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The Role of Environmental Influences on Schizophrenia Admissions in Israel

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  • Alex Aviv

    (Abarbanel Mental Health Centre, Bat Yam, Israel)

  • Genadi Bromberg

    (Abarbanel Mental Health Centre, Bat Yam, Israel)

  • Yehuda Baruch

    (Abarbanel Mental Health Centre, Bat Yam, Israel)

  • Yinon Shapira

    (Tel Aviv University School of Medicine, Israel)

  • David M. Blass

    (Abarbanel Mental Health Centre, Bat Yam, Israel, 59100, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Sciences, The Johns Hopkins Medical Institution, Baltimore, MD, USA, The Phoebe R. Berman Bioethics Institute, The Johns Hopkins Medical Institution, Baltimore, MD, USA, dmblass@jhmi.edu)

Abstract

Objective: The role of environmental factors in hospitalization of patients with schizophrenia is incompletely understood. This study attempts to relate the pattern of hospital admissions to environmental variables such as season and to social factors such as nationally celebrated holidays. Methods: Charts of all adults ( n = 4,331) with a discharge diagnosis of schizophrenia admitted to the Abarbanel Mental Health Centre (Bat Yam, Israel) between 1 January 2001 and 31 December 2005 were reviewed. Hospitalizations were classified by gender, first or repeat admission, month and season of admission, and whether or not the admission coincided with a major Jewish holiday period. Results: There was a significant reduction ( p

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  • Alex Aviv & Genadi Bromberg & Yehuda Baruch & Yinon Shapira & David M. Blass, 2011. "The Role of Environmental Influences on Schizophrenia Admissions in Israel," International Journal of Social Psychiatry, , vol. 57(1), pages 57-68, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:socpsy:v:57:y:2011:i:1:p:57-68
    DOI: 10.1177/0020764009348444
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