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Cancer Incidence of Schizophrenic Patients Results of Record Linkage Studies in Three Countries

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 August 2018

Walter Gulbinat ,
Annelise Dupont ,
Assen Jablensky ,
Ole M. Jensen ,
Anthony Marsella ,
Yoshibimi Nakane  and
Norman Sartorius
Walter Gulbinat*
Affiliation:
Mental Health Division, WHO, Geneva, Switzerland
Annelise Dupont
Affiliation:
Institute of Psychiatric Demography, Risskov
Assen Jablensky
Affiliation:
National Neuroscience and Behaviour Medical Academy Research Programme, Sofia, Bulgaria
Ole M. Jensen
Affiliation:
The Institute of Cancer Epidemiology, Copenhagen, Denmark
Anthony Marsella
Affiliation:
University of Hawaii, Honolulu
Yoshibimi Nakane
Affiliation:
Department of Neuropsychiatry, Nagasaki University School of Medicine, Nagasaki, Japan
Norman Sartorius
Affiliation:
Mental Health Division, WHO, Geneva, Switzerland
*
Correspondence
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Various associations have been reported in the literature between severe mental disorders, particularly schizophrenia, and other diseases; the demonstrated association of two (or more) diseases would be of great theoretical and practical importance. If two (or more) diseases occur in the same individual significantly more often than would be expected by chance, the same aetiological factors may be involved, or one disease may be pathogenic to the other, or one condition may be a hitherto unrecognised manifestation of the other, or the patient — as a sequela of one disease — may be exposed to risk factors for the other. In addition to the scientific importance of such discoveries, knowledge of this kind may be useful for the furtherance of public-health programmes, for the organisation of services, and for the prevention of illness.

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 161 , Issue S18: Onset and Course of Schizophrenic Disorders: Dynamic Interactions between Relevant Factors , October 1992 , pp. 75 - 83
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