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Schneider's First Rank Symptoms: their Prevalence and Diagnostic Implications in an Asian Population

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

R. Chandrasena  and
A. Rodrigo
R. Chandrasena
Affiliation:
Department of Psychological Medicine, St Bartholomew's Hospital, West Smithfield, London EC1
A. Rodrigo
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Peradeniya Medical School, Sri Lanka
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Summary

In an in-patient population in Sri Lanka, only those receiving a diagnosis of schizophrenia had Schneider's First Rank Symptoms. Among 65 males and 104 females, the prevalence of FRS was 25.4 per cent. Those patients with FRS in the first episode are likely to develop more during subsequent episodes. An attempt is made to explain the findings on a cultural basis.

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Research Article
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 135 , Issue 4 , October 1979 , pp. 348 - 351
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1979 

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