Mobility of schizophrenic patients, non-psychotic patients and the general population in a case register area

1989 ◽  
Vol 24 (5) ◽  
pp. 271-274 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alain D. Lesage ◽  
Michele Tansella
Keyword(s):  
General Population ◽  
Case Register ◽  
Schizophrenic Patients

Mental Disorder and Season of Birth: Comparison of Psychoses with Neurosis

1969 ◽  
Vol 115 (522) ◽  
pp. 533-540 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. H. Hare ◽  
J. S. Price
Keyword(s):  
General Population ◽  
Birth Rate ◽  
Season Of Birth ◽  
Significant Excess ◽  
Seasonal Influence ◽  
Manic Depressive ◽  
Single Exception ◽  
Schizophrenic Patients ◽  
One Year ◽  
Depressive Patients

Barry and Barry (1961, 1964) have reviewed the evidence for an association between season of birth and the major psychoses. Their figures show that, with a single exception, every study has found an excess (though not always a significant excess) of schizophrenic and manic-depressive patients born between January and April, and a deficit born between May and August, compared with the control populations. The single exception was their own study (1964) on schizophrenic patients in private mental hospitals, a finding which led them to conclude either that the private class of patient is protected from some adverse seasonal influence or that schizophrenic patients come chiefly from a subgroup of the population which has a comparatively high birth rate during the first four months of the year. Norris and Chowning (1962) drew attention to the fact that the seasonal distribution of births in a general population may vary appreciably from year to year in a particular country and from place to place within that country in any one year, and suggested that such variations make difficult any comparison between births of patients and of a large general population taken over a number of years, the procedure which had hitherto been adopted.

Season of Birth Among the Sibs of Schizophrenics

1978 ◽  
Vol 133 (4) ◽  
pp. 358-360 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carol Buck ◽  
Helen Simpson
Keyword(s):  
General Population ◽  
Season Of Birth ◽  
Time Period ◽  
Schizophrenic Patients

SummaryThe season of birth distribution of 1,039 sibs of Canadian schizophrenic patients was compared with that of births in the Canadian general population over the same time period. The excess of winter births observed among the schizophrenics was not found among their sibs.

Smoking and Malignancy in Schizophrenia

1984 ◽  
Vol 145 (4) ◽  
pp. 429-432 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Masterson ◽  
B. O'Shea
Keyword(s):  
General Population ◽  
Lower Risk ◽  
Intestinal Tract ◽  
Causes Of Death ◽  
Mortality Rates ◽  
Proportional Mortality ◽  
Schizophrenic Patients ◽  
Smoking Patterns ◽  
Gastro Intestinal Tract ◽  
Risk Of Cancer

SummaryIt has been suggested that schizophrenic patients have a lower risk of cancer than the general population. We therefore investigated the smoking patterns of 100 current chronic schizophrenic in-patients, and the causes of death in 122 recently deceased schizophrenics. We found that schizophrenics are heavy smokers, and that schizophrenics do die from carcinoma of the bronchus. Proportional mortality rates for all malignancies were not significantly lower in schizophrenics than in the general population but there was a significant absence of cancer of the gastro-intestinal tract. Proportional mortality rates for female mammary carcinoma, pneumonia, and suicide were raised, and that for cerebrovascular disease was low. These differences between schizophrenics and the general population warrant further investigation.

