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A Prospective Study of First-Incidence Depression

The Lundby Study, 1957–72

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Birgitta Rorsman ,
Anne Gräsbeck ,
Olle Hagnell ,
Jan Lanke ,
Rolf ÖHman ,
Leif Öjesjö  and
Lena Otterbeck
Birgitta Rorsman*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry and Neurochemistry, University of Lund, Sweden
Anne Gräsbeck
Affiliation:
Department of Social and Forensic Psychiatry, University of Lund
Olle Hagnell
Affiliation:
Department of Social and Forensic Psychiatry, University of Lund
Jan Lanke
Affiliation:
Department of Statistics, University of Lund
Rolf ÖHman
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, University of Lund
Leif Öjesjö
Affiliation:
Faculty of Health Sciences, Linköping University, Sweden
Lena Otterbeck
Affiliation:
Department of Social and Forensic Psychiatry, University of Lund, Sweden
*
∗Department of Social and Forensic Psychiatry; St Lars Sjukhus, RPK, Box 646, S-220 06 Lund, Sweden
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Abstract

The present study is based on the so-called 1957 Lundby cohort, a geographically defined normal Swedish population of 2612 individuals who were evaluated for mental disorders in 1957 and 1972. The annual age-standardised first incidence of depression, with or without other psychiatric symptoms, all degrees of impairment included, was found to be 4.3 per 1000 person years in men and 7.6 per 1000 person years in women. Up until 70 years of age, the cumulative probability of suffering a first episode of depression was 27% in men and 45% in women.

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Research Article
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 156 , Issue 3 , March 1990 , pp. 336 - 342
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1990 

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