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First admissions for psychiatric disorders
Author(s) -
Joensen S.,
Wang A. G.
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
acta psychiatrica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.849
H-Index - 146
eISSN - 1600-0447
pISSN - 0001-690X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0447.1983.tb06982.x
Subject(s) - danish , psychiatry , psychosis , schizophrenia (object oriented programming) , medicine , psychology , philosophy , linguistics
– Historical accounts emphasize a high rate of mental morbidity in the Faroe Islands compared with Denmark. As prerequisites for a comparative investigation are now present, we have compared a 10‐year period of first admission rates in both areas. We found a lower rate for the Faroes generally, in particular for women, for the age group 30–64, and also for the majority of diagnostic groups. The group manic‐depressive psychosis come closest to Danish conditions, followed by reactive psychosis and alcohol and drug abuse. The greatest difference was found for the groups personal disorders, neuroses, and schizophrenia.