Incidence of schizophrenia and other psychoses in England, 1950-2009: a systematic review and meta-analyses.

ABSTRACT:

Background

We conducted a systematic review of incidence rates in England over a sixty-year period to determine the extent to which rates varied along accepted (age, sex) and less-accepted epidemiological gradients (ethnicity, migration and place of birth and upbringing, time).

Objectives

To determine variation in incidence of several psychotic disorders as above.

Data sources

Published and grey literature searches (MEDLINE, PSycINFO, EMBASE, CINAHL, ASSIA, HMIC), and identification of unpublished data through bibliographic searches and author communication.

Study eligibility criteria

Published 1950-2009; conducted wholly or partially in England; original data on incidence of non-organic adult-onset psychosis or one or more factor(s) pertaining to incidence.

SUBMITTER: Kirkbride JB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3310436 | biostudies-literature | 2012

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature