Implementing evidence‐based treatments in routine mental health services

Treated Incidence of Psychotic Disorders in the Multinational EU-GEI Study

“…For example, the incidence of broadly defined schizophrenia in the World Health Organization Ten-Country Study 1 varied from 15 to 42 per 100 000 person-years, 3 somewhat higher than the overall crude incidence rate we observed (21.4 per 100 000 person-years). Such comparisons should be interpreted with caution, given heterogeneity in estimation methods and setting; few incidence studies have been conducted in southern Europe until recently, [27][28][29] where rates appeared to be uniformly low, despite inclusion of urban catchment areas. The higher rates of psychotic disorders we observed in men, 24 younger age groups, 5 and racial/ethnic minorities, 4 as well as for nonaffective psychoses, 3 are also frequently reported in the literature.…”