FIELD STUDIES OF SOCIAL FACTORS IN RELATION TO THREE TYPES OF PSYCHOLOGICAL DISORDER.

ANALYZED COMMUNITY STUDIES WHICH HAVE ATTEMPTED TO COUNT UNTREATED AS WELL AS TREATED CASES OF PSYCHOLOGICAL DISORDER FOR RATES OF PSYCHOSIS, NEUROSIS, AND PERSONALITY DISORDER ACCORDING TO AGE, SEX, AND SOCIAL CLASS. PSYCHOSIS AS A WHOLE IS NOT CONSISTENTLY RELATED TO ANY OF THESE VARIABLES, BUT SCHIZOPHRENIA AND MANIC-DEPRESSIVE PSYCHOSIS MAY BE RELATED TO SOCIAL CLASS IN DIFFERENT WAYS. RATES OF NEUROSIS ARE CONSISTENTLY HIGHER FOR FEMALES THAN FOR MALES. RATES OF PERSONALITY DISORDER ARE HIGHER FOR MALES AND HIGHEST IN THE LOWEST SOCIAL CLASS. THESE RESULTS ARE EXAMINED FOR THE LIGHT THEY THROW ON THE ETIOLOGY OF THE 3 TYPES OF DISORDER. (42 REF.) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)