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Natsumi Tarakita^1,2, Kazutaka Yoshida¹, Norio Sugawara³

¹Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, Hirosaki University, Hirosaki, Japan, yasufuru@hirosaki-u.ac.jp.

Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment

|January 16, 2019

Abstract

Objectives:

To determine whether etiological beliefs are different among schizophrenia patients, their family, and medical staff.

Patients And Methods:

A cross-sectional study was performed at five hospitals and one mental clinic and included 212 patients, 144 family members, and 347 medical staff other than psychiatrists. A questionnaire about the possible etiological causes of schizophrenia was used.

Results:

There were significant differences in response scores among the three groups on using Angermeyer's and Goulding's classifications. Factor analyses revealed the following four subscales: Psychosocial, Biological, Environmental, and Cultural connotations. The structure varied among patients, family, and medical staff.

Conclusion:

The perspectives of schizophrenia etiology were different among patients, family, and medical staff.

Keywords:

beliefs caregivers etiological causes etiology family medical staff patients perception schizophrenia

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