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[Invalidism due to mental disorders in the North Bohemia Region in 1986]
Insights
Mental diseases significantly impact disability rates, with over half of all mental disease invalidities granted to individuals under 40. This study analyzes North Bohemian region data from 1986 to understand invalidization causes.
Area of Science:
- Psychiatry
- Social Security Medicine
- Public Health
Context:
- Analysis of mental disease invalidity in the North Bohemian region during 1986.
- Evaluation of 215 out of 235 granted invalidities based on social security assessment commission protocols.
- Focus on data from the North Bohemian region for a specific year.
Purpose:
- To analyze the characteristics of mental disease-related invalidity.
- To determine the mean age at which invalidity is granted.
- To examine patient training and the geographical distribution of invalidization within the region.
Summary:
- A significant portion of mental disease invalidities (over 50%) are granted to individuals under 40 years of age.
- The study categorizes invalidities by diagnoses from the International Classification of Diseases and Causes of Death.
- Analysis includes mean age of invalidization, patient training levels, and regional invalidization rates.
Impact:
- Provides data for district specialists to evaluate objective and subjective causes of mental disease invalidization.
- Highlights the substantial impact of mental diseases on the working-age population.
- Informs public health strategies and social security assessments regarding mental health disability.
Abstract:
The author gives an account of invalidity granted on account of mental diseases in the diseases in the North Bohemian region in 1986. From a total number of 235 invalidities on account of mental diseases according to the protocols of the assessment commissions of social security 215 were evaluated. This number is analyzed by diagnosed as listed in the international classification of diseases and causes of death, stating the mean age when invalidity was granted and also focused on the training of the patients, and finally according to relative values of invalidization in the districts of the North Bohemian region. Attention is drawn to the impact of mental diseases invalidity--more than half the invalidities are granted to persons under 40 years of age. These analyses serve district specialists for further evaluation of objective and subjective causes of invalidization.