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Paris, London full of psychosis: study
MIAMI: Paris and southeast London have the highest rate of people reporting psychotic episodes, according to an international study Wednesday that compared rates of the mental disorder in six countries.
A total of 17 areas in Britain, France, Italy, The Netherlands, Spain and Brazil were covered in the report in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) Psychiatry.Researchers described the study as the largest international comparison of psychotic disorders to date, and the first major analysis of its kind in more than 25 years. A previous study in 1992 that spanned eight diverse settings in rural and urban India, Japan, Europe and North America found that the rates of schizophrenic disorders were ?surprisingly similar.? But the latest study found that rates of psychosis can be close to eight times higher in some regions compared to others, with the lowest incidence seen in the area around Santiago, Spain, and the highest in inner-city Paris and Southeast London. ?It?s well-established that psychotic disorders, such as schizophrenia, are highly heritable, but genetics don?t tell the whole story,? said lead author James Kirkbride, professor of psychiatry at University College London. ?Our findings suggest that environmental factors can also play a big role.? أكثر... 
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