Why diagnoses of schizophrenia are more common in certain ethnicities

When we hear of particular events on the news, we are sometimes able to hazard a fairly good guess as to the origins of those involved. Curtis, David (2018) Polygenic risk score for schizophrenia is more strongly associated with ancestry than with schizophrenia, Psychiatric Genetics: October 2018 - Volume 28 - Issue 5 - p 85-89. Pinto, Rebecca: Ashworth, Mark: Jones, Roger (2008) Schizophrenia in black Caribbeans living in the UK: an exploration of underlying causes of the high incidence rate, British Journal of General Practice, 2008 Jun 1; 58(551): 429–434.
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