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ArticleBrain and behavior2021

Characteristics associated with the risk of psychosis among immigrants and their descendants in France.

Andrea Tortelli, Patrick Simon, Sophie Lehouelleur, Norbert Skurnik, Jean Romain Richard, Grégoire Baudin, Aziz Ferchiou, Marion Leboyer, Franck Schürhoff, Andrei Szöke

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Article in Brain and behavior, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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5 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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10 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Andrea TortelliINSERM U955 Translational Neuropsychiatry, Créteil, France.ORCID 0000-0003-0437-3018
Patrick SimonInstitut Convergences Migrations, Aubervilliers, France.
Sophie LehouelleurInstitut National d'Etudes Démographiques, Aubervilliers, France.
Norbert SkurnikGroupe Hospitalier Universitaire Paris Psychiatrie & Neurosciences, Paris, France.
Jean Romain RichardINSERM U955 Translational Neuropsychiatry, Créteil, France.
Grégoire BaudinLaboratoire de Psychopathologie et Processus de Santé, Université de Paris, EA 4057, Boulogne-Billancourt, France.
Aziz FerchiouINSERM U955 Translational Neuropsychiatry, Créteil, France.
Marion LeboyerINSERM U955 Translational Neuropsychiatry, Créteil, France.
Franck SchürhoffINSERM U955 Translational Neuropsychiatry, Créteil, France.
Andrei SzökeINSERM U955 Translational Neuropsychiatry, Créteil, France.
Inserm · FRInstitut national d'études démographiques · FRFHU Neurovasc · FRUniversité Paris Cité · FR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveTo explore the sociodemographic characteristics that might explain the increased incidence of psychosis among immigrants and their descendants in France.

methodsData were collected for all subjects with first contact for psychosis aged between 18 and 64 years, in two catchment areas in the Paris region. Incidence rates (IR) and incidence rate ratios (IRR) were adjusted for gender and age.

resultsDuring 805,396 persons-year at risk, we identified 321 cases of first-episode psychosis, of which 129 were immigrants and 78 descendants of immigrants. We found that the geographic origin was associated with the risk of psychosis although generation has little impact. Sub-Saharan African immigrants and their descendants showed the highest risk (IRR = 3.1 and IRR = 2.9, respectively). We observed that living in deprived areas increased the incidence of psychosis (IRR = 1.3, 95CI%: 1.0-1.6), particularly among immigrants (IRR = 1.6; 95% CI: 1.1-2.5). Finally, our study showed that subjects having unstable housing (a proxy for "hard to count population") could inflate the incidence rates among immigrants.

conclusionThe current study shows that the increased risk of psychosis in groups with an immigration background in France is associated with their origin and highlights the importance of socioeconomic factors in modulating this risk.

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Emigrants and ImmigrantsPsychotic DisordersAdolescentAdultFranceHumansIncidenceMiddle AgedParisRisk FactorsYoung Adultepidemiologymigrationpsychosespublic mental healthrisk factors

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