Season of Birth

Season of Birth: A Study of Schizophrenia and Other Mental Disorders discusses the correlation between season of birth and mental disorders. The book provides reviews of studies relevant to understanding how the season of birth relates to various mental disorders. The first five chapters cover pregnancy and birth related issues. These chapters cover vital statistics, obstetrics, and neonatal and congenital abnormalities and disorders. The next two chapters deal with intelligence and mental disorders, respectively. Chapters 8 to 12 discuss the studies done on Swedish and South African demographics. Chapter 13 talks about the congenital malformations outside the central nervous system, while Chapter 14 deals with neoplastic diseases. The fifteenth chapter covers the other pathological conditions, and the last chapter discusses the normal somatic characteristics. The text will be of great use to researchers and practitioners of psychology and psychiatry. Readers who are concerned with various mental disorders will also find the book informative.

IntroductionChapter 1. Vital Statistics General Survey and Geographical Variations Socio-Economic Factors Illegitimacy Multiple Births Birth Order Stillbirths Infant Mortality Sex RatioChapter 2. Obstetrics Abortions Uterine Bleedings Hyperemesis Toxaemia of Pregnancy Asphyxia Length of Gestation Weight and Length at Birth Virus Infections During Pregnancy Cytomegalovirus Herpes Simplex Virus Influenza Other Common Viruses Slow or Latent Viruses Virus Antibodies In Adult Mental PatientsChapter 3. Congenital Malformations of the Central Nervous System Introduction The British Isles The Rest of Europe The Rest of the World Concluding Remarks Dietary HypothesesChapter 4. Chromosomal Abnormalities Down's Syndrome Time-Space Clustering and Epidemic Recurrence Sex Chromosome Aneuploidies Trisomy 18Chapter 5. Neonatal Disorders Which Might Cause Brain Damage Haemorrhagic Disease of the Newborn Infectious Diseases Neonatal Hyperbilirubinaemia Fever of the Newborn Other Neonatal or Infantile DisordersChapter 6. Intelligence Discussion Personality Measures Mental Deficiency Concluding Remarks Chapter 7. Mental Disorders Schizophrenia Manic-Depressive Psychosis Reactive Depression Neuroses Personality Disorders Other Diagnoses Concluding RemarksChapter 8. The Present Swedish Samples Sources of Data The First Sample Data Processing The Second Sample Sampling BiasChapter 9. The Control Data Swedish Vital Statistics Month of Birth In the Present Swedish Population Calculation of Expected FrequenciesChapter 10. Results The First Sample The Second Sample Schizophrenia Regional Subdivisions Duration of Hospitalization Intervals Between Admissions Paranoia Psychoses Aliae S. Non Definitae Personality Disorders Manic-Depressive Psychosis and Involutional Melancholia Reactive Depression Neuroses Other DiagnosesChapter 11. The South African Sample Collection of Data Age and Sex Distribution Contral Data Results Sex Differences Discussion SummaryChapter 12. Discussion of Results Technical Errors Other Trivial Explanations Constitutional Damage Haemorrhagic Disease of the Newborn Season of Birth In Other Diagnostic Groups SummaryChapter 13. Congenital Malformations Outside the Central Nervous System The Cardiovascular System Cleft Lip and Palate The Rest of the Alimentary Canal The Genito-Urinary System The Musculo-Skeletal System Other MalformationsChapter 14. -eoplastic Diseases A Debate On Lung Cancer and Month of Birth Other Types of Adult Cancers Malignant Diseases in Childhood Hodgkin's DiseaseChapter 15. Other Pathological Conditions Dental Malocclusion Refractive Errors Goitre Diabetes Mellitus Rheumatoid Arthritis Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Multiple Sclerosis Fractures of the FemurChapter 16. Normal Somatic Characteristics Abo Blood Type Weight and Length Age at MenarcheAcknowledgmentsAppendix The Poisson Problem in Chapter 8 Other Statistical Methods Season of Conception NotesReferencesAuthor IndexSubject IndexContents