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Schneider's First-Rank Symptoms of Schizophrenia: Prevalence and Diagnostic Use

A Study from Pakistan

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

S. B. Malik ,
M. Ahmed ,
A. Bashir  and
T. M. Choudhry
S. B. Malik*
Affiliation:
Allama Iqbal Medical College, Lahore
M. Ahmed
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Mayo Hospital, Lahore
A. Bashir
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Mayo Hospital, Lahore
T. M. Choudhry
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Mayo Hospital, Lahore, Pakistan
*
∗76/5 Tariq Road, Lahore Cantt, Pakistan
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Abstract

The prevalence of Schneiderian first-rank symptoms in 75 schizophrenic in-patients was found to be 67%. The commonest were somatic passivity, thought broadcast, and thought insertion. This suggests a considerable variation in the prevalence of first-rank symptoms and their individual frequencies in different cultures. First-rank symptoms thus have inherent weaknesses.

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 156 , Issue 1 , January 1990 , pp. 109 - 111
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Copyright © The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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