Clinical Expressive Symptoms and Socio-Occupational Functioning among Person with Schizophrenia
Journal Title: International Journal of Contemporary Medicine surgery and Radiology - Year 2016, Vol 1, Issue 1
Abstract
Introduction: Schizophrenia is characterized by admixture of multiple symptoms which may involve varied zones of psychiatric function ranging from language, motor activity, reasoning, emotion to perception, which reduces individual’s capacity and abilities. The present study is aimed to describe the clinical expressive symptoms and sociooccupational functioning among male and female patients. Method and materials: The study includes 50 male and 50 female patients with schizophrenia on purposive sampling technique. Data was gathered using socio-demographic data sheet, Socio-occupational functional scale and Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale. Results: The findings showed that whenever negative symptoms, positive symptoms and general psychopathology increased then socio-occupational functioning decreased. It supported negative relation between these factors. Conclusion: There is need to create the general awareness about the psychiatric disorder specially schizophrenia disorder so that they can be identified at the earliest and patient get treatment before the severity of symptoms increases.
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Rajni S, Anshu S, Raqueb A, Manisha K, Amool Ranjan S
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