The authors examine US-based evidence that connects characteristics of the social
environment with outcomes across the psychosis continuum, from psychotic experiences to …

Ethnic minority groups across the world face a complex set of adverse social and
psychological challenges linked to their minority status, often involving racial discrimination …

BackgroundThe psychosis-proneness–persistence–impairment model of psychotic disorder
incorporates notions of both phenomenological and temporal continuity (persistence) of …

A systematic review of all reported incidence and prevalence studies of population rates of
subclinical psychotic experiences reveals a median prevalence rate of around 5% and a …

Purpose Although there is considerable evidence that adversities in childhood such as
social deprivation, sexual abuse, separation from parents, neglect and exposure to deviant …

This paper reviews 138 empirical quantitative population-based studies of self-reported
racism and health. These studies show an association between self-reported racism and ill …

BackgroundThere is increasing acceptance of migration as a risk factor for schizophrenia
and related disorders; however, the magnitude of the risk among second-generation …

OBJECTIVE: The authors synthesize findings of previous studies implicating migration as a
risk factor for the development of schizophrenia and provide a quantitative index of the …

Previous studies have reported associations between childhood adversities, eg, loss of a
parent, being raised in institutional care, sexual and other kinds of abuse by adults and …

Objective: To examine the hypothesis that individuals from the general population who
report childhood abuse are at increased risk of develo** positive psychotic symptoms …