@article{ref1,
title="Outcomes of public concern in schizophrenia",
journal="British journal of psychiatry. Supplement",
year="2007",
author="Kooyman, Iain and Dean, Kimberlie and Harvey, Samuel and Walsh, Eammon",
volume="50",
number="",
pages="s29-36",
abstract="BACKGROUND: Schizophrenia is known to be associated with a range of adverse outcomes, which have an impact atthe societal level and are therefore of public concern. AIMS: To examine the epidemiology and methods for measuring six adverse outcomes in schizophrenia: violence, victimisation, suicide/self-harm, substance use, homelessness and unemployment. METHOD: A review ofthe literature was carried out for each adverse outcome, with attention to critical appraisal of existing measurement tools. RESULTS: Schizophrenia is associated strongly with all six outcomes, although research has mainly focused on violence. Each outcome acts as a risk factor for at least some of the other outcomes. There are few standardised or validated measures for these 'hard' outcomes. Each measure has inherent biases but a growing trend is for these to be minimised by using multiple measures. CONCLUSIONS: A single instrument which systematically measures multiple societal outcomes of schizophrenia would be extremely useful for both clinical and research purposes.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0960-5371",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}