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Aspects of the Epidemiology of Schizophrenia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

E. Hare
E. Hare*
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The Maudsley Hospital, Denmark Hill, London SE5 8AZ
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Reasons are given why the hospital diagnosis of schizophrenia may be accurate enough for the proper study of certain aspects of its epidemiology. Studies in the seasonality of admissions and of births in schizophrenic patients have produced consistent results in different countries and at different times. The results are summarized, and causal hypotheses based on them are discussed. The idea that schizophrenia is a relatively recent disease is compatible with these hypotheses.

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 149 , Issue 5 , November 1986 , pp. 554 - 561
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Copyright © 1986 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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