Virgona A, Buhrich N, Teesson M
Department of Psychiatry, St Vincent's Hospital, Darlinghurst, New South Wales.
Aust N Z J Psychiatry. 1993 Sep;27(3):405-10. doi: 10.3109/00048679309075796.
There are considerably more homeless mentally ill men than women. However the rate of mental illness among homeless women appears to be relatively greater than for men. We found the lifetime prevalence of schizophrenia among a cohort of 54 women residing in refuges for the homeless in inner Sydney to be approximately 30%. Only three of the women had a history of prolonged stay in a psychiatric institution. Schizophrenic women had resided at the refuges for longer than non-schizophrenic women.
无家可归的精神病男性比女性多得多。然而，无家可归女性中的精神疾病发病率似乎相对高于男性。我们发现，在悉尼市中心为无家可归者提供庇护的机构中居住的54名女性队列中，精神分裂症的终生患病率约为30%。这些女性中只有三人有在精神病院长期住院的病史。患精神分裂症的女性在庇护所居住的时间比未患精神分裂症的女性更长。
