@article{01d35916e0f44a7ebe836bc5847f6c38,
title = "First-episode psychosis and migration in Italy (PEP-Ita migration): A study in the Italian mental health services",
abstract = "Background: It has been frequently reported a higher incidence of psychotic disorders in immigrants than in native populations. There is, however, a lack of knowledge about risk factors which may explain this phenomenon. A better understanding of the causes of psychosis among first-generation migrants is highly needed, particularly in Italy, a country with a recent massive migration.Methods/Design: The {"} Italian study on first-episode psychosis and migration (PEP-Ita){"} is a prospective observational study over a two-year period (1 January 2012-31 December 2013) which will be carried out in 11 Italian mental health centres. All participating centres will collect data about all new cases of migrants with first-episode psychosis. The general purpose ({"} core{"} ) of the PEP-Ita study is to explore the socio-demographic and clinical characteristics, and the pathways to care of a population of first-episode psychosis migrants in Italy. Secondary aims of the study will be: 1) to understand risk and protective factors for the development of psychotic disorders in migrants; 2) to evaluate the correlations between psychopathology of psychotic disorders in migrants and socio-demographic characteristics, migration history, life experiences; 3) to evaluate the clinical and social outcomes of first-episode psychoses in migrants.Discussion: The results of the PEP-Ita study will allow a better understanding of risk factors for psychosis in first-generation migrants in Italy. Moreover, our results will contribute to the development of prevention programmes for psychosis and to the improvement of early intervention treatments for the migrant population in Italy.",
keywords = "First-episode psychosis, Italy, Migrants, Protective factors, Risk factors",
author = "Ilaria Tarricone and Mauro Braca and Fabio Allegri and Giuseppe Barrasso and Antonello Bellomo and Vanna Berlincioni and Bernardo Carpiniello and Alessio Ceregato and \{Conforti Donati\}, Marco and Samuele Defilippi and \{Del Vecchio\}, Valeria and \{De Rosa\}, Corrado and Luigi Ferrannini and Silvia Ferrari and Furio, \{Maria A.\} and Carla Gramaglia and \{La Cascia\}, Caterina and Mario Luciano and Alice Mul{\`e} and Marcello Nardini and Francesca Podavini and Diego Primavera and Corinna Reggianini and Marco Rigatelli and Orlando Todarello and Elena Turella and Antonio Ventriglio and Patrizia Zeppegno and Andrea Fiorillo and Domenico Berardi",
note = "Funding Information: We acknowledge the contribution of Dr. Craig Morgan and Prof. Robin Murray, leaders of the Working Package 2 of the EU-GEI Project funded by the European Community (European Network of National Schizophrenia Networks Studying Gene Environment Interactions Project EU-GEI European Community{\textquoteright}s Seventh Framework Program, grant agreement No. HEALTH-F2-2009-241909). WP2 allowed us to implement the EU-GEI research tools in the present project. We also deeply thank Dr. Marta Di Forti: her help was crucial in developing PEP-Ita Migration network. A special thanks goes to Prof. Dinesh Bhugra and to Dr. Jane Boydell for their suggestions on methodology and research strategy in cultural psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology. We thank Dr Angelo Fioritti (Director of Bologna Mental Health Department) and Dr Antonella Piazza (Responsible of Bologna MHD computer Information System). We also acknowledge the contribution of the following study centres to the Pep-Ita network: CPS zona 14 e Rozzano - SPDC Est AO San Paolo Milano (Dr. Angelo Bertani), Universit{\`a} Cattolica del Sacro Cuore Roma (Dr. Emanuele Caroppo), Carcere di Regina Coeli Roma (Dr. Paolo Cianconi), Universit{\`a} degli Studi di Udine (Prof. Matteo Balestrieri), Universit{\`a} degli Studi dell{\textquoteright}Insubria Varese-Como (Prof. Simone Vender). A special and deep thanks to Professor Rocco Pollice who, together with Andrea Fiorillo, Alice Mul{\`e} and Ilaria Tarricone, took the first step of this project one morning, several years ago, in Naples. Funding Information: More recently, Bologna has become part of the EU-GEI European project (European Community{\textquoteright}s Seventh Framework Program, grant agreement No. HEALTH-F2-2009-241909, Project EU-GEI: European Network of National Schizophrenia Networks Studying Gene-Environment Interaction) coordinated by the University of Maastricht. Bologna{\textquoteright}s participation in EU-GEI and the Work Package 2 (coordinated by Craig Morgan and Robin Murray from the Institute of Psychiatry – King{\textquoteright}s College, London) allowed the use of EU-GEI{\textquoteright}s methods both in Bologna and in the independent network of Italian mental health centres which are taking part to the Italian study on first-episode psychosis and migration (PEP-Ita migration study).",
year = "2014",
month = jun,
day = "23",
doi = "10.1186/1471-244X-14-186",
language = "English",
volume = "14",
journal = "BMC Psychiatry",
issn = "1471-244X",
publisher = "BioMed Central Ltd.",
number = "1",
}
