Season of birth : a study of schizophrenia and other mental disorders /: a study of schizophrenia and other mental disorders. (1975)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Per Dalén.
• Other Names: Dalén, Per
• Contents: Front Cover; Season of Birth; Copyright Page; INTRODUCTION; Chapter 1. VITAL STATISTICS; General survey and geographical variations; Socio-economic factors; Illegitimacy; Multiple births; Birth order; Stillbirths; Infant mortality; Sex ratio; Chapter 2. OBSTETRICS; Abortions; Uterine bleedings; Hyperemesis; Toxaemia of pregnancy; Asphyxia; Length of gestation; Weight and length at birth; Virus infections during pregnancy; Cytomegalovirus; Herpes simplex virus; Influenza; Other common viruses; Slow or latent viruses; Virus antibodies in adult mental patients. Chapter 3. CONGENITAL MALFORMATIONS OF THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEMIntroduction; The British Isles; The rest of Europe; The rest of the world; Concluding remarks; Dietary hypotheses; Chapter 4. CHROMOSOMAL ABNORMALITIES; Down's syndrome; Time-space clustering and epidemic recurrence; Sex chromosome aneuploidies; Trisomy 18; Chapter 5. NEONATAL DISORDERS WHICH MIGHT CAUSE BRAIN DAMAGE; Haemorrhagic disease of the newborn; Infectious diseases; Neonatal hyperbilirubinaemia; Fever of the newborn; Other neonatal or infantile disorders; Chapter 6. INTELLIGENCE; Discussion; Personality measures. Mental deficiencyConcluding remarks ; Chapter 7. MENTAL DISORDERS; Schizophrenia; Manic-depressive psychosis; Reactive depression; Neuroses; Personality disorders; Other diagnoses; Concluding remarks; Chapter 8. THE PRESENT SWEDISH SAMPLES; Sources of data; The first sample; Data processing; The second sample; Sampling bias; Chapter 9. THE CONTROL DATA; Swedish vital statistics; Month of birth in the present Swedish population; Calculation of expected frequencies; Chapter 10. RESULTS; The first sample; The second sample; Schizophrenia; Regional subdivisions; Duration of hospitalisation. Intervals between admissionsParanoia; Psychoses aliae s. non definitae; Personality disorders; Manic-depressive psychosis and involutional melancholia; Reactive depression; Neuroses; Other diagnoses; Chapter 11. THE SOUTH AFRICAN SAMPLE; Collection of data; Age and sex distribution; Contral data; Results; Sex differences; Discussion; Summary; Chapter 12. DISCUSSION OF RESULTS; Technical errors; Other trivial explanations; Constitutional damage; Haemorrhagic disease of the newborn; Season of birth in other diagnostic groups; Summary.
• Publisher Details: Amsterdam : North-Holland Pub. Co American Elsevier
• Publication Date: 1975
• Extent: 1 online resource (164 pages)
• Subjects: 616.8/982/071; Schizophrenia; Season of birth; Mental Disorders -- etiology; Schizophrenia -- etiology; Time; HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- General; MEDICAL -- Clinical Medicine; MEDICAL -- Diseases; MEDICAL -- Evidence-Based Medicine; MEDICAL -- Internal Medicine; Schizophrenia; Season of birth; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781483142104; 1483142108
• Related ISBNs: 0444107959; 9780444107954; 0720428270; 9780720428278
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 134-152) and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.