New research from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine has shown that British children with Indian ancestry have better mental health than British Whites.
Anna Goodman, the report's lead author from London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine says: "Most research into ethnic differences focuses on issues where minority ethnic groups are doing worse than average. We believe it is also important to investigate areas where minority groups have an advantage, and use this understanding as a way to improve the health of the whole population".
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The proportion of Indian children with any mental health disorder was 3.7 percent, the lowest of any major ethnic group and substantially lower than the 10.0 percent proportion in White children.
This Indian mental health advantage was driven by Indian children having fewer behavioral problems (e.g. aggressive or antisocial behaviour) and fewer hyperactivity problems.
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Part of the Indian mental health advantage was explained by the fact that Indian children were more likely to live in two parent families and had higher academic abilities.Most of the advantage, however, was not explained by the major known risk factors. In addition, Indian children did not show the strong socio-economic gradient in behavioral and hyperactivity problems, which was observed in Whites.
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"Indian children suffer fewer problems and the socio-economic gradient is much less marked. Understanding why this particular group of British children is doing so well could therefore hold important clues for improving both child mental health and also child mental health equity in all ethnic groups".
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