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A Study of Schneider's First-Rank Symptoms of Schizophrenia in Nigerian Patients

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Oye Gureje  and
E. A. Bamgboye
Oye Gureje*
Affiliation:
Aro Neuropsychiatric Hospital and WHO Collaborating Centre for Research and Training in Mental Health, PMB 2002, Abeokuta, Nigeria
E. A. Bamgboye
Affiliation:
Aro Neuropsychiatric Hospital and WHO Collaborating Centre for Research and Training in Mental Health, PMB 2002, Abeokuta, Nigeria
*
Department of Psychiatry, Queen's Park Hospita!, Blackburn BB2 3HH
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Abstract

A prospective evaluation of Schneider's first-rank symptoms in 56 Nigerians with RDC schizophrenia gave a prevalence of 73%. The presence of first-rank symptoms was unrelated to schizophrenic subtypes, duration or severity of illness. While some of the symptoms correlate with age of patients, the pattern of inter-correlations among them supports previous views about their empirical heterogeneity.

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Brief Reports
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 150 , Issue 6 , June 1987 , pp. 867 - 869
Copyright
Copyright © 1987 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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