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Education and mental illness in urban Lebanon

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Data from 2256 urban Lebanese patients who were under psychiatric care during a period of six months are presented in terms of educational level and the prevalence and types of psychiatric illness. The data are examined for the entire patient population as well as for each component of prevalence. A statistically significant inverse relationship is found to exist between educational level and the prevalence of illness for both sexes. This pattern is shown to persist for new cases, cases that were under care at the onset of the study, and readmissions into care during the study period. There are additional detailed analyses for the various types of psychiatric diagnoses.

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Les données concernant les 2256 patients urbains libanais qui se trouvaient en traitement psychiatrique pendant la période d'étude de 6 mois sont présentées quant au niveau d'éducation, à la fréquence et aux types de maladie mentale. Les données sont examinées pour la population entière des patients, ainsi que pour chaque groupe de prédominance. On a trouvé qu'il existe une relation inverse, statistiquement significative, entre le niveau d'éducation et la prédominance de la maladie pour les deux sexes. On montre que ce schéma est valable pour les nouveaux cas, les cas qui étaient sous traitement au début de l'étude et les réadmissions au cours de la période d'étude. De plus, on donne des analyses détaillées pour les différents diagnostics psychiatriques.

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Von 2256 städtischen libanesischen Patienten, die während eines 6-monatigen Zeitraums in psychiatrischer Behandlung standen, werden Daten in bezug auf Bildungsniveau, Prävalenz und Arten psychischer Krankheit dargestellt. Die Prävalenzdaten werden für die gesamte Patientenpopulation wie auch einzeln für jede Untergruppe untersucht. Zwischen dem Bildungsniveau und der Krankheitsprävalenz wird bei beiden Geschlechtern eine statistisch signifikante umgekehrt proportionale Beziehung gefunden. Diese Beziehungsstruktur wird sowohl für Erstaufnahmen, wie für die zu Beginn der Studie bereits in Behandlung stehenden Fälle, wie auch für die Wiederaufnahmen während der Untersuchungsperiode nachgewiesen. Zusätzlich erfolgt eine detaillierte Datenanalyse für die verschiedenen Typen psychiatrischer Diagnosen.

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  1. Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, Calif., USA

    H. A. Katchadourian & C. W. Churchill Ph. D. (Professor of Public Health Statistics)

  2. School of Public Health, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon

    C. W. Churchill Ph. D. (Professor of Public Health Statistics)

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Katchadourian, H.A., Churchill, C.W. Education and mental illness in urban Lebanon. Soc Psychiatry 8, 152–161 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00582667

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