Data from the South Verona, Italy, psychiatric case register were used to examine the relationship between age, gender, marital status and the incidence of treated affective disorders. Analyses of the 5-yr period 1983-1987 yielded overall rates of affective disorder per 10-sup-5 of the population over 15 yrs of age of 57.7 for males and 78.4 for women. Incidence increased with age for both depressive neurosis and affective psychosis. Married women had high rates compared with their single counterparts, whereas the reverse was true for men. The very low values for incidence are likely to reflect the major role in the treatment of affective disorders carried out by Italian general practitioners, rather than a low population rate of these disorders. (PsycLIT Database Copyright 1989 American Psychological Assn, all rights reserved)
Gender, marital status and treated affective disorders in South Verona: A case register study
TANSELLA, Michele
1989-01-01
Abstract
Data from the South Verona, Italy, psychiatric case register were used to examine the relationship between age, gender, marital status and the incidence of treated affective disorders. Analyses of the 5-yr period 1983-1987 yielded overall rates of affective disorder per 10-sup-5 of the population over 15 yrs of age of 57.7 for males and 78.4 for women. Incidence increased with age for both depressive neurosis and affective psychosis. Married women had high rates compared with their single counterparts, whereas the reverse was true for men. The very low values for incidence are likely to reflect the major role in the treatment of affective disorders carried out by Italian general practitioners, rather than a low population rate of these disorders. (PsycLIT Database Copyright 1989 American Psychological Assn, all rights reserved)
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