Symptom differences between urban and rural schizophrenics in Turkey.
The symptomatology of Turkish urban and rural schizophrenic patients was compared in 94 consecutive hospital admissions. These were rated on two rating scales by psychiatrists, using a structured interview. Urban patients were more frequently anxious, tense, stiff, rigid, perseverating and depersonalized than rural patients; urban patients also exhibited more frequent symptoms of outbursts, blocking, thought pressure, depressed mood and somatic concern than their rural counterparts. Rural patients were more often withdrawn, disoriented, confused/delirious and lacking contact in communication than urban patients; rural patients also showed more frequent symptoms of flight of ideas and consciousness lapses than their urban counterparts.
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D012424:Rural Population; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012565:Schizophrenic Psychology; D014421:Turkey; D014505:Urban Population