Samenvatting
Objective. The incidence of schizophrenia among Surinamese immigrants to the Netherlands is high. The authors tested Odegaard's hypothesis that this phenomenon is explained by selective migration.
Method: The authors imagined that migration from Surinam to the Netherlands subsumed the entire population of Surinam and not solely individuals at risk for schizophrenia, They compared the risk of a first admission to a Dutch mental hospital for schizophrenia from 1983 to 1992 for Surinamese-born immigrants to the risk for Dutch-born individuals, using the Surinamese-born population in the Netherlands and the population of Surinam combined as the denominator for the immigrants.
Results: The age- and sex-adjusted relative risk of schizophrenia for the Surinamese-born immigrants was 1.46.
Conclusions: Selective migration cannot solely explain the higher incidence of schizophrenia in Surinamese immigrants to the Netherlands.
Originele taal-2 | English |
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Pagina's (van-tot) | 669-671 |
Aantal pagina's | 3 |
Tijdschrift | American Journal of Psychiatry |
Volume | 159 |
Nummer van het tijdschrift | 4 |
Status | Published - apr-2002 |
Evenement | 8th International Congress on Schizophrenia Research - , Canada Duur: 28-apr-2001 → 2-mei-2001 |