Abstract

Although schizophrenia is a low prevalence disorder, the burden of disease is substantial. Our modeling suggests that significant population growth and aging has led to a large and increasing disease burden attributable to schizophrenia, particularly for middle income countries.

Keywords

Burden of diseaseEpidemiologySchizophrenia (object-oriented programming)Disease burdenDiseasePsychiatryMedicineEnvironmental healthInternal medicine

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AdultFemaleGlobal Burden of DiseaseHumansMaleMiddle AgedSchizophrenia

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Year
2018
Type
review
Volume
44
Issue
6
Pages
1195-1203
Citations
1527
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Fiona Charlson, Alize J Ferrari, Damian Santomauro et al. (2018). Global Epidemiology and Burden of Schizophrenia: Findings From the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016. Schizophrenia Bulletin , 44 (6) , 1195-1203. https://doi.org/10.1093/schbul/sby058

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DOI
10.1093/schbul/sby058
PMID
29762765
PMCID
PMC6192504

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