Browsing Wolfson Institute of Preventive Medicine by Subject "European Continental Ancestry Group"
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Breast cancer risk in a screening cohort of Asian and white British/Irish women from Manchester UK.
(2018-01-25)BACKGROUND: The differences between breast cancer risk factors in white British/Irish and Asian women attending screening in the UK are not well documented. METHODS: Between 2009-15 ethnicity and traditional breast cancer ... -
Bullying, Social Support, and Psychological Distress: Findings From RELACHS Cohorts of East London's White British and Bangladeshi Adolescents.
(2017-09)PURPOSE: The purpose of the study is to test whether bullying in adolescents relates to poor mental health and whether social support mitigated this effect. METHODS: In 2001, 28 schools in East London were randomly selected ... -
Ethnic inequalities and pathways to care in psychosis in England: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
(2018-12-12)BACKGROUND: As part of a national programme to tackle ethnic inequalities, we conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis of research on ethnic inequalities in pathways to care for adults with psychosis living in England ... -
Ethnic inequalities in the incidence of diagnosis of severe mental illness in England: a systematic review and new meta-analyses for non-affective and affective psychoses.
(2019-11)PURPOSE: Although excess risks particularly for a diagnosis of schizophrenia have been identified for ethnic minority people in England and other contexts, we sought to identify and synthesise up-to-date evidence (2018) ... -
Exploring domestic violence and social distress in Australian-Indian migrants through community theater.
(2016-02)In many parts of the world, young adult women have higher levels of common mental disorders than men. The exacerbation of domestic violence (DV) by migration is a salient social determinant of poor mental health. Ecological ... -
Genetic correlation between amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and schizophrenia.
(2017-03-21)We have previously shown higher-than-expected rates of schizophrenia in relatives of patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), suggesting an aetiological relationship between the diseases. Here, we investigate the ... -
Polygenic risk score for schizophrenia is more strongly associated with ancestry than with schizophrenia.
(2018-10)BACKGROUND: The polygenic risk score (PRS) for schizophrenia, derived from very large numbers of weakly associated genetic markers, has been repeatedly shown to be robustly associated with schizophrenia in independent ...