The Epidemiology of Mental Disorders in the U.S. Navy: The Psychoses
Abstract
This study provides a comprehensive overview of psychosis in U.S. Navy enlisted personnel. The objectives of this study were to: (1) determine first hospitalization incidence rates of psychosis in an initially healthy young adult population; (2) determine institutional and personal costs in terms of interruption of military careers and premature manpower losses; (3) determine the age at onset (first hospitalization) and the duration of acute illness; and (4) to evaluate the effects of age, gender, race, and education on disease onset and outcome. The sample included all first hospitalizations for psychosis of active-duty enlisted persons during the period 1980 to 1988. All information used in this study was from official personnel and medical records. Patients' service and medical histories were tracked through 1992 to provide at least 4 years of follow-up data. Incidence rates varied greatly over time and across gender, age, race, and diagnostic groups. A large increase in the rate of affective psychosis for women was in sharp contrast to marked declines in rates for drug psychoses, schizophrenia, and other inorganic psychoses and to the relatively stable rates for alcohol psychoses and paranoid states. Psychoses had a very significant negative impact on naval careers.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 01, 1998
- Accession Number
- ADA349419
Entities
People
- E. K.Eric Gunderson
- L. L. Hourani
Organizations
- Naval Health Research Center