Schizophrenic delusions in Seoul, Shanghai and Taipei: a transcultural study.
10.3346/jkms.2001.16.1.88
- Author:
Kwang Iel KIM
1
;
Haigow HWU
;
Liang Dong ZHANG
;
Ming Kang LU
;
Kang Kyu PARK
;
Tzung Jeng HWANG
;
Daeho KIM
;
Yong Chon PARK
Author Information
1. Department of Neuropsychiatry, Hanyang University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. kikim@email.hanyang.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Original Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
- Keywords:
Schizophrenia;
Delusions;
Culture;
Psychopathology
- MeSH:
Adult;
China/epidemiology;
Cross-Cultural Comparison;
Delusions/psychology;
Delusions/epidemiology*;
Female;
Human;
Korea/epidemiology;
Male;
Middle Age;
Prevalence;
Religion;
Schizophrenia/epidemiology*;
Taiwan/epidemiology
- From:Journal of Korean Medical Science
2001;16(1):88-94
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
In this transcultural study of schizophrenic delusions among patients in Seoul, Shanghai and Taipei, we discovered that both the frequency and content of delusions differed among the three groups; and that these differences could perhaps be explained by varying sociocultural and political situations. Delusional themes that are sensitive to sociocultural or political situations include guilt, love/sex, religion, somatic damage, economy/business and politics. Delusions regarding longevity, love/sex, dysmorphophobia/dysosmophobia, religion or supernatural matters, and espionage/spy stories were most frequent in Seoul patients. Those in Taipei predominantly had delusions about possession, religion or supernatural matters, hypnotism, and mass media/computers. Shanghai patients often had delusions of poisons, being prickled by poisoned needles, their brain and viscera extracted and being a family member of political authorities.
