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[An experimental psychological study of sex/gender differences in patients with schizophrenia]
1Mental Health Research Center, Moscow.
Objective:
To perform an experimental psychological study of gender differences in patients with attack-like schizophrenia in the aspect of pathopsychological syndrome.
Material And Methods:
The study included 80 subjects: 40 men and 40 women, aged 18-30 years. The disease duration was <3 years. Patients were examined in remission.
Results And Conclusion:
The major gender differences are manifested in emotional and personal characteristics and self-concepts related with them, as well in the characteristics of communication. It can be assumed that these gender differences are due to a more pronounced presence of an affective component in the structure of endogenous disorders in women which slightly softens the manifestation of negative disorders during the endogenous process.
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