Affective Disorders Among Jews: A Historical Review And Meta-Analysis  

Oleh:

Kohn, Robert ; Levav, Itzhak ; Zolondek, Stacey ; Richter, Michael

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: History of Psychiatry vol. 10 no. 38 (Jun. 1999), page 245-268.
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Descriptions of affective disorders among Jews date back to biblical times. For over a century the psychiatric literature has debated whether Jews are more vulnerable to affective disorders. To ascertain the validity of this finding we undertook a meta-analysis of data extracted from the literature published to date. Forty-three studies were identified that could be analysed statistically using Cohen’s d and a Mantel-Haenszel summary odds ratio. An increased, but weak overall risk was found for males. Possible biases of the literature are discussed, including differential help-seeking patterns, lack of accounting for readmission rates, failure to control for confounding variables, and an anti- Semitic orientation on the part of researchers. Reasons for why Jews have higher rates of affective disorders than non-Jews are explored.

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