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Querulous paranoia in Chinese patients: a cultural paradox
1Department of Psychiatry, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong.
Objective:
There has been no reported case of querulous paranoia from the Asian population. A prospective study was undertaken to identify patients with querulous paranoia in an outpatient clinic.
Method:
One thousand, five hundred and fifty-one new referrals to a university-affiliated psychiatric outpatient clinic in Hong Kong were screened for querulous paranoia during routine clinical work.
Results:
Three patients with querulous paranoia (0.19%) were identified during 1 year. The case histories of these three patients are reported.
Conclusion:
Possible reasons for the low reporting rate are discussed and the importance of sociocultural traditions in the development and recognition of querulous paranoia is emphasised.
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