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A census study of mental illness in Samsø

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 July 2009

Johannes Nielsen  and
Jørgen Achton Nielsen
Johannes Nielsen*
Affiliation:
Institute of Psychiatric Demography, Aarhus Psychiatric Hospital, Risskov, Denmark
Jørgen Achton Nielsen
Affiliation:
Institute of Psychiatric Demography, Aarhus Psychiatric Hospital, Risskov, Denmark
*
1Address for correspondence: Dr Johannes Nielsen, Institute of Psychiatric Demography, Aarhus Psyciatric Hospital, DK-8240 Risskov, Denmark.
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Synopsis

Census data from the Danish island of Samsø have provided information on all but 20% of the population. Fifty per cent of the population with past or present mental illness had been referred to the psychiatric service during the 18-year-period 1957–74; the proportion varied from 85 % for patients with psychoses (100 % for schizophrenic patients, and 90% for manic-depressive patients) to 43 % with non-psychotic disorders. The frequency of past and present mental illness was 24 %, higher for women with manic-depressive disorders, psychogenic (reactive) psychoses, and neuroses. The possible reasons for these and other findings are discussed.

Type
Research Article
Information
Psychological Medicine , Volume 7 , Issue 3 , August 1977 , pp. 491 - 503
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1977

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