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Schizophrenia is a rare condition Schizophrenia is actually a common disease, affecting ~1% of the world population, regardless of ethnicity.
by car 16y ago
Schizophrenia is a rare condition
Schizophrenia is actually a common disease, affecting ~1% of the world population, regardless of ethnicity.
- hugh3 16y agoSounds about right. I suppose that makes it a relatively common condition, then.
- car 16y agoIt very sadly is. Many homeless people are among the affected.
- carbocation 16y agoWhat you say is in agreement with the common wisdom. However, I'll offer two caveats: It may be no more than a myth that schizophrenia affects all ethnicities equally, according to a review of the data: http://schizophreniabulletin.oxfordjournals.org/content/32/1/195.full http://schizophreniabulletin.oxfordjournals.org/content/32/1... According to a systematic review, it appears that ~0.4% of the world population is affected (lifetime prevalence), not 1%: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1140960/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1140960/ At any rate, I don't disagree with your general points, I just thought you might be interested in the above refinements.
- car 16y agoThank you for making this more specific. I checked on Wikipedia after my comment, and found what you cite. So common wisdom needs to adapt.