Poverty, inequality and the treated incidence of first-episode psychosis. An ecological study from South Africa

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 331-335

  Burns, Jonathan K ^a   Esterhuizen, Tonya ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

First episode psychosis; Income inequality; Poverty; Structural violence; Treated incidence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DEMOGRAPHY; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; FIRST EPISODE PSYCHOSIS; GENDER; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HEALTH STATISTICS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; POVERTY; PSYCHOSIS; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTH AFRICA; UNEMPLOYMENT; URBANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 41549112837     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-008-0308-2     Document Type: Article

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