> Jamaicans living in Britain have a much higher rate of schizophrenia
> than Jamaicans in Jamaica. Funny thing, when repatriated the
> Schizophrenia fades...
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The researchers concluded that the psychiatric profession may have at times wrongly interpreted the behavior of African-Caribbean patients who may not have being suffering from schizophrenia. Professor Robin Murray, from the Institute of Psychiatry, said: "It seems to be something in the social environment, something about being black in Britain. "The experience of black people in the UK almost drives them mad."
Dr Kwame Mackenzie, of Haringey Healthcare Trust, said: "The concept of schizophrenia was a concept that really was generated out of the white, European tradition. "It is believed that you can use the same bunch of symptoms to diagnose schizophrenia in African-Caribbean people in the UK. "But nobody has ever bothered to find out whether that is true, whether the diagnosis of schizophrenia is as valid in the African-Caribbean community as it is in the white community."
it's just the ganja man.
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