| Title |
Stressful life events preceding the acute onset of schizophrenia: A cross-national study from the World Health Organization
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Culture, Medicine, and Psychiatry, June 1987
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| DOI | 10.1007/bf00122563 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
R. Day, J. A. Nielsen, A. Korten, G. Ernberg, K. C. Dube, J. Gebhart, A. Jablensky, C. Leon, A. Marsella, M. Olatawura, N. Sartorius, E. Strömgren, R. Takahashi, N. Wig, L. C. Wynne |
| Abstract |
This study reports on the findings from a WHO sponsored cross-national investigation of life events and schizophrenia. Data are presented from a series of 386 acutely ill schizophrenic patients selected from nine field research centers located in developing and developed countries (Aarhus, Denmark; Agra, India; Cali, Colombia; Chandigarh, India; Honolulu, USA; Ibadan, Nigeria; Nagasaki, Japan; Prague, Czechoslovakia; Rochester, USA). On a methodological level, the study demonstrates that life event methodologies originating in the developed countries can be adapted for international studies and may be used to collect reasonably reliable and comparable cross-cultural data on psychosocial factors affecting the course of schizophrenic disorders. Substantive findings replicate the results of prior studies which conclude that socioenvironmental stressors may precipitate schizophrenic attacks and such events tend to cluster in the two to three week period immediately preceding illness onset. |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Israel | 1 | 1% |
| United States | 1 | 1% |
| South Africa | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 72 | 96% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 15 | 20% |
| Student > Master | 13 | 17% |
| Student > Bachelor | 9 | 12% |
| Researcher | 7 | 9% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 6 | 8% |
| Other | 14 | 19% |
| Unknown | 11 | 15% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 24 | 32% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 15 | 20% |
| Neuroscience | 7 | 9% |
| Social Sciences | 5 | 7% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 3 | 4% |
| Other | 5 | 7% |
| Unknown | 16 | 21% |
Attention Score in Context
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