Prevalence and risk factors of psychotic symptoms: in the city of Izmir, Turkey

ALPTEKİN K., Ulas H., AKDEDE B. B., Tuemueklue M., Akvardar Y.

SOCIAL PSYCHIATRY AND PSYCHIATRIC EPIDEMIOLOGY, vol.44, no.11, pp.905-910, 2009 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 44 Issue: 11
  • Publication Date: 2009
  • Doi Number: 10.1007/s00127-009-0012-x
  • Journal Name: SOCIAL PSYCHIATRY AND PSYCHIATRIC EPIDEMIOLOGY
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.905-910
  • Keywords: Psychotic symptoms, Prevalence, Epidemiology, Risk factors, Turkey, INTERNATIONAL DIAGNOSTIC INTERVIEW, COMORBID SUBSTANCE-USE, LIFETIME PREVALENCE, GENERAL-POPULATION, SEX-DIFFERENCES, SCHIZOPHRENIA, EXPERIENCES, ENVIRONMENT, URBANICITY, COMMUNITY
  • Dokuz Eylül University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Background Psychotic symptoms, psychotic-like experiences and schizotypal signs can emerge in different sociocultural circumstances and cause clinical or non-clinical pictures. Transient or self-limiting psychotic-like experiences are more prevalent than clinical psychotic disorders. The aim of this study is to determine the prevalence and sociodemographic correlates of psychotic symptoms in an urban area.