Psychotic experiences in the general population: A cross-national analysis based on 31 261 respondents from 18 countries

JAMA Psychiatry

Volumn 72, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 697-705

  McGrath, John J ^a,b   Saha, Sukanta ^a,b   Al Hamzawi, Ali ^c   Alonso, Jordi ^d,e   Bromet, Evelyn J ^f   Bruffaerts, Ronny ^g   Caldas De Almeida, José Miguel ^h   Chiu, Wai Tat ⁱ   De Jonge, Peter ^j   Fayyad, John ^k   Florescu, Silvia ^l   Gureje, Oye ^m   Haro, Josep Maria ⁿ   Hu, Chiyi ^o   Kovess Masfety, Viviane ^p   Lepine, Jean Pierre ^q   Lim, Carmen C W ^r   Mora, Maria Elena Medina ^s   Navarro Mateu, Fernando ^e   Ochoa, Susana ⁿ   Sampson, Nancy ⁱ   Scott, Kate ^r   Viana, Maria Carmen ^t   Kessler, Ronald C ⁱ   more..

^a QUEENSLAND CENTRE FOR MENTAL HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AL QADISIYAH   (Iraq)

^d HOSPITAL DEL MAR   (Spain)

^e CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^f STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^h NOVA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Portugal)

ⁱ HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^k Institute for Development Research Advocacy and Applied Care Beirut   (Lebanon)

^l NATIONAL SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Romania)

^m UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^o SHENZHEN KANGNING HOSPITAL   (China)

^p EHESP SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (France)

^q INSERM   (France)

^r UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^s INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PSIQUIATRÍA RAMÓN DE LA FUENTE MUÑIZ   (Mexico)

^t FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF ESPÍRITO SANTO   (Brazil)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LIFESPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MORBIDITY; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOSIS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ADOLESCENT; AGED; DELUSIONS; HALLUCINATIONS; HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DELUSIONS; FEMALE; GLOBAL HEALTH; HALLUCINATIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84937438259     PISSN: 2168622X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2015.0575     Document Type: Article

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