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The colour that lends support
- Author:
- COBB Alison
- Journal article citation:
- Diverse Minds Magazine, 10, October 2001, pp.4-6.
- Publisher:
- MIND
Reports on Mind's analysis of its yellow card scheme which highlights the need for people to get better information, to have more say in their treatment, and gain greater support for managing withdrawal.
Psychosocial characteristics and needs of mothers with psychotic disorders
- Authors:
- HOWARD Louise M., KUMAR Howard R., THORNICROFT Graham
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Psychiatry, 178, May 2001, pp.427-432.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
It is not known whether mothers with psychotic disorders are clinically and socially distinct from women with psychoses who have not had children. Article aims to determine the proportion of mothers in an epidemiologically representative population of women with psychotic disorders, to examine the factors associated with having children, and to examine the factors associated with having children 'looked after' by social services. Sixty-three per cent of women with psychotic disorders in the study were mothers. There were no clinical differences between women with or without children, but mothers were more likely to be older and live in unsupported accommodation. Having had a 'looked after' child was associated with Mental Health Act detention, younger age, a forensic history and being Black African. Concludes that many women with psychoses are mothers. Mothers with psychoses are as disabled and have as many needs as women with psychoses without children.
Understanding the excess of psychosis among the African-Caribbean population in England: review of current hypotheses
- Authors:
- SHARPLEY Mandy, et al
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Psychiatry, 178(Supplement 40), April 2001, pp.60-68.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
Increased rates of schizophrenia continue to be reported among the African-Caribbean population in England. This article aims to evaluate the competing biological, psychological and social explanations that have been proposed. A literature review, reveals that African-Caribbean population in England is at increased risk of both schizophrenia and mania; the higher rates remain when operational diagnostic criteria are used. The excess of the two psychotic disorders are probably linked: African-Caribbean patients with schizophrenia show more affective symptoms, and more relapsing course with greater social disruption but fewer chronic negative symptoms, than White patients. No simple hypothesis explains these findings. Concludes that more complex hypotheses are needed. One such links cultural variation in symptom reporting, the use of phenomenological constructs by psychiatrists and social disadvantage.
Association between schizophrenia and social inequality at birth: case-control study
- Authors:
- HARRISON Glynn, et al
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Psychiatry, 179, October 2001, pp.346-350.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
The association between social inequality at birth and subsequent risk of schizophrenia is uncertain. This article investigates the relationship between adult-onset schizophrenia and two indicators of social inequality at birth: social class and area of residence. A matched case-control design was used with data from birth certificates of first-episode cases and age- and gender-matched controls. Concludes that indicators of social inequality at birth are associated with increased risk of adult-onset schizophrenia, suggesting that environmental factors are important determinants of schizophrenic disorders.