PREVALENCE OF SCHIZOPHRENIA IN AN URBAN COMMUNITY IN MADRAS

Several studies have estimated the prevalence of Schizophrenia. Widely varied rates have in part been due to methodological and diagnostic differences. This paper presents the epidemiological indices for Schizophrenia, estimated as a part of a large study of over 1,00,000 urban population for Functi...

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Autores principales: Padmavathi, R., Rajkumar, S., Kumar, Narendra, Manoharan, A., Kamath, Shantha
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 1988
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3010598/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21927316
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author Padmavathi, R.
Rajkumar, S.
Kumar, Narendra
Manoharan, A.
Kamath, Shantha
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description Several studies have estimated the prevalence of Schizophrenia. Widely varied rates have in part been due to methodological and diagnostic differences. This paper presents the epidemiological indices for Schizophrenia, estimated as a part of a large study of over 1,00,000 urban population for Functional Psychoses. The age corrected prevalence rate is estimated and discussed. A study of socio-demographic aspects showed the prevalence of Schizophrenia to be higher among males; in slums; in extended and joint families; in those with no schooling and in unemployed. The focus of discussion is on methodological issues of prevalence estimation and the socio-demographic aspects of Schizophrenia.
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spelling pubmed-30105982011-09-16 PREVALENCE OF SCHIZOPHRENIA IN AN URBAN COMMUNITY IN MADRAS Padmavathi, R. Rajkumar, S. Kumar, Narendra Manoharan, A. Kamath, Shantha Indian J Psychiatry Original Article Several studies have estimated the prevalence of Schizophrenia. Widely varied rates have in part been due to methodological and diagnostic differences. This paper presents the epidemiological indices for Schizophrenia, estimated as a part of a large study of over 1,00,000 urban population for Functional Psychoses. The age corrected prevalence rate is estimated and discussed. A study of socio-demographic aspects showed the prevalence of Schizophrenia to be higher among males; in slums; in extended and joint families; in those with no schooling and in unemployed. The focus of discussion is on methodological issues of prevalence estimation and the socio-demographic aspects of Schizophrenia. Medknow Publications 1988 /pmc/articles/PMC3010598/ /pubmed/21927316 Text en Copyright: © Indian Journal of Psychiatry http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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PREVALENCE OF SCHIZOPHRENIA IN AN URBAN COMMUNITY IN MADRAS
title PREVALENCE OF SCHIZOPHRENIA IN AN URBAN COMMUNITY IN MADRAS
title_full PREVALENCE OF SCHIZOPHRENIA IN AN URBAN COMMUNITY IN MADRAS
title_fullStr PREVALENCE OF SCHIZOPHRENIA IN AN URBAN COMMUNITY IN MADRAS
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title_short PREVALENCE OF SCHIZOPHRENIA IN AN URBAN COMMUNITY IN MADRAS
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