Symptomatology Differentials Between Urban and Rural Schizophrenics

The frequency of symptoms between urban and rural schizophrenic patients was compared in 275 consecutive admissions of schizophrenics, who were rated on two rating scales by psychiatrists, using a structured interview. There were significant differences between urban and rural schizophrenics; rural...

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Published in:International journal of social psychiatry 1982-01, Vol.28 (4), p.251-255
Main Authors: Chu, Chung-Chou, Klein, Helen E., Lange, Marcia H.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Age Factors
Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Missouri
Psychiatric Status Rating Scales
Rural Population
Schizophrenia - diagnosis
Schizophrenia/Schizophrenic/ Schizophrenics
Symptom/Symptoms/Symptomatic/ Symptomatology
Urban Population
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Summary:The frequency of symptoms between urban and rural schizophrenic patients was compared in 275 consecutive admissions of schizophrenics, who were rated on two rating scales by psychiatrists, using a structured interview. There were significant differences between urban and rural schizophrenics; rural patients were more frequently apathetic, blunted, labile, angry, aggressive, negativistic and uncooperative, while urban schizophrenics were more often anxious, rigid, ambivalent, disoriented, conceptually disorganised and asocial. Significant symptom differences were also found for only older or younger schizophrenics.
ISSN:0020-7640
1741-2854
DOI:10.1177/002076408202800402