The treated prevalence of mental illness in the Republic of Ireland – the three county case register study
- 1 May 1980
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Psychological Medicine
- Vol. 10 (3), 465-470
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0033291700047358
Abstract
SYNOPSIS In-patient data show high rates for mental illness in the Republic of Ireland, particularly for schizophrenia. ‘One-day prevalence’ figures from the Three County psychiatric case register have been compared with similar data from the Camberwell register. The results confirm much higher contact rates in Ireland.Keywords
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