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PSYCHIATRIC CLINICS OF NORTH AMERICA
Volume 30, Issue 3, Pages 323-+Publisher
W B SAUNDERS CO-ELSEVIER INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.psc.2007.04.007
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- NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH [R01MH053188] Funding Source: NIH RePORTER
- NIMH NIH HHS [R01 MH053188, R01 MH053188-10] Funding Source: Medline
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By describing patterns of disease distribution within populations, identifying risk factors, and finding associations, epidemiologic studies have contributed to the current understanding of schizophrenia. Advanced paternal age and the association with autoinimune diseases are some of the newly described epidemiologic findings shaping the cur-rent definition of schizophrenia. Although early intervention strategies have gained momentum, primary prevention of schizophrenia still seems a very distant aspiration. This article reviews the major epidemiological features of schizophrenia, with particular attention to the recent advances using population-based data. It also discusses some pervasive misconceptions about schizophrenia epidemiology, such as universal distribution and gender equality.
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