Issues with diagnosis of schizophrenia and cultural differences in hearing voices

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What can make identifying disordered thinking difficult?

If the client is from a different cultural background from the psychiatrist

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What could appear as disordered thinking?

Rastafarians often use neologisms, e.g. overstand instead of understand

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For an accurate diagnosis, what should the psychiatrist be aware of?

Cultural differences

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What diagnosis can catatonic behaviour symptoms be confused with?

Major depressive disorder or bipolar

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What other diagnoses can people with hallucinations be given?

PTSD, depression, drug withdrawal or even stress and lack of sleep

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Why is diagnosing sz not easy?

Because it shares symptoms with various other disorders

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What did Luhrmann et al do?

Interview 60 American, Indian and Ghanaian people with schizophrenia

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What percentage of Americans did Luhrmann find that reported their voices told them to hurt people?

70%

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How many Ghanaians said their voices were positive?

50%

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What did Indian people tend to hear?

Family members offering guidance

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What percentage of Americans said their voices belonged to family members?

10%

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What do Tanya Luhrmann's findings suggest?

Individual differences such as cultural backgrounds can affect symptoms

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What did Lin 1996 find?

Schizophrenia is found in all cultures and its symptoms and prevalence rates are similar

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What do Lin's findings suggest?

There are more similarities than differences so perhaps schizophrenia is universal and not culturally bound

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