Psychopathology
Volume 34, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 203-208

Schizophrenic disorders among Turkish migrants in Germany: A controlled clinical study (Article)

Haasen C.* , Yagdiran O. , Mass R. , Krausz M.
  • a Clinic for Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Hospital Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany, Clinic for Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Hospital Eppendorf, Martinistrasse 52, D-20246 Hamburg, Germany
  • b Clinic for Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Hospital Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
  • c Clinic for Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Hospital Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
  • d Clinic for Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Hospital Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany

Abstract

Several studies have implied cultural differences in the psychopathology of schizophrenia between migrants and natives. In a diagnostically strictly controlled study, including comparison of diagnosis with a Turkish-speaking psychiatrist, 74 patients of Turkish and 48 of German origin, all with a diagnosis of schizophrenic disorder, were compared using PANSS and HAM-D. The Turkish sample showed higher depression and hostile excitement, even in the subsample of those with paranoid schizophrenia, and no differences in positive, negative or cognitive symptoms. The similarities especially concerning core symptoms reflect evidence from cross-cultural studies on schizophrenia. In conclusion this study shows main differences in psychopathology between psychotic migrants and natives, as discussed in the literature, may be mainly due to diagnostic differences. Copyright © 2001 S. Karger AG, Basel.

Author Keywords

schizophrenia Cultural differences psychopathology

Index Keywords

rating scale Germany immigrant depression schizophrenia human Schizophrenic Psychology middle aged psychosis Turkey (republic) mental disease Humans Severity of Illness Index male female cultural factor Incidence Article carbamazepine major clinical study adult Turkey Emigration and Immigration Case-Control Studies Cultural Characteristics hostility
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DOI: 10.1159/000049308
ISSN: 02544962
Cited by: 26
Original Language: English