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Incidence of schizophrenia in Ireland

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 July 2009

Mairin Ni Nuallain ,
Aileen O'hare  and
Dermot Walsh
Mairin Ni Nuallain
Affiliation:
Medico-Social Research Board, Dublin, Ireland
Aileen O'hare
Affiliation:
Medico-Social Research Board, Dublin, Ireland
Dermot Walsh*
Affiliation:
Medico-Social Research Board, Dublin, Ireland
*
1Address for correspondence: Dr Dermot Walsh, Medico-Social Research Board, 73, Lower Baggot Street, Dublin 2, Ireland.
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Synopsis

This paper reports an investigation of the incidence of schizophrenia in Ireland by means of standardized case-finding procedures. Our findings do not support the popular belief, based on first admissions figures, of a raised incidence in Ireland. We show this to have been considerably overestimated.

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Research Article
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Psychological Medicine , Volume 17 , Issue 4 , November 1987 , pp. 943 - 948
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1987

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