title: Can psychiatric nurses 'catch' schizophrenia?
abstract: The incidence of schizophrenia among psychiatric and general trained nurses was investigated for the period 1955-1979 in Northern Ireland. No difference was found. These results do not support the hypothesis of schizophrenia as a horizontally transmitted infectious disease.
authors.affiliation: Department of Mental Health, Queen's University of Belfast.
authors.forename: S J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Cooper
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Best
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: King
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003428:Cross Infection; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000635:transmission; D011568:Psychiatric Nursing; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012565:Schizophrenic Psychology