Epidemiology of Schizophrenia in Salford, 1974–84 Changes in an Urban Community over Ten Years

1991 ◽  
Vol 159 (6) ◽  
pp. 802-810 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. S. Bamrah ◽  
H. L. Freeman ◽  
D. P. Goldberg
Keyword(s):  
Community Care ◽  
Adult Population ◽  
Postal Questionnaire ◽  
Psychiatric Nurses ◽  
Population Movements ◽  
Case Register ◽  
Community Psychiatric ◽  
Schizophrenic Patients ◽  
Similar Survey ◽  
Depot Injections

The prevalence and inception rates of treated schizophrenia in the population of inner-city Salford were compared with those from a similar survey, ten years earlier. Data were obtained from a computerised case register and a postal questionnaire sent to GPs, and case notes rated on the SCL and screened using ICD–9. The point-prevalence rate of 6.26 per 1000 adult population was higher than that previously reported (4.56), despite decreases in total inception rate and in the general population. Changes in rates are presumed to be related primarily to population movements and ageing of the schizophrenic sample. Compared with 1974, the numbers of in-patient days and long-stay in-patients had fallen substantially by 1984, although annual admissions increased over the decade; day-patient and out-patient attendances, and extramural contacts with psychiatrists, community psychiatric nurses, and social workers had also increased. Almost 62% of cases were maintained on depot injections as out-patients in 1984. Over 75% of identified schizophrenic patients were in contact with psychiatrists, but only 7 out of 557 were solely in contact with their GP. In spite of the emphasis on community care, responsibility for schizophrenic patients was still carried overwhelmingly by hospital psychiatric services.

Chromosome Findings in Chronic Psychotic Patients

1968 ◽  
Vol 114 (514) ◽  
pp. 1167-1174 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. M. Anders ◽  
G. Jagiello ◽  
P. E. Polani ◽  
F. Giannelli ◽  
J. L. Hamerton ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
General Population ◽  
High Frequency ◽  
Sex Chromosome ◽  
Mental Deficiency ◽  
Testicular Atrophy ◽  
Dementia Praecox ◽  
Sex Chromosome Abnormalities ◽  
Sex Chromatin ◽  
High Incidence ◽  
Schizophrenic Patients

The observation of a higher incidence of sex-chromosome abnormalities amongst patients in mental deficiency and subnormality institutions than in the general population (Maclean et al., 1962; Court Brown et al., 1964) suggested that a sex chromatin survey of a theoretically related chronic psychotic population might be of interest. Mott (1919) observed a high frequency of testicular atrophy in dementia praecox, particularly in patients dying in early adolescence, and Forster (quoted by Mott, 1919) reported on the ovarian findings in similarly affected women. Hemphill et al. (1944) found a high incidence of testicular atrophy in a series of ninety male schizophrenic patients.

scholarly journals Comparison of Intelligence Quotient of Schizophrenic Patients with those of Normal Population

2019 ◽  
Vol 21 (4) ◽  
pp. 254-257
Author(s):  
JB Khatri ◽  
BK Goit ◽  
A Subedi
Keyword(s):  
Standard Deviation ◽  
General Population ◽  
Intelligence Quotient ◽  
Normal Population ◽  
Normal Subjects ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Case Group ◽  
Adult Intelligence Scale ◽  
Schizophrenic Patients ◽  
The Mean

An intelligence deficit in schizophrenia is common and is associated with relapse and occupational impairment. The study aims to examine the intelligence quotient of schizophrenic patients and to compare with those of general population. This was a case control study where 30 adult schizophrenic patients between 15 to 45 years were enrolled from the inpatient and outpatient Psychiatry Department of Manipal College of Medical Sciences, Pokhara, Nepal. For control group, 30 normal subjects were enrolled from the general population matched with case group. The intelligence quotients were assessed by Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale. The prevalence of intelligence deficit was 76.7% in the schizophrenic patients. The mean intelligence quotient was 84.80 with standard deviation of 6.53 in patients with schizophrenia. The intelligence quotient was average or above average in all the general populations. The mean intelligence quotient was 110.63 with standard deviation of 8.74 in the general population. The study concluded that the schizophrenic patients performed poorer in intelligence quotient than the general population

Season of Birth in the Population of Norway, with Particular Reference to the September Birth Maximum

