http://archpsyc.jamanetwork.com/ en-us Mon, 01 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT Wed, 03 Apr 2013 15:47:05 GMT Silverchair editor@archpsyc.jamanetwork.com webmaster@archpsyc.jamanetwork.com http://archpsyc.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleID=1656690 Mon, 01 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT Cantor-Graae E, Pedersen CB. <span class="paragraphSection"><div class="boxTitle">Importance</div>Although increased risk for schizophrenia among immigrants is well established, knowledge of the broader spectrum of psychiatric disorders associated with a foreign migration background is lacking.<div class="boxTitle">Objective</div>To examine the full range of psychiatric disorders associated with any type of foreign migration background among persons residing in Denmark, including foreign-born adoptees, first- and second-generation immigrants, native Danes with a history of foreign residence, and persons born abroad to Danish expatriates.<div class="boxTitle">Design and Setting</div>Danish population-based cohort study. Persons were followed up from their 10th birthday for the development of mental disorders based on outpatient and inpatient data.<div class="boxTitle">Participants</div>All persons born between January 1, 1971, and December 31, 2000 (N = 1 859 419) residing in Denmark by their 10th birthday with follow-up data to December 31, 2010.<div class="boxTitle">Main Outcome Measures</div>Incidence rate ratios (IRRs) and cumulative incidences for psychiatric outcomes.<div class="boxTitle">Results</div>All categories of foreign migration background, except persons born abroad to Danish expatriates, were associated with increased risk for at least 1 psychiatric disorder. Foreign-born adoptees had increased IRRs for all psychiatric disorders and had the highest IRRs for these disorders compared with other foreign migration categories. First- and second-generation immigrants having 2 foreign-born parents had significantly increased IRRs for schizophrenia and schizophrenia spectrum disorders and had similar risk magnitudes. Second-generation immigrants having 1 foreign-born parent had significantly increased IRRs for all psychiatric disorders. Native Danes with a history of foreign residence had increased IRRs for bipolar affective disorder, affective disorders, personality disorders, and schizophrenia spectrum disorders.<div class="boxTitle">Conclusions and Relevance</div>The extent to which a background of foreign migration confers an increased risk for the broad spectrum of psychiatric disorders varies according to parental origin, with greatest risks for foreign-born adoptees. The spectrum of psychiatric disorders showed greater variation within the second-generation immigrant group than between first-generation vs second-generation immigrants, and the spectrum differed according to whether individuals had 1 or 2 foreign-born parents.</span> 70 4 427 435 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2013.441 http://archpsyc.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleID=1656690