Being racially or ethnically discriminated against may increase the risk of later developing psychotic symptoms, finds a major review of international evidence led by @uclpsychiatry.bsky.social researchers.
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Colleagues from @uclpsychiatry.bsky.social found consistent evidence from numerous studies that racial and ethnic discrimination appears to contribute to the development of psychosis.
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Great to give the closing state-of-the-art session at the European Psychiatric Association annual conference in Madrid yesterday on social determinants of mental health.
Thanks to President, Prof Andrea Fiorillo, for invite to talk on this important issue.
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The OG.
Wonderful collaboration led by leading academics in mental health research in Peru, Colombia & Argentina, directed by Stefan Priebe & co at QMUL, funded via MRC.
Longitudinal results of two year follow-up to follow.
Being racially or ethnically discriminated against may increase the risk of later developing psychotic symptoms, finds a major review of international evidence led by UCL researchers.
New 3.5yr PhD opportunity at UCL with @equalise.bsky.social supervised by myself, @yvonne-kelly.bsky.social, @baowenxue.bsky.social & @profkatsmith.bsky.social on inequalities in pathways to employment in young people. Closes 25th Feb
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Great to see our main baseline paper from ¡Ola! study out, exploring #SDoH correlates of #CMD in young people living in low income parts of 3 cities in South America
Cases report more SLEs, social media & sedative use than controls, less physical activity
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40042842/
Being racially or ethnically discriminated against may increase the risk of later developing psychotic symptoms, finds a major review of international evidence led by UCL researchers.