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Social conditions in a total population with long‐term functional psychosis in three different areas of Stockholm County
Author(s) -
Borgå P.,
Widerlöv B.,
Stefansson C. G.,
Cullberg J.
Publication year - 1992
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.1600-0447.1992.tb03213.x
Subject(s) - psychosis , disability pension , schizophrenia (object oriented programming) , population , psychiatry , demography , psychology , rural area , gerontology , substance abuse , medicine , sociology , pathology
A number of social conditions regarding interpersonal relations, housing and employment were studied in a total population of individuals with long‐term functional psychosis ( n = 341) drawn from the population aged 18–64 years inhabiting three different areas of Stockholm County, altogether about 57,000 inhabitants. Individuals were included irrespective of whether they had a psychiatric treatment contact or not. They were mostly unmarried (57%) and living alone (64%). Most were unemployed (69%) and over half received a disability pension. However, 76% had their own flat and a reasonable financial standard, not deteriorating with illness duration. The diagnosis of schizophrenia led to poorer social conditions, as did early age at onset, male sex and co‐morbidity of substance abuse. A larger number of individuals lived in an institution in the urban area while a greater number lived with relatives in the rural area.