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Is Schizophrenia Disappearing?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

John M. Eagles
John M. Eagles*
Affiliation:
Mental Health Services Unit, The Ross Clinic, Cornhill Road, Aberdeen AB9 2ZF
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Abstract

“The incidence of schizophrenia is regarded as being similar between different cultures and times. However, several studies, mostly based on first-admission rates, have suggested that the incidence has declined over the past 10–15 years. Data from England and Wales for 1952–86 have been examined: there has been a substantial decrease, beginning in the mid-1960s, in the incidence of schizophrenia.”

Type
The Current Literature
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 158 , Issue 6 , June 1991 , pp. 834 - 835
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Copyright © The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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