Impact of ethnic density on adult mental disorders: narrative review

TY - JOUR

T1 - Impact of ethnic density on adult mental disorders

T2 - narrative review

AU - Shaw, Richard J

AU - Atkin, Karl

AU - Bécares, Laia

AU - Albor, Christo B

AU - Stafford, Mai

AU - Kiernan, Kathleen E

AU - Nazroo, James Y

AU - Wilkinson, Richard G

AU - Pickett, Kate E

PY - 2012/7

Y1 - 2012/7

N2 - The 'ethnic density hypothesis' is a proposition that members of ethnic minority groups may have better mental health when they live in areas with higher proportions of people of the same ethnicity. Investigations into this hypothesis have resulted in a complex and sometimes disparate literature.

AB - The 'ethnic density hypothesis' is a proposition that members of ethnic minority groups may have better mental health when they live in areas with higher proportions of people of the same ethnicity. Investigations into this hypothesis have resulted in a complex and sometimes disparate literature.

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84863560304&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1192/bjp.bp.110.083675

DO - 10.1192/bjp.bp.110.083675

M3 - Article

C2 - 22753852

SN - 1472-1465

VL - 201

SP - 11

EP - 19

JO - The British journal of psychiatry : the journal of mental science

JF - The British journal of psychiatry : the journal of mental science

IS - 1

ER -