Treated incidence of first‐episode psychosis in the catchment area of EPPIC between 1997 and 2000

Abstract

The incidence of psychosis in the catchment of EPPIC was higher than previously reported, especially in female teenagers. Peak rates in 15-24 year olds suggest a youth model approach to early psychosis may be indicated.

Direct comparison of first-contact versus longitudinal register-based case finding in the same population: early evidence that the incidence of schizophrenia may be three times higher than commonly reported

“…Findings from eight register-based studies in Mannheim, California, Denmark, Stockholm, Finland, Israel and two provinces in Canada, along with one study in Melbourne combining an intensive early detection programme with longitudinal in-and outpatient data, indicated IRs in the range 30-90 per 100 000 person-years in the age range 15-65 years. These high estimates were not commented upon at the time (Hafner & van der Heiden, 1986;Bray et al 2006;Thorup et al 2007;Kodesh et al 2012), or attributed to chance (Bresnahan et al 2005), to the sensitivity of the early detection method (Amminger et al 2006), to period and cohort effects (Bresnahan et al 2005;Vanasse et al 2012), or to risk factors such as urbanization (Jörgensen et al 2010), latitude or immigration (Dealberto 2013). Considered together, these studies are consistent with our hypothesis that accounting for cases identified at later stages of treatment results in higher IRs.…”

Labels used by young people to describe mental disorders: which ones predict effective help-seeking choices?

“…While mental disorders commonly have first onset during adolescence and early adulthood [1][2][3], and they are most prevalent in this age group [4], it is striking that young people have a low rate of service use [5,6]. International studies reveal that, across all ages, 35.5-50.3% of ''serious'' cases in developed countries received no treatment in a 12-month period [7].…”

Healthcare in the pocket: A qualitative analysis of patients� perspectives of an mHealth application to foster power in everyday living with schizophrenia (Preprint)

“…The evaluating sample consisted of nine women and four men. Research has established that first episode schizophrenia incident rates are approximately two times higher in males than woman [55,56]. This suggests that our findings are gender biased and potentially in favour of women.…”