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One‐year prevalence of long‐term functional psychosis in three different areas of Uppsala
Author(s) -
Widerlöv B.,
Lindström E.,
Kitarring L.
Publication year - 1997
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.1600-0447.1997.tb09947.x
Subject(s) - schizophrenia (object oriented programming) , psychosis , medicine , rural area , term (time) , demography , pediatrics , psychiatry , pathology , physics , quantum mechanics , sociology
The 1‐year prevalence of long term functional psychoses (LFP) in Uppsala was found to be 0.73%, with a clear gradient from the central city area (0.87%) to the rural area (0.60%). The highest prevalence was found in the 35–54 years age group (1.01%), and the lowest prevalence in the 18–34 years age group (0.45%). There were no pronounced sex differences. The majority of the LFP patients were diagnosed as having schizophrenia. The 1‐year prevalence of schizophrenia was 0.42%, with a clear gradient from the central city area to the rural area (0.53%, 0.44% and 0.30%, respectively). The same gradient was not observed with regard to the other diagnostic subgroups relating to LFP.