Abstract
Historical accounts emphasize a high rate of mental morbidity in the Faroe Islands compared with Denmark. As prerequisites for a comparative investigation are now present, we have compared a 10-year period of first admission rates in both areas. We found a lower rate for the Faroes generally, in particular for women, for the age group 30-64, and also for the majority of diagnostic groups. The group manic-depressive psychosis come closest to Danish conditions, followed by reactive psychosis and alcohol and drug abuse. The greatest difference was found for the groups personal disorders, neuroses, and schizophrenia.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 66-71 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica |
| Volume | 68 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 1983 |
Keywords
- Adolescent
- adult
- aged
- alcoholism
- bipolar disorders
- child
- delirium
- dementia
- amnestic
- cognition disorders
- Denmark
- depressive disorders
- female
- male
- mental disorders
- middle aged
- patient admission
- personality disorders
- retrospective studies
- schizophrenia
