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RT @NoclorResearch: UCL study finds links between migration during adolescence and increased risk of psychosis @ProfKirkbride - adolescen…

RT @PatMcGorry: Showing again the exquisite sensitivity of the transition to adulthood for onset of mental illness.

RT @UCLPsychiatry: New paper out today, led by @HummaAndleeb @ProfKirkbride, finds that migrating during adolescence is associated with al…

RT @guardian: Migration during adolescence linked to increased psychosis risk, study finds

Some good coverage of our paper by @NicolaKSDavis in the @guardian this morning: 9/9

Work was led by my excellent @PsyLifeLab PhD student @HummaAndleeb based in @UCLPsychiatry & @UCLPALS, who is studying why migration increases psychosis risk for many groups. 7/n

But if this is a signal, it adds to the literature that suggests selected interventions in at-risk groups - here extending to teenage migrants - could be legitimate targets for the prevention of psychosis. 6/n

Limitations of the study include the small sample size when stratified by age at migration & ethnicity, the case-control study design (essentially, cross-sectional) & missing data (handled via multiple imputation) 5/n

We know adolescence is a key period for identify formation, brain maturation & the emergence of psychosis. Migration in this period may disrupt these processes for some, requiring teenage migrants to form new social groups, learn new a language & navigate new environments 4/n

We found adolescent migration had independent effects in North African and Black migrants, with a trend for White migrants in this direction, but sample sizes became small at this level of stratification, so caution is needed. 3/n

Data came from 5 countries in the #EUGEI study of first episode psychosis on 2132 participants. The increased risk with migration during adolescence was not explained by ethnic differences in the sample, measures of socioeconomic position or parental mental health 2/n