[Development of psychiatric invalidism in Bohemia 1984-1987]

The author investigated, based on computer records, the number, development, costs and abolishment of full and partial invalid pensions provided because of psychiatric diagnoses (ICD 290-319) in 1984, 1986 and 1987. The number and expenditure on psychiatric pensions increased relatively more than expenditure on other invalidating diseases. The author describes differences between the two sexes, between age groups and diagnostic categories. He calculates average costs and the average period during which full and partial invalidity pensions were paid. He gives an account of the number of deaths and reactivation of invalid pensioners the mean age at death of persons with invalidity pensions on account of mental disorders. On the whole the data doesn't indicate a favourable development of the invalidity on account of mental diseases.