ArticleBMJ open2016
Relationship of social and economic factors to mental disorders among population-based samples of Jamaicans and Guyanese.
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- The Health of First Generation Caribbeans Across the Diaspora: Findings from 2000-2005 Population Data Surveys from Guyana, Jamaica, Canada, the United States, and the United Kingdom.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2025Article
- Pathways to suicide for children and youth in Guyana: A life charts analysis.The International journal of social psychiatry · 2025Article
- Neighborhood disorder and depressive symptoms in Jamaican adults: the mediating roles of neighborhood crime and safety problems and collective efficacy.Frontiers in epidemiology · 2025Article
- Mental health among adolescents exposed to social inequality in Latin America and the Caribbean: a scoping review.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
- Reconciling a Broken Heritage: Developing Mental Health Social Work in Guyana.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- National origins, social context, timing of migration and the physical and mental health of Caribbeans living in and outside of Canada.Ethnicity & health · 2022Article
- Children and young people's mental health in the English-speaking Caribbean: a scoping review and evidence map.Child and adolescent psychiatry and mental health · 2021Article
- A Comprehensive Health Profile of Guyanese Immigrants Aged 18-64 in Schenectady, New York.Journal of immigrant and minority health · 2018Article
- Relationship between Occupational Stress, 5-HT2A Receptor Polymorphisms and Mental Health in Petroleum Workers in the Xinjiang Arid Desert: A Cross-Sectional Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2017Article
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Abstract
backgroundThere have been growing concerns about increasing mental health problems in the Caribbean region. This study explores rates and factors associated with selected mental health disorders within 2 Caribbean countries: Jamaica and Guyana.
methodsProbability samples of 1218 Jamaicans and 2068 Guyanese participants were used. A modified version of the WHO Composite International Diagnostic Interview (WHO CIDI) defined by the Diagnostic Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition (DSM-IV) was administered in order to assess lifetime mental disorders. Descriptive statistics, χ
resultsRates of mental health conditions were different across contexts and were generally higher for Guyanese compared with Jamaicans for alcohol abuse (3.6% vs 2.2%), drug abuse (1.4% vs 1.3%), substance abuse (4.7% vs 2.7%) and mania (0.4% vs 0.1%). The rate of depression, however, was higher among Jamaicans than Guyanese (7.4% vs 4.1%). There were also noticeable differences in rates in both countries, due to social and economic factors, with social factors playing a larger contributory role in the mental health status of individuals across countries.
conclusionsThe results of this study suggest the need for more indepth analyses of factors contributing to mental health conditions of peoples within the Caribbean region, including the influence of additional sources of stress, quality of care and help-seeking behaviours of individuals.
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