Prevalence, impact and cultural context of psychotic experiences among ethnic minority youth

摘要: BACKGROUND: The risk for psychotic disorders is increased many ethnic minority groups and may develop in early childhood. This study investigated whether the prevalence of experiences (PE) with high impact higher among youth compared to majority examined significance these PE. METHOD: A school-based assessed a large community sample 1545 children Netherlands (mean age 12.98 ± 1.81 years). Dutch (n = 702, 45.4%), Moroccan-Dutch 400, 25.9%) Turkish-Dutch 170, 11.0%) could be studied separately. Self-report questionnaires on PE, cultural context were administered. RESULTS: Prevalence PE was 3.1% Dutch, 9.5% 7.1% youth. Compared youth, odds ratios 3.0 [95% confidence interval (CI) 1.7-5.1] 2.2 (95% CI 1.1-4.6) Differences not explained by or religious differences. CONCLUSIONS: minorities already detectable childhood, since more common additional measurement appears valid approach identify those at other psychiatric disorders.