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Migration History and the Onset of Psychotic Disorders

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 March 2020

I. Tarricone ,
O. Lastrina ,
S. Tosato ,
M. Di Forti ,
R.M. Murray ,
B. Domenico  and
C. Morgan
I. Tarricone
Affiliation:
Alma Mater Studiorum universtà di Bologna, department of medical and surgical sciences, Bologna, Italy
O. Lastrina
Affiliation:
Alma Mater Studiorum universtà di Bologna, department of medical and surgical sciences, Bologna, Italy
S. Tosato
Affiliation:
Università di Verona, dipartimento di neuroscienze- medicina e movimento, Verona, Italy
M. Di Forti
Affiliation:
Institute of psychiatry- psychology and neuroscience King's college London, dept of social- genetic and developmental psychiatry, London, United Kingdom
R.M. Murray
Affiliation:
Institute of psychiatry- psychology and neuroscience King's college London, dept of psychosis studies, London, United Kingdom
B. Domenico
Affiliation:
Alma Mater Studiorum universtà di Bologna, department of medical and surgical sciences, Bologna, Italy
C. Morgan
Affiliation:
Institute of psychiatry- psychology and neuroscience King's college London, dept of social- genetic and developmental psychiatry, London, United Kingdom

Abstract

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Introduction

Research has established that there are high rates of first episode psychosis (FEP) in immigrant populations. These findings could indicate that socio-environmental risk factors, such as individual social class, social capital, early trauma, life events, neighborhood deprivation could be relevant in explaining the differences in incidence rates observed between migrants and natives, following the socio-developmental model of Morgan et al. (2010). Some preliminary results also indicate that migration history itself versus ethnicity could implicate higher risk of the onset of psychotic disorders.

Aims

To present preliminary findings from the EUGEI European Network of National Schizophrenia Networks Studying Gene Environment Interactions study.

Methods

Population based FEP incidence/case control study. Comparison of the incidence rate of FEP and of the distribution of several risk factors (e.g. substance abuse, neighborhood deprivation, urbanicity and trauma) in natives and migrants in different countries across Europe.

Results

Preliminary results of the EUGEI study will be discussed in comparison with previous evidences.

Conclusion

The EUGEI study allows a deeper understanding of the excess of FEP found among migrants in Europe.

Disclosure of interest

The authors have not supplied their declaration of competing interest.

Type
Workshop: Risk factors for psychosis in migrants in Europe: Results from the EUGEI study
Information
European Psychiatry , Volume 41 , Issue S1: Abstract of the 25th European Congress of Psychiatry , April 2017 , pp. S66 - S67
Copyright
Copyright © European Psychiatric Association 2017

References

European Network of National Networks studying Gene-Environment Interactions in Schizophrenia (EU-GEI), van Os, JRutten, BP, et al. Identifying gene-environment interactions in schizophrenia: contemporary challenges for integrated, large-scale investigations. Schizophr Bull. 2014 Jul;40(4):729–36.Google ScholarPubMed
Tarricone, IBoydell, JKokona, ATriolo, FGamberini, LSutti, EMarchetta, MMenchetti, MDi Forti, MMurray, RMMorgan, CBerardi, D. Risk of psychosis and internal migration: Results from the Bologna First Episode Psychosis study. Schizophr Res. 2016 May;173(1-2):90–3.10.1016/j.schres.2016.02.032CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
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