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Incidence of Mental Disorders in the Finnish UKKI Study

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Ville Lehtinen ,
Juha Veijola ,
Tomi Lindholm ,
Juha Moring ,
Pauli Puukka  and
Erkki Väisänen
Ville Lehtinen*
Affiliation:
National Research and Development Centre for Welfare and Health, Helsinki
Juha Veijola
Affiliation:
Psychiatric Clinic, University Central Hospital of Oulu, Oulu
Tomi Lindholm
Affiliation:
Mental Health Centre of Turku, Turku
Juha Moring
Affiliation:
Psychiatric Clinic, University Central Hospital of Oulu, Oulu
Pauli Puukka
Affiliation:
Social Insurance Institution, Turku
Erkki Väisänen
Affiliation:
Psychiatric Clinic, University Central Hospital of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
*
Professor V. Lehtinen, Mental Health Unit, National Research and Development Centre for Welfare and Health, Kunnallissairaalantie 20, FIN-20700 TURKU
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Abstract

Background

The aim was to give estimates of the incidence of different mental disorders from a Finnish prospective epidemiological follow-up study, the UKKI Study.

Method

The original probability sample consisted of 1000 persons, aged 15–64 years. The baseline survey took place in 1969–71, and follow-up surveys were conducted 5 and 16 years after the baseline survey. The research methods included a personal psychiatric interview and data collection from different registers. The diagnostic system was based on the ICD–8 classification.

Results

The estimated annual incidence of all mental disorders was close to 15 per 1000 both between baseline and the 5-year follow-up as well as between the 5-year and the 16-year follow-up. During the entire 16-year follow-up period the annual incidence of all disorders was 14 per 1000 in men and 17 per 1000 in women. The annual incidence of neurotic disorders was 10 per 1000 in men and 14 per 1000 in women, and that of psychotic disorders 2 per 1000.

Conclusions

In the literature, there are huge differences in the results concerning incidence of mental disorders. The results of the present study were rather close to those of the Swedish Lundby Study, but nowhere near the results of the American ECA Study.

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 168 , Issue 6 , June 1996 , pp. 672 - 678
Copyright
Copyright © 1996 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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