Differences in duration of untreated psychosis for racial and ethnic minority groups with first-episode psychosis: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis.

Authors

Nicole Schoer
Chen Wei Huang
Kelly K. Anderson, Western UniversityFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

10-1-2019

Journal

Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology

Volume

54

Issue

10

First Page

1295

Last Page

1298

URL with Digital Object Identifier

https://doi.org/10.1007/s00127-019-01737-3

Abstract

PURPOSE: Ethnic minority groups with early psychosis may have longer treatment delays, potentially leading to poorer outcomes. We updated a previous systematic review of the literature on racial and ethnic differences in duration of untreated psychosis (DUP) among people with first-episode psychosis.

RESULTS: Six of 17 studies described significant differences across aggregated racial groups; however, the pooled estimates did not show differences across groups. Additional data from this update allowed for disaggregated analyses, finding that Black-African groups have a shorter DUP, whereas Black-Caribbean groups have longer DUP, relative to White groups.

CONCLUSIONS: These findings highlight the importance of in-depth research on disaggregated ethnic groups to inform targeted early intervention strategies for minority populations.

Notes

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