Statistics of Insanity, being a Decennial Report of Bethlem Hospital, from <i>1846</i> to <i>1855</i> inclusive. By W. Charles Hood, M.D., Resident Physician of Bethlem Hospital, &amp;c., &amp;c., &amp;c., pp. 121.

Hawkes, John

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“…‘There can scarcely be a surer sign of the importance attached to scientific statistics, than the anxiety with which they are received, and the estimation in which, if worthy, they are held’ 1 (p. 516). So wrote Dr John Hawkes in one of the first articles describing statistics in the British Journal of Psychiatry .…”

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Delusions in Children and Teenagers Admitted to Bethlem Royal Hospital in the 19th Century

Wilkins¹

1993

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The case notes of 1069 children and teenagers admitted to Bethlem Royal Hospital ('Bedlam') in the 19th century were analysed with particular reference to the frequency and types of delusions. Delusions were present in 700 (65%), among whom there were significantly more boys than girls. There was a statistically significant rise in the frequency of delusions from 1830 to the end of the century. Sixty-six per cent of the patients were discharged cured and, taken overall, the presence of delusions did not affect the prognosis: specifically, delusions did not worsen the prognosis in those diagnosed as suffering from mania or melancholia. Nevertheless, the prognosis was worse in boys with single paranoid delusions, or paranoid delusions in combination with auditory hallucinations of people, and worse for girls with delusions of exaltation in combination with other types of delusions.

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Some Perspectives on the Role of Biostatistics and Epidemiology in the Prevention and Control of Mental Disorders

Kramer¹

1975

The Milbank Memorial Fund Quarterly. Health and Society

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The paper reviews progress made in the past 30 years in the development of statistical and epidemiological methods in the mental health field. Applications have included determinations of need for psychiatric care and supporting personnel; interpretation of morbidity indices, and cross-national comparisons of diagnoses of mental disorders. Much remains to be done. Progress would include better measurement of incidence, duration, and prevalence of mental disorders; more precise estimates of service needs; more effective programs to prevent or reduce disability. Particularly needed are field-research units under long-term funding with the task of assessing effectiveness of mental health programs at the catchment-area level.

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Statistics of Insanity, being a Decennial Report of Bethlem Hospital, from 1846 to 1855 inclusive. By W. Charles Hood, M.D., Resident Physician of Bethlem Hospital, &c., &c., &c., pp. 121.

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Delusions in Children and Teenagers Admitted to Bethlem Royal Hospital in the 19th Century

Some Perspectives on the Role of Biostatistics and Epidemiology in the Prevention and Control of Mental Disorders

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