Phenomenology of Delusions and Hallucinations in Patients with Schizophrenia

Geçici, Ömer; Kuloğlu, Murat; Güler, Özkan; Özbulut, Ömer; Kurt, Erhan; Önen, Sınay; Ekinci, Okan; Yeşilbaş, Dilek; Çayköylü, Ali; Emül, Murat; Alataş, Gazi; Albayrak, Yakup

doi:10.1080/10177833.2010.11790661

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“…The lowest 1-year prevalence rate for auditory hallucinations in this sample was found in Austria (66.9%), and for visual hallucinations in Pakistan (3.9%) [9]. Hallucinations and delusions may even vary regionally within the same country, suggesting that cultural effects may not necessarily be delineated by geopolitical boundaries [10].…”

Section: Culture and Positive Symptomsmentioning

confidence: 96%

Update: Schizophrenia Across Cultures

Myers

2011

Curr Psychiatry Rep

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The incidence of schizophrenia, as well as the symptoms, course, and outcomes for people so diagnosed seem to vary across some cultural contexts. The mechanisms by which cultural variations may protect one from or increase one's risk of developing schizophrenia remain unclear. Recent findings from transdisciplinary cross-cultural research, indicate ways that we may better understand how socioenvironmental and cultural variables interact with physiologic pathways relating psychosocial stress and psychotic symptoms, epigenetic changes, and people's use of culturally available tools to mitigate stress, in ways that may inform relevant, effective interventions for people diagnosed with psychotic disorders worldwide.

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Section: Culture and Positive Symptomsmentioning

confidence: 96%

Update: Schizophrenia Across Cultures

Myers

2011

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“…appear stable, they demonstrate cultural plasticity in their content [3, 4]. For example, transcultural studies have identified universal delusional experiences amongst people with schizophrenia [5] with persecutory delusions being the most commonly reported across a diverse range of samples drawn from Austria [6]; China, Japan and South Korea [7]; India [8]; Lithuania [9]; Pakistan [10] Turkey [11] and the United States [12]. However socio-cultural factors such as religious belief systems [6, 13, 14] and more collective or individualistic conceptualizations of self [15] as well as environmental factors [16], historical events [12] and political contexts [7,9,] have been shown to influence the content of delusions.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

The content of delusions in a sample of South African Xhosa people with schizophrenia

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BackgroundAlthough the relationship between cultural beliefs and schizophrenia has received some attention, relatively little work has emerged from African contexts. In this study we draw from a sample of South African Xhosa people with schizophrenia, exploring their cultural beliefs and explanations of illness. The purpose of the article is to examine the relationship between this cultural context and the content of delusions.MethodsA sample comprising 200 Xhosa people with schizophrenia participating in a South African schizophrenia genomics study were interviewed using the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV Axis I Disorders (SCID-I). Participant delusions were thematically analyzed for recurring themes.ResultsThe majority of participants (n = 125 72.5%) believed that others had bewitched them in order to bring about their mental illness, because they were in some way jealous of the participant. This explanation aligns well with the understanding of jealousy-induced witchcraft in Southern African communities and highlights the important role that culture plays in their content of delusions.ConclusionsImproved knowledge of these explanatory frameworks highlights the potential value of culturally sensitive assessment tools and stigma interventions in patient recovery. Furthermore such qualitative analyses contribute towards discussion about aspects of delusional thought that may be more universally stable, and those that may be more culturally variable.

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“…This interpretation was supported by Wang and colleagues (1998), who found that migrants hear voices not only in their first language, but also in their second or third languages, depending on the delusional content. Hallucinations and delusions may even vary region ally within the same country, suggesting that cultural effects may not necessar ily be delineated by geopolitical boundaries (Gecici et al, 2010). Brekke and Barrio (1997) reported that patients with schizophrenia from minority groups were generally less symptomatic than were nonminority patients.…”

Section: Hallucinatory Symptomatology In Cross-cultural Studiesmentioning

confidence: 99%