ArticleSocial psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology2014
Racial discrimination is associated with distressing subthreshold positive psychotic symptoms among US urban ethnic minority young adults.
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- Childhood trauma and schizotypy in non-clinical samples: A systematic review and meta-analysis.PloS one · 2022Pooled it
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- Navigating Adversity: Ethnoracial Discrimination, Family Support, and Psychotic Symptom Severity in US Latinx People with First Episode Psychosis.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2026Article
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- Association of discrimination experiences with rapid subsequent changes in anxiety and depressive symptoms in US adults during the COVID-19 pandemic.American journal of epidemiology · 2025Article
- Evidence for Environmental Risk Factors and Cumulative Stress Linking Racial/Ethnic Identity and Psychotic-Like Experiences in ABCD Study Data.Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry · 2025Article
- Unmasking the impact: Racial microaggressions and the health consequences for Latinas in the United States.PLOS mental health · 2025Article
- The association between racism and psychosis: An umbrella review.PLOS mental health · 2025Article
- Mechanisms mediating ethnoracial discrimination and suspiciousness in Asian, Black, and Hispanic United States college students.Schizophrenia research · 2024Article
- Exploring causal mechanisms of psychosis risk.Neuroscience and biobehavioral reviews · 2024Review
- Differential Risk: Gender and Racial Differences in the Relationship between Trauma, Discrimination, and Schizotypy.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Racism, early psychosis, and institutional contact: A qualitative study of Indigenous experiences.The International journal of social psychiatry · 2023Article
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- Review of Major Social Determinants of Health in Schizophrenia-Spectrum Disorders: II. Assessments.Schizophrenia bulletin · 2023Article
- Ethnoracial discrimination and the development of suspiciousness symptoms in individuals at clinical high-risk for psychosis.Schizophrenia research · 2023Article
- Ethnoracial Variation in Risk for Psychotic Experiences.Schizophrenia bulletin · 2023Article
- Racial microaggressions and major discriminatory events explain ethnoracial differences in psychotic experiences.Schizophrenia research · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundRacial discrimination is related to depression, anxiety, and severe psychological distress, and evidence drawn from studies emanating from the United Kingdom and The Netherlands suggest racial discrimination is also related to clinical psychosis and subthreshold psychotic symptoms in racial and ethnic minority (REM) populations. The present study sought to determine the association between racial discrimination experiences and attenuated positive psychotic symptoms (APPS) in a United States (US) urban, predominantly immigrant and REM young adult population.
methodsA cohort of 650 young adults was administered a self-report inventory for psychosis risk [i.e., Prodromal Questionnaire (PQ)], and the Experiences of Discrimination Questionnaire. The PQ allowed the dimensional assessment of APPS, as well as the categorical assessment of a potentially "high risk" group (i.e., 8 or more APPS endorsed as distressing), the latter of which was based on previous validation studies using the structured interview for prodromal syndromes. The relations between self-reported racial discrimination and APPS, and racial discrimination and "high" distressing positive PQ endorsement were determined, while accounting for anxiety and depression symptoms.
resultsRacial discrimination was significantly associated with APPS and with significantly higher odds of endorsing eight or more distressing APPS, even after adjusting for anxiety and depression symptoms.
conclusionThe present study provides preliminary evidence that racial discrimination among US ethnic minorities may be associated with APPS, as well as potentially higher risk for psychosis.
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