Background Dramatic development and changes in lifestyle in many low and middle–
income countries (LMIC) over the past three decades may have affected mental health of …

Among the environmental risk factors for schizophrenia, evidence supports a role of
urbanicity (1-3). In recent decades, urbanization has been occurring at a massive scale in …

Objective Schizophrenia is a severe mental disorder. Its prevalence appears inconsistent in
different regions of C hina; thus, we conducted this meta‐analysis to estimate the prevalence …

OBJECTIVE: There has been no large-scale survey of schizophrenia in China involving both
rural and urban areas using standardized assessment tools and diagnostic criteria. This …

Introduction The global burden of disease (GBD) studies have derived detailed and
comparable epidemiological and burden of disease estimates for schizophrenia. We report …

Background and hypothesis The burden of schizophrenia is increasing. Assessing the
global distribution of schizophrenia and understanding the association between …

Background Understanding the prevalence of schizophrenia has important implications for
both health service planning and risk factor epidemiology. The aims of this review are to …

Two major risk factors for schizophrenia are present in Canada, high latitude and a large
and growing immigrant population. Consequently, one would expect unusually high rates of …

Background Schizophrenia is an important public health problem in China. This study aims
to assess the long-term trends in the incidence and disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) …

AimSchizophrenia is a serious health problem worldwide. This systematic analysis aims to
quantify the burden of schizophrenia at the global, regional and national levels using the …