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Epidemiology of Schizophrenia: Discussion

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Search for the Causes of Schizophrenia

Abstract

It is a pleasure and a privilege to discuss the stimulating and instructive papers by Drs. Jablensky, Eaton, Van Os, and Häfner on epidemiological research. The purpose of the papers by Drs. Jablensky and Eaton is to sift the results of epidemiological studies for clues to the etiology of schizophrenia. This involved assessments of the firmness of the evidence and analyses of what it shows and fails to show. The presentations by Drs. Van Os and Häfner had somewhat different agendas: Van Os, to argue for a dimensional approach that would locate schizophrenia within larger continua of psychosis, mania, negative symptoms and depression; Häfner, to portray the natural history of the disorder.

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  1. New York State Psychiatric Institute and Columbia University, New York, USA

    B. P. Dohrenwend

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  1. Department of Psychiatry Faculty of Medicine, University of São Paulo, P.O. Box 3671, 05403-010, São Paul, SP, Brazil

    Wagner F. Gattaz M.D. (Professor and Chairman) (Professor and Chairman)

  2. University of Heidelberg, Germany

    Heinz Häfner (Prof. em. of Psychiatry, Director em., Head) (Prof. em. of Psychiatry, Director em., Head)

  3. Central Institute of Mental Health, Germany

    Heinz Häfner (Prof. em. of Psychiatry, Director em., Head) (Prof. em. of Psychiatry, Director em., Head)

  4. Schizophrenia Research Unit, P.O.Box 122 120, 68072, Mannheim, Germany

    Heinz Häfner (Prof. em. of Psychiatry, Director em., Head) (Prof. em. of Psychiatry, Director em., Head)

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Dohrenwend, B.P. (1999). Epidemiology of Schizophrenia: Discussion. In: Gattaz, W.F., Häfner, H. (eds) Search for the Causes of Schizophrenia. Steinkopff. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-47076-9_5

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