Changes in the diagnosed incidence of early onset schizophrenia over four decades

• Published in: Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica Vol. 127; no. 1; pp. 62 - 68
• Main Authors: Okkels, N., Vernal, D. L., Jensen, S. O. W., McGrath, J. J., Nielsen, R. E.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.01.2013; Blackwell
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult and adolescent clinical studies; Age; Age groups; Age of Onset; Biological and medical sciences; Child; Child, Preschool; epidemiology; Female; Humans; Incidence; Infant; Male; Males; Medical sciences; Mental disorders; Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry; Psychopathology. Psychiatry; Psychoses; Psychosis; Registries - statistics & numerical data; Schizophrenia; Schizophrenia - epidemiology; Sex differences; Sex Factors; Psychosis; Age of onset; Schizophrenia; Early; Epidemiology; Public health; Incidence

Objective: To explore changes in the diagnosed incidence of early onset schizophrenia (EOS) from 1971 to 2010. Method: Examination of incidence rates of schizophrenia in patients under 18 years of age, using a nationwide, population‐based, mental health register. Results: The age‐standardized incide...