Psychosis prevalence and physical, metabolic and cognitive co-morbidity: data from the second Australian national survey of psychosis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There are insufficient data from nationwide surveys on the prevalence of specific psychotic disorders and associated co-morbidities.

Method

The 2010 Australian national psychosis survey used a two-phase design to draw a representative sample of adults aged 18-64 years with psychotic disorders in contact with public treatment services from an estimated resident population of 1 464 923 adults. This paper is based on data from 1642 participants with an International Classification of Diseases (ICD)-10 psychotic disorder. Its aim is to present estimates of treated prevalence and lifetime morbid risk of psychosis, and to describe the cognitive, physical health and substance use profiles of participants.

Results

The 1-month treated prevalence of psychotic disorde

SUBMITTER: Morgan VA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4045165 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature