Racism exposure independently raises risk of mental disorder and psychosis.
Evidence
Similarly a more recent investigation showed that experiences of interpersonal racism (specifically, verbal abuse, physical assault and discrimination in access to or within the workplace) and perceiving racism in wider British society (believing that British employers discriminate on the basis of ethnicity, race or religion) had independent effects on the likelihood of having both a common mental disorder (such as anxiety or depression) and a psychosis-related disorder (Karlsen et al. 2005). Specifically, in multivariate models (which included measures of exposure to three dimensions of racism and adjusted for age, household occupational class and current employment status, and gender), experience of racially motivated verbal abuse or physical assault was associated with between a twoand a threefold increase in the risk of common mental disorder and psychosis; reporting experience of employment-related discrimination was associated with an almost 50% additional increased risk; while believing the majority of British employers to be discriminatory was associated with around a twofold increase in risk. — A. Hussain, N. Meer, Framing Muslim Integration, 319
Categorization
- XREF: Connects to the health-inequalities literature on discrimination as a social determinant of health, and to the reading purpose’s question of how the anti-Muslim-racism frame is grounded in measurable, embodied harm rather than mere attitude. — connects to: Racism harms health through internalization, physiological stress, and direct violence. — A. Hussain, N. Meer, Framing Muslim Integration, 318; Physical racial attack sharply raises rates of depression and psychosis. — A. Hussain, N. Meer, Framing Muslim Integration, 318; Fear of racism harms mental health more than direct experiences of it do. — A. Hussain, N. Meer, Framing Muslim Integration, 328 (+4 more)
Related
- Physical racial attack sharply raises rates of depression and psychosis. (similarity 0.90)
- Racial discrimination causally damages mental and physical health. (similarity 0.88)
- Racial harassment triples depression risk and quintuples psychosis prevalence (similarity 0.87)
- Racism harms health through internalization, physiological stress, and direct violence. (similarity 0.87)
- Fear of racism harms mental health more than direct experiences of it do. (similarity 0.86)
- Mere fear of racism harms health more widely than racist encounters themselves do. (similarity 0.84)
- Racism harms health even when not personally directed, because it targets shared group characteristics. (similarity 0.83)
- Islamophobia operates as a health harm alongside other racisms. (similarity 0.82)
- Adult racism exposure damages the health of children. (similarity 0.80)
- Vicarious exposure to racism harms children’s socio-emotional development (similarity 0.80)
- Racial discrimination produces measurable biological and physiological damage (similarity 0.80)
- Racism harms health even without personal victimhood because it targets group identity (similarity 0.80)
- Ethnic health inequalities stem from racism, not ethnicity itself. (similarity 0.79)
- Racialization shortens minority life expectancy even when incident harm is rare. (similarity 0.79)
Broader Connections
- Racial harassment triples depression risk and quintuples psychosis prevalence
#exemplifies(0.90) — Runnymede Trust (ed. Farah Elahi & Omar Khan), Islamophobia, 313 - Racial discrimination causally damages mental and physical health.
#corroborates(0.90) — A. Hussain, N. Meer, Framing Muslim Integration, 321 - Fear of racism harms mental health more than direct experiences of it do.
#qualifies(0.80) — A. Hussain, N. Meer, Framing Muslim Integration, 328 - Racial discrimination produces measurable biological and physiological damage
#corroborates(0.78) — Runnymede Trust (ed. Farah Elahi & Omar Khan), Islamophobia, 317 - Mere fear of racism harms health more widely than racist encounters themselves do.
#qualifies(0.75) — A. Hussain, N. Meer, Framing Muslim Integration, 326