Hostname: page-component-cb9f654ff-65tv2 Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2025-08-05T09:13:44.807Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false
  • English
  • Français

Risk of Psychosis in People of Irish and Chinese Ethnicities in Yorkshire

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 June 2025

Sarthak Sinha ,
Tariq Mahmood ,
Alastair Cardno  and
Emi Obode
Sarthak Sinha
Affiliation:
University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom
Tariq Mahmood
Affiliation:
St James University Hospital, Leeds, United Kingdom
Alastair Cardno
Affiliation:
University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom
Emi Obode
Affiliation:
St James University Hospital, Leeds, United Kingdom
Rights & Permissions [Opens in a new window]

Abstract

Core share and HTML view are not available for this content. However, as you have access to this content, a full PDF is available via the ‘Save PDF’ action button.

Aims: Studies have shown an elevated risk of psychosis among migrants and ethnic minorities, but there has been little investigation of risks for Irish and Chinese ethnic groups in the UK. The aim of this study is to investigate the risk of first-episode psychosis in White Irish and Chinese ethnic groups compared with the White British population in West Yorkshire.

Methods: Data from local census and two Early Intervention in Psychosis services for individuals aged 15–34 with first episode psychosis between 2013–2015 was collected. Risk ratios for combined locations were calculated using Mantel–Haenszel fixed effects models.

Results: The White Irish group showed a non-significant but consistent trend of around a 2-fold elevated risk of first episode psychosis (RR 2.27, 95% CI 0.95 to 5.46). The Chinese group did not show a significantly elevated risk (RR 0.4, 95% CI 0.13 to 1.25).

Conclusion: Although not statistically significant, the study suggests a consistent trend of elevated psychosis risk in the White Irish group. Further research is needed to validate these findings and determine key contributing factors.

Information

Type
Research
Information
BJPsych Open , Volume 11 , Supplement S1: Abstracts from the RCPsych International Congress 2025, 23–26 June , June 2025 , pp. S70 - S71
Check for updates
Creative Commons
Creative Common License - CCCreative Common License - BY
This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Copyright
© The Author(s), 2025. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of Royal College of Psychiatrists

Footnotes

Abstracts were reviewed by the RCPsych Academic Faculty rather than by the standard BJPsych Open peer review process and should not be quoted as peer-reviewed by BJPsych Open in any subsequent publication.

Submit a response

eLetters

No eLetters have been published for this article.