A Cross-National Epidemiological Study of Mania
| Autor: | Margit Fischer, J. P. Leff, Aksel Bertelsen |
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| Rok vydání: | 1976 |
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Cross-Cultural Comparison Male medicine.medical_specialty Pediatrics Bipolar Disorder Time Factors Adolescent Denmark West Indies Population Patient Readmission Life Change Events 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine London Epidemiology medicine Humans Prospective Studies Registries Sex Ratio 030212 general & internal medicine education Prospective cohort study Retrospective Studies Psychiatric Status Rating Scales education.field_of_study business.industry Retrospective cohort study Emigration and Immigration Middle Aged Cross-cultural studies 030227 psychiatry Hospitalization Psychiatry and Mental health Social Class Female Case note medicine.symptom business Mania Demography Cross national |
| Zdroj: | British Journal of Psychiatry. 129:428-437 |
| ISSN: | 1472-1465 0007-1250 |
| DOI: | 10.1192/bjp.129.5.428 |
| Popis: | SummaryAn epidemiological study of the first admission rate for mania was carried out in London and Aarhus. The case registers in these two centres were used to conduct a retrospective study of case notes covering several years, and a screening procedure was used for the prospective collection of new cases over the course of one year. The annual incidence of mania was found to be virtually identical in both centres. The retrospective study gave a figure of 2.6 per 100,000 population in both Aarhus and London. But the London sample was found to contain 45 per cent of immigrants in contrast to the Aarhus sample in which only a negligible proportion were born outside Denmark. Male West Indians, in particular, were over-represented in the London sample. |
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