss and shame. Possible explanations, including a protective aspect of alternative health belief models, are explored. This area provides much scope for further investigation. Strong relationships between patient and carer appraisals indicate that family interventions are essential to improved clinical outcomes.
- Subjects
PSYCHOSES; EMOTIONS; SOCIAL groups; ETHNIC groups; DISEASE incidence; HEALTH outcome assessment; PROGNOSIS
- Publication
Early Intervention in Psychiatry, 2013, Vol 7, Issue 4, p399
- ISSN
1751-7885
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1751-7893.2012.00389.x