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The patterns of mental disorder in Jewish and non-Jewish admissions to a district general hospital psychiatric unit: is manic-depressive illness a typically Jewish disorder?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 July 2009

Ruth S. Cooklin ,
A. Ravindran  and
M. W. P. Carney
Ruth S. Cooklin
Affiliation:
Department of Mental Health, University College, London, Northwick Park Hospital and Clinical Research Centre, Harrow, Middlesex
A. Ravindran
Affiliation:
Department of Mental Health, University College, London, Northwick Park Hospital and Clinical Research Centre, Harrow, Middlesex
M. W. P. Carney*
Affiliation:
Department of Mental Health, University College, London, Northwick Park Hospital and Clinical Research Centre, Harrow, Middlesex
*
1Address for correspondence: Dr M. W. P. Carney. Northwick Park Hospital and Clinical Research Centre. Watford Road. Harrow, Middlesex HAl 3UJ.
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Synopsis

This is a preliminary investigation of admissions to a district general hospital psychiatric unit over a two-year period, in which patterns of psychiatric diagnoses in Jewish and non-Jewish patients were compared. Among the Jews there were significantly more patients with affective psychoses and fewer with schizophrenia than among the non-Jews. The methodological problems arising in such a study and some possible aetiological factors are discussed.

Type
Preliminary Communication
Information
Psychological Medicine , Volume 13 , Issue 1 , February 1983 , pp. 209 - 212
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1983

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