[Epidemiological problems of schizophrenia].
Epidemiological studies with regard to shizophrenia encounter differences in nozological concepts, refinement of symptomatological description, etc. The WHO international pilot study of schizophrenia has succeeded in providing a reasonalby reliable tool for a unified evaluation of patients' present state. However, the combination of the present state examination with the case history will give better possibilities for a delimitation of a group of schizophrenics which is meaningful for the determination expectancy figures for schizophrenia. Techniques for converting prevalence and incidence figures into expectancies are described.
D000328:Adult; D000342:Affective Symptoms / Q000145:classification; D000368:Aged; D001321:Autistic Disorder / Q000145:classification; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000145:classification; D002648:Child; D003704:Dementia / Q000145:classification; D006801:Humans; D011604:Psychoses, Alcoholic / Q000145:classification; D011618:Psychotic Disorders / Q000145:classification; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000145:classification / Q000453:epidemiology*; D013577:Syndrome
Epidemiologicheskie problemy shizofrenii