One of the risk factors for developing schizophrenia, a mental health condition marked by delusions and hallucinations, is experiencing trauma in your life. In this video, learn about the link and how it may affect Black Americans more than the general population, according to Khadijah Watkins, MD, Psychiatrist at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston.
Dr. Watkins is a psychiatrist at Massachusetts General Hospital, where she's the Associate Director of The Clay Center for Young Healthy Minds, and was previously the Associate Training Director of the Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Residency Training Program.
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Schwartz, Robert C, et al. (2014). Racial disparities in psychotic disorder diagnosis: A review of empirical literature. World Journal of Psychiatry.
Varchmin, Leonie, et al. (2021). Traumatic events, social adversity and discrimination as risk factors for psychosis - An umbrella review. Frontiers in Psychiatry.
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