Are International Comparisons Timely?

Kessel, Neil; Lambo, T. Adeoye; Gruenberg, Ernest M.

doi:10.2307/3348889

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“…There is little evidence, for example, that the assumed 'under reporting' linked to undetermined deaths markedly affects the overall results (Holding and Barraclough, 1978;. This is not to deny variations in coroners court decisions, though any bias is likely, paradoxically, to be systematic (Kessel, 1965), with a tendency for variations to be evened out in the national statistics (Ascencio et al, 1988;Chambers and Harvey, 1989). Neck (1988) proposed that only changes of 1OYo or more in an annual rate should be considered significant and this article accordingly uses this figure.…”

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Changes in elderly suicides in the USA and the developed world 1974–87: Comparison with current homicide

Pritchard

1992

Int J Geriat Psychiatry

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SUMMARYBetween 1974 and 1987 there were increases overall in male suicide rates in the USA, with the greatest increases among elderly men. While female suicide levels overall fell in the USA, elderly female suicide rates failed to show the same improvement. Compared with the rest of the western world, suicide rates for elderly people in the USA were among the worst. Suicide was far more prevalent than homicide, but this is not reflected in the media, where homicide is given a high profile but where there is relative silence surrounding suicide among elderly people.

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Changes in elderly suicides in the USA and the developed world 1974–87: Comparison with current homicide

Pritchard

1992

Int J Geriat Psychiatry

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“…Kessel (1965) doubted the value of all international comparisons so long as diagnostic ca°iteria remain subjective and culture-bound.…”

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Migration and Mental Illness: A Review of Recent Research in Britain

Rack¹

1982

Transcultural Psychiatric Research Review

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“…' Kessel (1965) concluded that they were not, because of insuperable problems in method and interpretation. More than 40 years ago, in his influential paper in the Lancet, 'Are international comparisons timely?…”

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Psychiatric epidemiology now: some achievements and prospects

Henderson

2012

Epidemiol Psychiatr Sci

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When considered alongside epidemiological knowledge elsewhere in medicine, psychiatric epidemiology has indisputably proved to be a powerful tool. Descriptive studies have been particularly useful for advocacy and policy, while analytic studies of aetiology have yielded some valuable clues. There are now signs that linkage with neuroscience will bring further progress in understanding the causes of mental disorders.

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Are International Comparisons Timely?

Cited by 12 publications

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Changes in elderly suicides in the USA and the developed world 1974–87: Comparison with current homicide

Changes in elderly suicides in the USA and the developed world 1974–87: Comparison with current homicide

Migration and Mental Illness: A Review of Recent Research in Britain

Psychiatric epidemiology now: some achievements and prospects

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