Deidre M Anglin, Sabrina Ereshefsky, Mallory J Klaunig, Miranda A Bridgwater, Tara A Niendam, Lauren M Ellman, Jordan DeVylder, Griffin Thayer, Khalima Bolden, Christie W Musket, Rebecca E Grattan, Sarah Hope Lincoln, Jason Schiffman, Emily Lipner, Peter Bachman, Cheryl M Corcoran, Natália B Mota, Els van der Ven
The authors examine U.S.-based evidence that connects characteristics of the social environment with outcomes across the psychosis continuum, from psychotic experiences to schizophrenia. The notion that inequitable social and economic systems of society significantly influence psychosis risk through proxies, such as racial minority and immigrant statuses, has been studied more extensively in European countries. While there are existing international reviews of social determinants of psychosis, none to the authors' knowledge focus on factors in the U...
July 2021: American Journal of Psychiatry