Migrant status and risk of compulsory admission at first diagnosis of psychotic disorder: a population-based cohort study in Sweden.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Minority ethnic and migrant groups face an elevated risk of compulsory admission for mental illness. There are overlapping cultural, socio-demographic, and structural explanations for this risk that require further investigation.

Methods

By linking Swedish national register data, we established a cohort of persons first diagnosed with a psychotic disorder between 2001 and 2016. We used multilevel mixed-effects logistic modelling to investigate variation in compulsory admission at first diagnosis of psychosis across migrant and Swedish-born groups with individual and neighbourhood-level covariates.

Results

Our cohort included 12 000 individuals, with 1298 (10.8%) admitted compulsorily. In an unadjusted model, being a migrant [odds ratio (OR) 1.48; 95% confid

SUBMITTER: Terhune J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8842197 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature