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Schizophrenia Evaluations, Gender bias in diagnosis :red_cross:
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Gender bias in diagnosis :red_cross:
Since 1980s, men have been diagnosed with schizophrenia more often than women (1.4:1 ratio)
- May be because women are less vulnerable than men, maybe due to genetics
- Seems more likely that women are underdiagnosed due to having closer relationships and having support so may function better than men
Means women may not receive the same treatment and benefits
Culture bias in diagnosis :red_cross:
Some symptoms like hearing voices have different cultural meanings.
In Haiti, voices are believed to be communications from ancestors
- British people with African-Caribbean origin are 9 times as likely to receive diagnosis than White British, while people living in those countries aren't (can't be genetic vulnerability)
- Most likely explanation is diagnosis by psychiatrists from different cultural backgrounds leading to overinterpretation of Black British symptoms
Means British African-Caribbean people may be discriminated against by a culturally biased diagnostic system
Symptom Overlap :red_cross:
There's lots of overlap between symptoms of schizophrenia and other conditions
- Both schizophrenia and BPD include positive symptoms and negative symptoms
↪suggests they may not be two different conditions but a variation of one condition
↪In terms of diagnosis it means the two are hard to distinguish
Means schizophrenia may not exist as a distinct condition and, if it is, its hard to diagnose : :