title: [Epidemiologic aspects of the first hospitalization of schizophrenics].
abstract: A clinico-epidemiological analysis was performed with respect to the primary hospitalization of schizophrenic patients in the Tomsk Mental hospital from 1948--1951 (the I period), 1959--1961 (the II period), 1969--1971 (the III period). The study demonstrated a statistically significant increase in the level of primary hospitalization (per 10000 population) from 0.77 in the I period, 1.4 in the II period to 2.29 in the III one. An increase in the amount of hospitalizations was mainly due to patients with a slowly progress development of the disease. An extensive use of aminazin treatment in 1959--1961 did not lead to a drop in the mean duration of primary hospitalization of schizophrenic patients or their chronification, compared to the period of shock therapy. A statistically significant decrease in these indices was seen only in 1969--1971 during the period of an implementation of comprehensive rehabilitation progress.
mesh_terms: D002746:Chlorpromazine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004565:Electroconvulsive Therapy; D005260:Female; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012424:Rural Population; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000534:rehabilitation / Q000628:therapy*; D012800:Siberia; D014505:Urban Population
chemical_list: D002746:Chlorpromazine
vernacular_title: Epidemiologicheskie aspekty pervichnoĭ gospitalizatsii bol'nykh shizofrenieĭ.