title: A census study of mental illness in Samsø.
abstract: 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.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D001714:Bipolar Disorder / Q000453:epidemiology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003718:Denmark; D004812:Epidemiologic Methods; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008393:Marriage; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D019965:Neurocognitive Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology; D009790:Occupations; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000453:epidemiology; D012923:Social Class