The British Journal of Psychiatry (2009) 195: 1-2. doi: 10.1192/bjp.bp.108.058685
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Shooting the messenger: the science and politics of ethnicity research

Swaran P. Singh, MBBS, MD, FRCPsych, DM

Health Services Research Institute, Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick, Gibbet Hill Campus, Coventry CV4 7AL, UK. Email: s.p.singh{at}warwick.ac.uk

Declaration of interest

S.P.S. conducts research on ethnic influences in mental health and runs an early intervention in psychosis service in a multi-ethnic inner-city area.

Swaran P. Singh (pictured) is Professor of Social and Community Psychiatry at the University of Warwick and a consultant psychiatrist with Birmingham Early Intervention Service.

Scientific arguments showing ‘how the world is’ are fundamentally different from political assertions about ‘how the world should be’. Ideologically motivated political attacks can hamper our understanding of mental disorders by preventing academics from pursuing research in contentious areas. Evidence should be countered by better evidence, not by shooting the messenger.


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