Much attention has been focused on the advantages enjoyed by white males
in the general society. Are they similarly advantaged in a psychiatric
population? Two hundred seventeen patients from two demographically
heterogeneous catchment areas admitted to inpatient care during a 1-year
period were interviewed using standardized procedures; 80% of the original
sample was available for follow-up 2 years later. Race and sex showed no
consistent pattern of relationships with psychiatric symptoms, disability,
and outcome; being both white and male was not advantageous in terms of any
of the characteristics examined.Abstract Teaser