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Does anyone have a good source for a deep dive into the dichotomy of schizophrenia between first world and third world countries? It's a commonly cited fact (myth?) that it presents differently in different cultures - i.e. in America schizophrenics often experience paranoia, violent episodes, ideations of suicide or self-harm, while in sub-Saharan Africa their symptoms manifest as religious experiences. A recent culture war thread comment suggested the possibility that genuinely violent, dangerous schizophrenics in third world countries are quietly abandoned or disposed of, but didn't cite any sources. Is this even a real phenomenon? Is there any useful research into it?
I have no idea but one thing I always wondered is wether a person that only present so called negative symptoms should be classified as schizophrenic https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schizophrenia#:~:text=activity.%5B7%5D-,Negative%20symptoms,-Negative%20symptoms%20are IMHO there is great diversity in symptomatology and imho the root causes can be very different such as different brain regions being subject to damage/dysfunctions
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