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How often do US-based schizophrenia papers published in high-impact psychiatric journals report on race and ethnicity?: A 20-year update of Lewine and Caudle (1999).
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Journal of mental health (Abingdon, England) [J Ment Health] 2022 Oct; Vol. 31 (5), pp. 649-656. Date of Electronic Publication: 2020 Nov 09. - Publication Year :
- 2022
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Abstract
- Background: Racial and ethnic disparities have been clearly documented in schizophrenia studies, but it is unclear how much research attention they receive among US-based studies published in high-impact journals.<br />Aims: The current paper updates Lewine and Caudle's (1999) and Chakraborty and Steinhauer's (2010) works, which quantified how frequently schizophrenia studies included information on race and ethnicity in their analyses.<br />Method: We examined all US-based papers on schizophrenia-spectrum, first-episode psychosis, and clinical high-risk groups, published between 2014 to 2016 in four major psychiatric journals: American Journal of Psychiatry, Journal of the American Medical Association - Psychiatry, Schizophrenia Bulletin, and Schizophrenia Research.<br />Results: Of 474 US-based studies, 62% ( n = 295) reported analyses by race or ethnicity as compared to 20% in Lewine and Caudle's (1999) study. The majority of papers (59%) reported sample descriptions, a 42% increase from Lewine and Caudle's (1999) study. Additionally, 47% matched or compared the racial/ethnic composition of primary study groups and 12% adjusted for race (e.g., as a covariate). However, only 9% directly analyzed racial and/or ethnic identity in relation to the primary topic of the paper.<br />Conclusions: While schizophrenia studies report analyses by race and ethnicity more frequently than 20 years ago, there remains a strong need for systematic, nuanced research on this topic. The authors offer recommendations for how to conceptualize and report upon race and ethnicity in schizophrenia research.
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- Ethnicity
Humans
United States
Periodicals as Topic
Psychotic Disorders
Schizophrenia
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1360-0567
- Volume :
- 31
- Issue :
- 5
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Journal of mental health (Abingdon, England)
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 33166190
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/09638237.2020.1837356