Relation of Mental Disorders to Race and Nationality

Hyde, Robert W.; Chisholm, Roderick M.

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“…1 Of the extensive literature, about a dozen reports would appear to meet these criteria. They are listed here according to the alcohol-related indicator used: (a) arrests for drunkenness (Parmelee, 1909:30-31;Glad, 1947;Skolnick, 1954), (b) commitments to state mental hospitals for "alcoholic psychosis" (Pollock, 1932:365;Malzberg, 1935;Haggard and Jellinek, 1945;Malzberg, 1960:33-40), (c) rejections of army draftees for alcoholism (Hyde and Chisholm, 1944), (d) problems from drinking reported in a household survey (Bailey, Haberman and Alksne, 1965:27-29;Haberman and Sheinberg, 1967:541), (e) drinking patterns reported in a survey (Van Wart, 1917;Cahalan, Cisin and Crossley 1967:63-70; Knupfer and Room, 1967).…”

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Cultural Contingencies of Alcoholism: Variations between and within Nineteenth-Century Urban Ethnic Groups in Alcohol-Related Death Rates

Room¹

1968

Journal of Health and Social Behavior

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From the 1890 U.S. Census vital statistics compilations are drawn comparisons of adult rates of death from alcohol-related causes (alcoholism, liver diseases) in urban white ethnic groups (defined by birthplace of mother), with specification of sex, sex and marital status, neighborhood status, and sex and neighborhood status. In each of three cities, the Irish have the highest rate, followed by the English, Germans, and those with U.S.-born mothers, while the Italians and especially Russian Jews have extraordinarily low rates. Furthermore, within each of the three largest maternal-origin groups (German, Irish, U.S.), death rates from alcoholism by sex and marital status conform to Durkheim's findings for suicide, with wives contributing a higher proportion of the deaths of married persons than spinsters contribute of the deaths of unmarried persons. The extraordinarily low Irish sex ratio, and the uniform effects of marital status in three ethnic groups, cast doubt on explanations of an Irish propensity to alcoholism which focus on the peculiarities of Irish bachelorhood.

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Cultural Contingencies of Alcoholism: Variations between and within Nineteenth-Century Urban Ethnic Groups in Alcohol-Related Death Rates

Room¹

1968

Journal of Health and Social Behavior

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“…Manic-depressive illness could be the Jewish expression of mental disturbance, other ethnic groups 'choosing' different forms of expression. Various authors have speculated on this possibility and the possible reasons for it, particularly in terms of the different psychological defence mechanisms used by members of differing cultures to deal with aggression (Figelman, 1964;Brenner, 1961;Hyde & Chisholm, 1964;Fernando, 1966). If a manic-depressive process is characteristically Jewish, then the reasons may lie in the Jews' history of persecution and ghetto environment, historical, sociocultural and psychopathological factors as well as genetic ones being implicated.…”

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The patterns of mental disorder in Jewish and non-Jewish admissions to a district general hospital psychiatric unit: is manic-depressive illness a typically Jewish disorder?

1983

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SynopsisThis is a preliminary investigation of admissions to a district general hospital psychiatric unit over a two-year period, in which patterns of psychiatric diagnoses in Jewish and non-Jewish patients were compared. Among the Jews there were significantly more patients with affective psychoses and fewer with schizophrenia than among the non-Jews. The methodological problems arising in such a study and some possible aetiological factors are discussed.

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“…Although the overall rate of mental illness among Irish Americans has fallen during the past 25 years, the Irish — both in Ireland and in this country — continue to have a very high incidence of alcoholism (8, 14, 18, 33, 46, 62, 66). Alcohol is tolerated as “a good man's weakness.” Ireland's damp climate, which forced people to be confined indoors, might be enough to make anyone seek to repress physical sensations with alcohol.…”

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“…Although the overall rate of mental illness among Irish Americans has fallen during the past 25 years, the Irishboth in Ireland and in this countrycontinue to have a very high incidence of alcoholism (8,14,18,33,46,62,66). Alcohol is tolerated as "a good man's weakness."…”

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Family Therapy With Irish‐Americans

McGoldrick

Pearce²

1981

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This paper presents a paradigm for understanding the cultural values and family patterns of Irish-American families and offers suggestions for clinical intervention. Families' correspondence to the model described will depend upon their level of acculturation, socioeconomic status, and other contextual factors. The paradigm suggests a number of issues that may create difficulties for the therapist and for the family in therapy. In general, behavioral techniques, Bowen systems therapy, and strategic interventions may be more useful then techniques emphasizing expression of emotions in therapy or direct attempts to alter communication or family behavior in therapy sessions, as used in structural therapy.

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Relation of Mental Disorders to Race and Nationality

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Cultural Contingencies of Alcoholism: Variations between and within Nineteenth-Century Urban Ethnic Groups in Alcohol-Related Death Rates

Cultural Contingencies of Alcoholism: Variations between and within Nineteenth-Century Urban Ethnic Groups in Alcohol-Related Death Rates

The patterns of mental disorder in Jewish and non-Jewish admissions to a district general hospital psychiatric unit: is manic-depressive illness a typically Jewish disorder?

Family Therapy With Irish‐Americans

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