reviewEpidemiologic ReviewsMay 14, 2008Closed access

Schizophrenia: A Concise Overview of Incidence, Prevalence, and Mortality

JJJohn J. McGrathSSSukanta SahaDCDavid ChantJWJ. Welham

University of Queensland · Park Centre for Mental Health · +1 more institution

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Abstract

Recent systematic reviews have encouraged the psychiatric research community to reevaluate the contours of schizophrenia epidemiology. This paper provides a concise overview of three related systematic reviews on the incidence, prevalence, and mortality associated with schizophrenia. The reviews shared key methodological features regarding search strategies, analysis of the distribution of the frequency estimates, and exploration of the influence of key variables (sex, migrant status, urbanicity, secular trend, economic status, and latitude). Contrary to previous interpretations, the incidence of schizophrenia shows prominent variation between sites. The median incidence of schizophrenia was 15.2/100,000…

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  • Epidemiology
  • Incidence (geometry)
  • Schizophrenia (object-oriented programming)
  • Medicine
  • Demography
  • Psychiatry
  • Gerontology
  • Pathology
UN Sustainable Development Goals
  • Sustainable cities and communities
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