November 21, 2006

psychosis and ethnicity – New research from the AESOP study

Speakers:
Dr Paul Fearon, Senior Lecturer, Institute of Psychiatry at King’s College London
Dr Craig Morgan, MRC Research Fellow, Institute of Psychiatry at King’s College London
Prof Robin Murray, Professor of Psychiatry and consultant psychiatrist, Maudsley Hospital

Scientists from the Institute of Psychiatry, Kings College London, briefed the media on new research coming out of their longitudinal ‘AESOP’ study. They discussed new observations about the link between psychosis and ethnicity and explained that there is good evidence that long term separation from one or both parents is one of many contributing factors.