Lower Incidence and Increased Male:Female
Ratio in Schizophrenia
LUC NICOLE,ALAIN LESAGE and PIERRELALONDE Patients wIth an ICD-9 diagnosis of psychotic disorder
25 patients fulfiffing diagnostic criteria for schizophrenia
were assessedfor DSM-III-R schizophrenia.Ratesof schizophreniawere found to be higherIn males (39.8 per 100 000) than females (22.4 per 100 000). The DSM-lII-R incidence supports recent studIes whIch suggest a decreaseIn rates of schizophreniaacrosstkne. and also suggests that men suffer from both more
according to DSM—III—R, and 25 patients who were difficult to classify according to these criteria. The inter rater reliability analysis showed a kappa of 0.72 (P
Ratio in Schizophrenia
LUC NICOLE,ALAIN LESAGE and PIERRELALONDE Patients wIth an ICD-9 diagnosis of psychotic disorder
25 patients fulfiffing diagnostic criteria for schizophrenia
were assessedfor DSM-III-R schizophrenia.Ratesof schizophreniawere found to be higherIn males (39.8 per 100 000) than females (22.4 per 100 000). The DSM-lII-R incidence supports recent studIes whIch suggest a decreaseIn rates of schizophreniaacrosstkne. and also suggests that men suffer from both more
according to DSM—III—R, and 25 patients who were difficult to classify according to these criteria. The inter rater reliability analysis showed a kappa of 0.72 (P
