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Psychosis In Indigenous Populations Of Cape York And The Torres Strait, Ernest M. Hunter, Bruce D. Gynther, Carrick J. Anderson, Leigh-Ann L. Onnis, Jeffrey R. Nelson, Wayne Hall, Bernhard T. Baune, Aaron R. Groves
Psychosis In Indigenous Populations Of Cape York And The Torres Strait, Ernest M. Hunter, Bruce D. Gynther, Carrick J. Anderson, Leigh-Ann L. Onnis, Jeffrey R. Nelson, Wayne Hall, Bernhard T. Baune, Aaron R. Groves
Aboriginal Policy Research Consortium International (APRCi)
Objective: To describe and characterise treated psychotic disorders in the Indigenous populations of Cape York and the Torres Strait.
Design: Cross-sectional analysis of patients with a psychotic disorder identified by treating psychiatrists.
Setting and participants: Indigenous patients aged 15 years in Cape York and Torres Strait communities receiving treatment for a psychotic disorder over 3 months in 2010.
Main outcome measures: Prevalence of psychosis diagnoses, intellectual disability, and substance use comorbidities.
Results: 171 patients were included. The prevalence rate in this population was 1.68%, higher for males (2.60%) than females (0.89%), and twice as high in the Aboriginal (2.05%) …