The incidence of admissions for schizophrenia and related psychoses in two cohorts: 1875-1924 and 1994-2010

BMJ Open

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Healy, David ^a   Le Noury, Joanna ^a   Linden, Stefanie Caroline ^b   Harris, Margaret ^a   Whitaker, Chris ^c   Linden, David ^d   Baker, Darren ^c   Roberts, Anthony P ^a  

^a Hergest Unit   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CATATONIA; DELUSIONAL DISORDER; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL PATIENT; PARITY; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT; PSYCHOSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84857870686     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2011-000447     Document Type: Article

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