Black emergency department visits for schizophrenia/psychosis following the police killing of George Floyd: An empirical test of "protest psychosis"

• Main Authors: Parvati Singh (Author), Geoffrey Carney-Knisely (Author), Kamesha S. Spates (Author), Marquianna Griffin (Author), Amy Fairchild (Author), Tim A. Bruckner (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2024-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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In the United States, there exists a large disparity in the diagnosis of schizophrenia between Black and White individuals. Some of the symptoms associated with schizophrenia, such as agitation, delusions, and non-compliance, were previously linked to a now-discontinued condition known as "Prot...