Associations between local rates of violence and experiences of psychosis in Trinidad.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction and aim

Individual-level exposure to violence is known to influence various aspects of the experience of psychosis. This study aimed to assess the impact of local violence rates on the symptom profiles and outcomes of people with psychosis, their exposure to trauma and other potential risk and protective factors, and interactions with the police and mental health services, in a Caribbean country with high rates of violent crime.

Methods

Data from 212 people with psychosis and matched population control participants were collected through a population-based programme of research on psychosis in Trinidad (INTREPID II) and linked geographically with crime statistics, disaggregated to the areas surrounding each police station.

Results

There was no evidence of

SUBMITTER: Roberts T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12188610 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature