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The British Journal of Psychiatry 158: 517-522 (1991)
© 1991 The Royal College of Psychiatrists

Management of first episode psychotic illness in Afro-Caribbean patients

EY Chen, G Harrison and PJ Standen
Fulbourn Hospital, Cambridge.

We studied retrospectively a consecutive series of 40 Afro-Caribbean patients and compared them with 40 non-Caribbean patients matched for age, sex, and diagnosis. There was no overall difference in initial or cumulative doses of neuroleptic medication in the early treatment of psychosis. However, a small subgroup of Afro-Caribbean patients received higher peak dosages. Clearly recorded episodes of behavioural disturbances were more frequent in Afro-Caribbean patients generally. They were more likely to be admitted compulsorily, discharged earlier, and prescribed depot medication.


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