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Schizophrenia in northern Sri Lanka. 1993

D J Somasundaram, and S Yoganathan, and T Ganesvaran

University Psychiatry Unit, Base Hospital Tellipallai, Jaffna, Sri Lanka.

A descriptive study of 148 schizophrenic patients admitted to the University Psychiatry Unit in northern Sri Lanka during the first six months of 1986 is reported. There were 85 females and 63 males. 65% of the patients belonged to the 15-34 age group. Nearly half were first admissions. 63% of the patients had a positive family history. Firstrank symptoms were elicited in 76% of the patients. Paranoid schizophrenia was the commonest subcategory followed by chronic schizophrenia. Catatonic schizophrenia was rare. The average period of hospitalisation was 21 days, and 81% of the patients had improved on discharge. These findings are compared with results from other countries.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007902	Length of Stay	The period of confinement of a patient to a hospital or other health facility.	Hospital Stay,Hospital Stays,Stay Length,Stay Lengths,Stay, Hospital,Stays, Hospital
D008297	Male		Males
D010343	Patient Admission	The process of accepting patients. The concept includes patients accepted for medical and nursing care in a hospital or other health care institution.	Voluntary Admission,Admission, Patient,Admission, Voluntary,Admissions, Patient,Admissions, Voluntary,Patient Admissions,Voluntary Admissions
D005260	Female		Females
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000293	Adolescent	A person 13 to 18 years of age.	Adolescence,Youth,Adolescents,Adolescents, Female,Adolescents, Male,Teenagers,Teens,Adolescent, Female,Adolescent, Male,Female Adolescent,Female Adolescents,Male Adolescent,Male Adolescents,Teen,Teenager,Youths
D000328	Adult	A person having attained full growth or maturity. Adults are of 19 through 44 years of age. For a person between 19 and 24 years of age, YOUNG ADULT is available.	Adults
D000367	Age Factors	Age as a constituent element or influence contributing to the production of a result. It may be applicable to the cause or the effect of a circumstance. It is used with human or animal concepts but should be differentiated from AGING, a physiological process, and TIME FACTORS which refers only to the passage of time.	Age Reporting,Age Factor,Factor, Age,Factors, Age
D012559	Schizophrenia	A severe emotional disorder of psychotic depth characteristically marked by a retreat from reality with delusion formation, HALLUCINATIONS, emotional disharmony, and regressive behavior.	Dementia Praecox,Schizophrenic Disorders,Disorder, Schizophrenic,Disorders, Schizophrenic,Schizophrenias,Schizophrenic Disorder
D013188	Sri Lanka	Country in southern Asia, an island in the Indian Ocean, south of India. The capital is Colombo.	Ceylon