Clinical and sociocultural characteristics of individuals with schizophrenia who have committed serious assaultive acts in Uzbekistan

Title:

Clinical and sociocultural characteristics of individuals with schizophrenia who have committed serious assaultive acts in Uzbekistan
Clinical and sociocultural characteristics of individuals with schizophrenia who have committed serious assaultive acts in Uzbekistan

Creator:

Yеshimbetova, Saida and Chembaev, Bulat

Contributor:

Yеshimbetova, Saida and Chembaev, Bulat

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Subject:

násilí--etnologie--prevence a kontrola--psychologie, schizofrenie--etiologie--etnologie--terapie, sociální prostředí, kulturní charakteristiky, etnické skupiny--psychologie, pacientův souhlas se zdravotní péčí--psychologie, psychotické poruchy--etiologie, statistika jako téma, kohortové studie, rizikové faktory, populační charakteristiky, dospělí, ženské pohlaví, lidé, mužské pohlaví, and lidé středního věku

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Description:

Assaultive acts committed by people with a mental illness is a major public health issue that affects patients with their families, law enforcement authorities, and the public at large. Failure to provide treatment is in fact a major predictor of assaultive acts in patients with schizophrenia living in the community. Considering that the indigenous ethnic groups of Central Asia have similar sociocultural characteristics, these factors may be reflected in individuals with schizophrenia who have committed serious assaultive acts in Uzbekistan. Objectives: The aim of the work was to identify the sociocultural and clinical characteristics of schizophrenic representatives of indigenous ethnic groups of Central Asia who have committed violent crimes in Uzbekistan and have been found insane in regard to their offence, and to compare these subjects to ones belonging to the other ethnic groups. Material and methods: The data were collected in 2010–2013 in the Tashkent High Security Psychiatric Hospital via face-to-face interviews and also from the patients’ charts and from forensic psychiatric examination statements. Results: The sample consisted of 201 individuals. The sample was 90.1 percent (n = 181) male, with a predominance of the paranoid schizophrenia subtype according to the ICD-10 criteria. Of the subjects, 174 ones (86.6%) were representatives of the indigenous ethnic groups of Central Asia, and 27 ones (13.4%) were representatives of other ethnic groups. The duration of illness among the subjects belonging to the indigenous ethnic groups of Central Asia was less than in the other group; the individuals were rarely referred to psychiatric care because of the popularity of alternative medicine and the stigma attached to mental illness. A positive correlation between violence and various psychotic symptoms, such as delusions, hallucinations, and thought disorder, has also been demonstrated in this group. European Medical, Health and Pharmaceutical Journal ISSN 1804-5804 Conclusions: Sociocultural characteristics, such as delayed referral for psychiatric care because of the popularity of alternative medicine and the stigma attached to mental illness among the indigenous ethnic groups of Central Asia, frequently factor into committing serious acts of assault because of developing psychotic symptoms at the early stages of disease despite their sufficient socioenvironmental adaptation., Saida Yеshimbetova, Bulat Chembaev, and Literatura

Language:

English

Rights:

http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
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Coverage:

Uzbekistán

Relation:

European medical, health and pharmaceutical journal--MED00177703

Source:

European medical, health and pharmaceutical journal : open access reviewed journal | 2014 Volume:7 | Number:2

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Date:

2014