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Schizophrenia Bulletin Advance Access published online on September 16, 2008
Schizophrenia Bulletin, doi:10.1093/schbul/sbn122
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© The Author 2008. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Maryland Psychiatric Research Center. All rights reserved. For permissions, please email: journals.permissions@oxfordjournals.org.

Using Clinical Data Bases to Study Schizophrenia

Mark Weiser1 and Michael Davidson
Department of Psychiatry, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Ramat Gan, and Dept of Psychiatry, Sackler Medical School, Tel Aviv University, Ramat Aviv, Israel

1 To whom correspondence should be addressed; tel: +972-52-666-6575, fax: +972-3-6358599, e-mail: mweiser{at}netvision.net.il.

Studying psycho-pathology using clinical registries enables a birds-eye view of all mental illness, and allows researchers to look at each illness in the context of other mental illnesses. The papers presented in this issue indicate that at least some of the symptoms commonly present in schizophrenia are actually present in other mental disorders and may even be present in individuals without diagnosed psychiatric disorders. Although there are some disadvantages to research based on clinical registries, this method enables study designs not be possible with conventional research paradigms.

Keywords: mental illness / schizophrenia / clinical registries


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