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Schizophrenia and religious affiliation in Northern Ireland

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 July 2009

H. B. M. Murphy  and
G. Vega
H. B. M. Murphy*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, McGill University, Montreal, Canada; and the Department of Psychology and Psychiatry, University of Cuenca, Ecuador
G. Vega
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, McGill University, Montreal, Canada; and the Department of Psychology and Psychiatry, University of Cuenca, Ecuador
*
Address for correspondence: Professor H. B. M. Murphy, Section of Transcultural Psychiatric Studies, Department of Psychiatry, McGill University, 1266 Pine Avenue West, Montreal, P.Q., Canada H3G 1A8.
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Synopsis

First admissions for schizophrenia in Northern Ireland are significantly higher for the Roman Catholics than for the rest of the population, although not as high as in the Irish Republic. The excess of Catholic cases affects only the never-married, and derives much more from the rural west of the territory than from the industrial east. It does not appear to be accounted for by geography per se, by the differential use of services, diagnostic bias, social class distribution, or mean age at marriage. There are indications that some conflict around sex and marriage and, more doubtfully, a sense of relative deprivation may be contributing factors.

Type
Research Article
Information
Psychological Medicine , Volume 12 , Issue 3 , August 1982 , pp. 595 - 605
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1982

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