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A comparitive cross‐cultural study of the frequencies of hallucination in 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.tb01247.x
Subject(s) - schizophrenia (object oriented programming) , visual hallucination , audiology , auditory hallucination , psychology , psychosis , psychiatry , clinical psychology , medicine
– The frequencies of auditory, visual and olfactory hallucinations as defined by Wing et a!, were studied in schizophrenic patients of various groups treated in the same hospital. The diagnosis of schizophrenia was made by the use of the Syndrome Check List. It was found that there were some cultural differences in the frequencies of hallucinations, these being higher in the African, West Indian and Asian culture groups than in the English and other groups. The possible clinical significance of these variations are discussed.