J Korean Med Sci.
2001 Feb;16(1):88-94. 10.3346/jkms.2001.16.1.88.
Schizophrenic delusions in Seoul, Shanghai and Taipei: a transcultural study
- Affiliations
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- 1Department of Neuropsychiatry, Hanyang University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. kikim@email.hanyang.ac.kr
- KMID: 1066500
- DOI: http://doi.org/10.3346/jkms.2001.16.1.88
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.
