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International Review of Psychiatry Volume 24, 2012 - Issue 5: Cultural Aspects of Schizophrenia: perspectives from LAMI countries
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Cultural aspects of schizophrenia

Gurvinder KalraDepartment of Psychiatry, Lokmanya Tilak Medical College and Sion Hospital, Sion, Mumbai, India
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Dinesh BhugraHealth Service and Population Research Department, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London, UKCorrespondence[email protected]
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Nilesh ShahDepartment of Psychiatry, Lokmanya Tilak Medical College and Sion Hospital, Sion, Mumbai, India
Pages 441-449 | Received 16 Mar 2012, Accepted 29 Jun 2012, Published online: 12 Oct 2012
 
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Abstract

Over the past 50 years, schizophrenia as a disorder has been widely studied across cultures throughout the world. There are differences not only in the symptoms and presentation but also in outcome and prognosis. Various authors have tried to explore and explain such variation but the reasons for this are not always clear. In this paper, we review some of the cultural aspects of schizophrenia.

Declaration of interest: The authors report no conflicts of interest. The authors alone are responsible for the content and writing of the paper.

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