Assessing the risk for suicide in schizophrenia according to migration, ethnicity and geographical ancestry
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- 作者：Nuwan C. Hettige ; Ali Bani-Fatemi ; James L. Kennedy ; Vincenzo De Luca
- 关键词：Schizophrenia ; Suicide ; Migration ; Ethnicity ; Ancestry
- 刊名：BMC Psychiatry
- 出版年：2017
- 出版时间：December 2017
- 年：2017
- 卷：17
- 期：1
- 全文大小：595KB
- 刊物主题：Psychiatry; Psychotherapy;
- 出版者：BioMed Central
- ISSN：1471-244X
- 卷排序：17
文摘
BackgroundSuicide is a leading cause of mortality among those afflicted by schizophrenia. Previous studies demonstrated that the stressors associated with immigration may lead to an onset of schizophrenia and suicide separately in susceptible individuals. However, no studies have shown whether immigration may lead to suicidal behaviour for individuals with schizophrenia. Our study proposes that an individual’s geographical ancestry, ethnicity or migration status may be predictive of suicide risk in schizophrenia.