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An Epidemiological Study in Psychiatry

HERBERT BARRY III, Ph.D.; HERBERT BARRY, JR., M.D., Ph.D.

Arch Gen Psychiatry. 1961;5(3):292-300.

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Psychiatric patients have been shown to differ from the normal population in important features of early development. Numerous clinical investigations reviewed by Bowlby³ have indicated that the development of mental illness may be traceable to conditions and events occurring early in life. Two statistical studies^1,2 have shown a relationship between maternal bereavement during the first few years of life and the subsequent development of psychiatric illness.

A number of other statistical studies, summarized later in the present paper, have tested whether psychotic patients differ from the normal population in the distribution of months of birth. One reason why such studies have been done is undoubtedly the ease of collecting the data. Mental hospitals routinely attempt to record the date of birth of every patient; the accurate month of birth is usually obtainable from the patient or a close relative. The monthly . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
NEW HAVEN, CONN.; BOSTON

Yale University (Dr. Barry, III); Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School (Dr. Barry, Jr.).

Footnotes
Submitted for publication Feb. 10, 1961.

Portions of this paper were presented by Dr. Barry, Jr. at a meeting of the Boston Society of Psychiatry and Neurology, on May 17, 1956.

Research Grant MY-2949, from the National Institute of Mental Health, U.S. Public Health Service, provided facilities and support to Dr. Barry, III during the preparation of this article.

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