Ninuallain M, O'Hare A, Walsh D
Medico-Social Research Board, Dublin, Ireland.
Psychol Med. 1987 Nov;17(4):943-8. doi: 10.1017/s0033291700000751.
This paper reports an investigation of the incidence of schizophrenia in Ireland by means of standardized case-finding procedures. Our findings do not support the popular belief, based on first admissions figures, of a raised incidence in Ireland. We show this to have been considerably overestimated.