1. Epidemiology of schizophrenia. A thriving discipline at the turn of the century

   • H. Häfner

   Special issue – Editorial Pages: 271 - 273

2. Epidemiology of schizophrenia: the global burden of disease and disability

   • Assen Jablensky

   Special issue Pages: 274 - 285

3. Developmental precursors and biological markers for schizophrenia and affective disorders: Specificity and public health implications

   • P.B. Jones
   • C.J. Tarrant

   Special issue Pages: 286 - 291

4. The epidemiology of onset and course of schizophrenia

   • Wolfram an der Heiden
   • Heinz Häfner

   Special issue Pages: 292 - 303

5. The genetic epidemiology of schizophrenia and of schizophrenia spectrum disorders

   • Dirk Lichtermann
   • Edith Karbe
   • Wolfgang Maier

   Special issue Pages: 304 - 310

6. Childhood and adolescent predictors of schizophrenia in the Northern Finland 1966 Birth Cohort – a descriptive life-span model

   • M. Isohanni
   • P. Jones
   • P. Rantakallio

   Special issue Pages: 311 - 319

7. The cerebral hemodynamics of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation

   • Peter W. Pecuch
   • Stefan Evers
   • Volker Arolt

   Original paper Pages: 320 - 324

8. List of reviewers that collaborated in 1999:

   Acknowledgement to referees Pages: 325 - 327

9. Contents of volume 250 · 2000

   Pages: I - IV