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The denial of a psychosis epidemic

A commentary on ‘The social determinants of psychosis in migrant and ethnic minority populations: a public health tragedy’ by Morgan & Hutchinson (2009)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 April 2009

J.-P. Selten  and
E. Cantor-Graae
J.-P. Selten*
Affiliation:
Rudolf Magnus Institute of Neuroscience, Department of Psychiatry, University Medical Centre Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
E. Cantor-Graae
Affiliation:
Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund University, Malmø, Sweden
*
*Address for correspondence: J.-P. C. J. Selten, Ph.D., Department of Psychiatry, University Hospital, Huispostnr. B01.206, PO Box 85500, 3508 GAUtrecht, The Netherlands. (Email: j.p.selten@umcutrecht.nl)
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Keywords

Epidemiologygeneticsmigration stressschizophrenia
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Psychological Medicine , Volume 40 , Issue 5 , May 2010 , pp. 731 - 733
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2009

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