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A cross‐cultural study of the frequencies of Schneider's first rank symptoms of schizophrenia
Author(s) -
Ndetei D. M.,
Vadher A.
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
acta psychiatrica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.849
H-Index - 146
eISSN - 1600-0447
pISSN - 0001-690X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0447.1984.tb01246.x
Subject(s) - schizophrenia (object oriented programming) , rank (graph theory) , psychology , psychiatry , clinical psychology , mathematics , combinatorics
– The Syndrome Check List (SCL) as detailed by Wing et al. (1) was used on patients belonging to various cultural groups admitted to a London hospital. On the basis of combined Catego diagnosis of schizophrenia and paranoid schizophrenia the frequency of patients with first rank symptoms (FRS) for each group was calculated. It was found that the frequencies of FRS showed cultural difference and that these differences were less when groups were relatively culturally similar. These findings are compared with findings elsewhere. The clinical dilemma presented by these findings is discussed.