1977 ◽  
Vol 131 (4) ◽  
pp. 339-344 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ørnulv ØDegård
Keyword(s):  
General Population ◽  
Brain Damage ◽  
Social Factors ◽  
Fundamental Difference ◽  
Season Of Birth ◽  
Biological Origin ◽  
Schizophrenic Patients ◽  
Birth Peak ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Number Of Births

The monthly number of births in Norway fluctuates between a maximum in January–May and a minimum in October–December. This cyclic seasonality is assumed to be of biological origin, but indirectly it is influenced by social factors and consequently tends to vary a great deal. There is a secondary birth maximum in September, corresponding to a peak of conceptions during the traditional festivities around Christmas and New Year. It is shown that this maximum is much less variable within the country studied, though it probably varies from one country to another in relation to the impact of the mid-winter traditions.The January–May birth maximum is known to be higher in schizophrenia than in the general population, while no such difference is observed in Norway for the September birth peak. It is felt that there is a fundamental difference between the two birth maxima and a corresponding difference between schizophrenic patients and the general population. Minimal paranatal brain damage of seasonal origin is suggested as an explanation.

Winter-Born v Summer-Born Schizophrenics

1987 ◽  
Vol 151 (4) ◽  
pp. 499-505 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. E. Kendell ◽  
I. W. Kemp
Keyword(s):  
General Population ◽  
Health Service ◽  
Sex Ratio ◽  
Age Of Onset ◽  
Psychiatric Inpatient ◽  
Data Set ◽  
Case Register ◽  
Large Populations ◽  
To Receive ◽  
First Admission

Data from two sources-the Edinburgh Psychiatric Case Register and the psychiatric inpatient records of the Scottish Health Service-were used to compare large populations of first-admission schizophrenics born in winter (January to March) and in summer (June to October). Parallel comparisons were carried out for affective psychoses. Comparison of the months of birth of the Scottish patients with those of the general population indicated that there was a 9% excess of schizophrenic births and a 3% excess of affective births in the first 3 months of the year. In the Edinburgh material, winter-born schizophrenics were more likely than the summer-born to receive a diagnosis of paranoid or schizoaffective schizophrenia and less likely to receive diagnoses other than schizophrenia on readmission, but neither of these differences emerged in the much larger Scottish material. There were no differences between winter-and summer-born schizophrenics in age of onset, sex ratio, or prognosis in either data set, nor were any significant differences found between winter- and summer-born affectives. We have therefore failed to demonstrate any convincing differences between winter-and summer-born schizophrenics.

Socio-economic Mobility among Patients with Schizophrenia or Major Affective Disorder a 17-Year Retrospective Follow-Up

1995 ◽  
Vol 166 (6) ◽  
pp. 759-767 ◽  
Author(s):  
Seppo Aro ◽  
Hillevi Aro ◽  
Ilmo Keskimäki
Keyword(s):  
General Population ◽  
Affective Disorder ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
White Collar ◽  
Drop Out ◽  
Population Census ◽  
Number Of Patients ◽  
Schizophrenic Patients ◽  
Group A ◽  
Marked Decline

BackgroundSocial mobility among patients with schizophrenia or major affective disorder was compared with that among the general population.MethodMobility was studied retrospectively from 1970 to 1987. Socio-economic status (SES) was defined by occupation as in the population census (upper white-collar, lower white-collar, blue-collar, entrepreneur, farmer, unemployed). All patients aged 30–60 years at discharge (2901 men and 3620 women) in 1987–88 in Finland were included in the study. The SES structure of the general population was used for comparisons.ResultsAmong patients with schizophrenia there was a constant downward drift, commonly to unemployment. This risk was higher among men than women. In the youngest age group a marked decline from the parents' social status was observed. Among patients with major affective disorder the distribution of SES in 1970 was similar to that of the general population. By 1987, a downward drift was again observed, mainly to unemployment regardless of the initial SES group. The number of patients in occupational categories were usually 30–50% lower than expected.ConclusionsSchizophrenic patients had a high risk of social drop-out. Among patients with major affective disorder the downward drift was much less.

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