Psychiatric disorder in a Swedish and a Canadian community: An exploratory study

D. C. Leighton; O. Hagnell; A. H. Leighton; J. S. Harding; S. R. Kellert; R. A. Danley

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Psychiatric disorder in a Swedish and a Canadian community: An exploratory study

D. C. Leighton, O. Hagnell, A. H. Leighton, J. S. Harding, S. R. Kellert, R. A. Danley

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Psychiatric and selected demographic-socio-cultural data were compared in a Swedish and a Canadian community. The study was exploratory, concerned mainly with questions of feasibility in comparative epidemiology, and hence conclusions are tentative. Age, sex, education, and occupation were found to be related to the prevalence of psychiatric disorder in the respective cultures. In the Swedish sample, however, occupational class showed a relationship that is the inverse of that usually seen-the lowest level had also the lowest prevalence of psychiatric disorder. This suggests strongly the desirability of further detailed investigation.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	189-209
Number of pages	21
Journal	Social Science and Medicine
Volume	5
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/0037-7856(71)90072-2
Publication status	Published - Jun 1971
Externally published	Yes

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*The study originated in the University of Lund (Psychiatric Department I and II and Research Centre) and in Cornell University. It was supported in large part by a grant from the Milbank Memorial Fund. 189

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