ArticleSchizophrenia bulletin2009
Better outcome of schizophrenia in India: a natural selection against severe forms?
Article in Schizophrenia bulletin, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.
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- The Theory of Industrial Society and Cultural Schemata: Does the "Cultural Myth of Stigma" Underlie the WHO Schizophrenia Paradox?AJS; American journal of sociology · 2015Article
- The census of India and the mentally ill.Indian journal of psychiatry · 2012Article
- Early intervention in psychotic disorders: Challenges and relevance in the Indian context.Indian journal of psychiatry · 2010Article
- The abilities of improved schizophrenia patients to work and live independently in the community: a 10-year long-term outcome study from Mumbai, India.Annals of general psychiatry · 2009Article
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Abstract
Regional variations are observed in outcome of schizophrenia, but reasons remain unclear. Outcome of schizophrenia is reported to be better in India. In this report based on census data, we highlight substantially greater mortality observed among the mentally ill than among the general population during famines in India in the 19th century. A possible selection against the most severe forms of schizophrenia could account for greater occurrence of better-outcome phenotypes. Population histories and environmental influences, including epigenetics, need to be considered to further investigate differences between schizophrenia phenotypes.
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