The epidemiological study of schizophrenia: a current appraisal.
PubMedPublished 1 December 1972
Turner Rj
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Abstract
This paper develops a perspective on the epidemiological approach to understanding schizophrenia by setting it within the more general domain of scientific inquiry. The related and critical problems of population representativeness and case identification are discussed and data are presented relative to the second of these issues. The more important and persistent of the findings produced by epidemiological research are reviewed and the pressing problem of interpretation is discussed. The product is a current appraisal of epidemiological knowledge in relation to schizophrenia.
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