{Schizophrenia and Race (2)}[14th March 1989]

[Redbook6:114)][19890314:2305b]{Schizophrenia and Race (2)}[14th March 1989]

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In the [BBC TV] Horizon programme (on Schizophrenia among ethnic Afro-Carribeans in Britain) referred to above,* Dr Ruth Sifert(?) stated that one cannot very easily do [sic] diagnosis on persons from another culture because their experience of life is different. But if this is correct, surely it follows that diagnosis on persons from one’s own culture is likely to be a test of conformity?

In this [TV] programme, it was also stated that in the Northern hemisphere, more schizophrenics are born in the Winter months (then one would expect [from equal distribution], presumably).** Of schizophrenics, 1/3[rd] recover, 1/3[rd] suffer intermittent attacks,*** and 1/3[rd] never recover.

Apparently psychiatrists have been claiming for 40 years to find higher rates of schizophrenia among black people. It seems that this is ideologically acceptable if (as most psychiatrists now believe) schizophrenia is a biologically-determined disease; but if not, not.

*ref [[Redbook6:110)][19890314:1445]{Schizophrenia and Race (1)}[14th March 1989,] 110]

**[See [Redbook4:232][19871215:2232d]{Schizophrenia (2) [continued (4)]}[15th December 1987]; &

[Redbook4:225-229][19871214:2010c]{Schizophrenia (1)}[14th December 1987]]

***[indefinitely, presumably]

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