Psychiatric disorder and its declaration in contrasting areas of South Wales
- 1 August 1972
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Psychological Medicine
- Vol. 2 (3) , 281-292
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0033291700042586
Abstract
Synopsis An earlier study suggested that the mining valleys of South Wales produced a higher rate of declared psychiatric illness than nearby rural areas. A replication during a later period showed that the rural area had now caught up with the mining area but a difference in sex ratios between the two areas had remained remarkably constant. A sampling survey, using self-assessment of symptoms in random samples, indicated that differential selection into the psychiatric services was likely to be a determining factor.Keywords
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