Examined the prevalence of psychiatric disorders among Black Caribbean immigrant ("Caribbean Black") and African American populations and the correlates of psychiatric disorders among the Caribbean Black population
The article highlights the study conducted by Aetiology and Ethnicity in Schizophrenia and Other Psychoses (AESOP) on the perceptions of ethnicity and psychosis in Great Britain. According to the author, the study shows that the levels of psychosis is higher in African-Caribbean and black African people living in Great Britain than with the white British population. He added that the study shows that people's perception of disadvantage is the reason of the high level of mental illness
Estimates the prevalence, persistence, treatment, and disability of depression. Finds that the chronicity of Major Depressive Disorder was higher for both black groups (56.5% for African Americans and 56.0% for Caribbean blacks) than for whites (38.6%)