Why do British Indian children have an apparent mental health advantage?

ABSTRACT:

Background

Previous studies document a mental health advantage in British Indian children, particularly for externalising problems. The causes of this advantage are unknown.

Methods

Subjects were 13,836 White children and 361 Indian children aged 5-16 years from the English subsample of the British Child and Adolescent Mental Health Surveys. The primary mental health outcome was the parent Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ). Mental health was also assessed using the teacher and child SDQs; diagnostic interviews with parents, teachers and children; and multi-informant clinician-rated diagnoses. Multiple child, family, school and area factors were examined as possible mediators or confounders in explaining observed ethnic differences.

Results

Indian children

SUBMITTER: Goodman A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3428791 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature