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The Functional Psychoses in Afro-Caribbeans

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

I. Harvey ,
M. Williams ,
P. Mcguffin  and
B. K. Toone
I. Harvey*
Affiliation:
Institute of Psychiatry, DeCrespigny Park, London SE5 8AF
M. Williams
Affiliation:
King's College Hospital, Denmark Hill, London SE5 8RX
P. Mcguffin
Affiliation:
University of Wales College of Medicine, Heath Park, Cardiff CF4 4XN
B. K. Toone
Affiliation:
King's College Hospital, Denmark Hill, London SE5 8RX
*
∗Correspondence
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Abstract

When 54 Afro-Caribbean and 49 white British consecutive psychotic in-patients were prospectively studied for clinical differences in course of illness and pattern of symptoms, no major differences were found. This does not support the hypothesis that misdiagnosis within the psychoses can explain the higher admission rates of schizophrenia calculated for Afro-Caribbean populations.

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 157 , Issue 4 , October 1990 , pp. 515 - 522
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1990 

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