The validity of schizophrenia diagnosis in the Finnish Hospital Discharge Register: Findings from a 10-year birth cohort sample

Nordic Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 198-203

  Pihlajamaa, Johanna ^a,b   Suvisaari, Jaana ^a,c   Henriksson, Markus ^a,d   Heilä, Hannele ^a   Karjalainen, Elisa ^a   Koskela, Johanna ^a   Cannon, Mary ^e   Lönnqvist, Jouko ^a  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b JORVI HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TAMPERE   (Finland)

^d Centre of Military Medicine   (Finland)

^e BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Criteria; Epidemiology; Psychometry; Psychosis; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR I DISORDER; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA EXTRACTION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE REGISTRY; FEMALE; FINLAND; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; SCHIZOAFFECTIVE PSYCHOSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIFORM DISORDER; VALIDITY;

ADULT; BIPOLAR DISORDER; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MALE; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PSYCHOMETRICS; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; REGISTRIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 47949105369     PISSN: 08039488     EISSN: 15024725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08039480801983596     Document Type: Article

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