Can psychiatric nurses 'catch' schizophrenia?
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.
Cooper
S J
SJ
Department of Mental Health, Queen's University of Belfast.
Best
S
S
King
D J
DJ
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