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KMID : 0191120010160010088
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Journal of Korean Medical Science
2001 Volume.16 No. 1 p.88 ~ p.94
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Schizophrenic Delusions in Seoul, Shanghai and Taipei : A Transcultural Study
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Kwang-iel Kim
Haigow Hwu/Liang Dong Zhang/Ming Kang Lu/Kang Kyu Park/Tzung-Jeng Hwang/Daeho Kim/Yong-Chon Park
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Abstract
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In this transcultural study of schizophrenic delusions among patients in Seoul, Shanghai and Taipei, we discovered that both the frequency and content of delusions differed among the three groups; and that these differences could perhaps be explained by varying sociocultural and political situations. Delusional themes that are sensitive to sociocultural or political situations include guilt, love/sex, religion, somatic damage, economy/business and politics. Delusions regarding longevity, love/sex, dysmorphophobia/dysosmophobia, religion or supernatural matters, and espionage/spy stories were most frequent in Seoul patients. Those in Taipei predominantly had delusions about possession, religion or supernatural matters, hypnotism, and mass media/computers. Shanghai patients often had delusions of poisons, being prickled by poisoned needles, their brain and viscera extracted and being a family member of political authorities.
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