POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE SYSMPTOMS IN IRANIAN SCHIZOPHERNICS PATIENTS

Introduction. This study aim at delineating the positive and negative symptoms of schizophernics patiants in iranian population.
 Methods. Two hundred patiants with choronic schizophernia randomly were selected from among inpatients and outpatients at psychiatric centers in Isfahan. Patient&...

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Main Authors: GH.H AHMADZADE, T KARIRNZADEH
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2002-03-01
Series:Journal of Research in Medical Sciences
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Online Access:http://journals.mui.ac.ir/jrms/article/view/3240
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description Introduction. This study aim at delineating the positive and negative symptoms of schizophernics patiants in iranian population.
 Methods. Two hundred patiants with choronic schizophernia randomly were selected from among inpatients and outpatients at psychiatric centers in Isfahan. Patient"s symptoms were determined by means of scale for positive and negative sypmtoms (SAPS & SANS).
 Results. Majority of the patients (54 percent) exhibited positive symptoms while the remaining ones (44 percent) showed negative symptoms. Anhedonia and hallucination were the most common symptoms amongst the subject.
 Discussion. Iranian schizophernic patients exhibit more aggressive behaviour, alogia, persecutory, jealousy and grandiosity delusion with fewer symptoms of affective flattening and hallucination compaired with western studies. These observations have been explained in the context of the nature of schizophernia and the role of culture factors in Iranian society.
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spelling doaj.art-d7b01c227f09427891f3c13db3cd80b92022-12-22T02:19:31ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsJournal of Research in Medical Sciences1735-19951735-71362002-03-0171POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE SYSMPTOMS IN IRANIAN SCHIZOPHERNICS PATIENTSGH.H AHMADZADET KARIRNZADEHIntroduction. This study aim at delineating the positive and negative symptoms of schizophernics patiants in iranian population.
 Methods. Two hundred patiants with choronic schizophernia randomly were selected from among inpatients and outpatients at psychiatric centers in Isfahan. Patient"s symptoms were determined by means of scale for positive and negative sypmtoms (SAPS & SANS).
 Results. Majority of the patients (54 percent) exhibited positive symptoms while the remaining ones (44 percent) showed negative symptoms. Anhedonia and hallucination were the most common symptoms amongst the subject.
 Discussion. Iranian schizophernic patients exhibit more aggressive behaviour, alogia, persecutory, jealousy and grandiosity delusion with fewer symptoms of affective flattening and hallucination compaired with western studies. These observations have been explained in the context of the nature of schizophernia and the role of culture factors in Iranian society.http://journals.mui.ac.ir/jrms/article/view/3240Schizophernia, Cultural Psychiatry, Negative and Positive Symptoms,Isfahan
spellingShingle GH.H AHMADZADE
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POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE SYSMPTOMS IN IRANIAN SCHIZOPHERNICS PATIENTS
Journal of Research in Medical Sciences
Schizophernia, Cultural Psychiatry, Negative and Positive Symptoms,Isfahan
title POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE SYSMPTOMS IN IRANIAN SCHIZOPHERNICS PATIENTS
title_full POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE SYSMPTOMS IN IRANIAN SCHIZOPHERNICS PATIENTS
title_fullStr POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE SYSMPTOMS IN IRANIAN SCHIZOPHERNICS PATIENTS
title_full_unstemmed POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE SYSMPTOMS IN IRANIAN SCHIZOPHERNICS PATIENTS
title_short POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE SYSMPTOMS IN IRANIAN SCHIZOPHERNICS PATIENTS
title_sort positive and negative sysmptoms in iranian schizophernics patients
topic Schizophernia, Cultural Psychiatry, Negative and Positive Symptoms,Isfahan
url http://journals.mui.ac.ir/jrms/article/view/3240
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