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Sociodemographic and clinical correlates of migrant status in adults with psychotic disorders: data from the Australian Survey of High Impact Psychosis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 August 2014

S. Saha ,
V. A. Morgan ,
D. Castle ,
D. Silove  and
J. J. McGrath
S. Saha*
Affiliation:
Queensland Centre for Mental Health Research, The Park Centre for Mental Health, Wacol, QLD 4076, Australia Discipline of Psychiatry, University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD 4072, Australia Queensland Brain Institute, University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD 4072, Australia
V. A. Morgan
Affiliation:
School of Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences, The University of Western Australia, Perth, WA 6907, Australia
D. Castle
Affiliation:
St Vincents Hospital and the University of Melbourne, Fitzroy, VIC 3065, Australia
D. Silove
Affiliation:
School of Psychiatry, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
J. J. McGrath
Affiliation:
Queensland Centre for Mental Health Research, The Park Centre for Mental Health, Wacol, QLD 4076, Australia Discipline of Psychiatry, University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD 4072, Australia Queensland Brain Institute, University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD 4072, Australia
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*Address for correspondence: Dr S. Saha, Queensland Centre for Mental Health Research, The Park Centre for Mental Health, Wacol, QLD, 4076, Australia (Email: [email protected])
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Abstract

Objective.

The links between migrant status and psychosis have attracted considerable attention in recent decades. The aim of the study was to explore the demographic and clinical correlates of migrant v. Australia-born status in individuals with psychotic disorders using a large community-based sample.

Method.

Data were drawn from a population-based prevalence survey of adults with psychotic disorders. Known as the Survey of High Impact Psychosis (SHIP), it was conducted in seven Australian catchment areas in 2010. Logistic regression was used for the main analyses, examining associations of migrant status with sociodemographic and clinical variables.

Results.

Of the 1825 participants with psychotic disorders, 17.8% (n = 325) were migrants, of whom 55.7% (n = 181) were male. Compared to Australia-born individuals with psychosis, migrants were more likely to be currently married, to have completed a higher level at school, to have left school later, and to be employed with full-time jobs. Migrants with psychosis were either no different from or less impaired or disadvantaged compared to their Australian-born counterparts on a range of clinical and demographic variables.

Conclusions.

In a sample of individuals with psychotic disorders, there was no evidence to suggest that migrant status was associated with worse clinical or socio-economic outcomes compared to their native-born counterparts.

Keywords

Clinical factorsmigrantspsychotic disordersschizophreniasociodemographic factors
Type
Original Articles
Information
Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences , Volume 24 , Issue 6 , December 2015 , pp. 534 - 541
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2014 

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