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No gender differences in social outcome in patients suffering from schizophrenia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 April 2020

S. Galderisi ,
P. Bucci ,
A. Üçok  and
J. Peuskens
S. Galderisi*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, University of Naples SUN, Largo Madonna delle Grazie, 80138Naples, Italy
P. Bucci
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, University of Naples SUN, Largo Madonna delle Grazie, 80138Naples, Italy
A. Üçok
Affiliation:
Istanbul University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, Istanbul, Turkey
J. Peuskens
Affiliation:
University Psychiatric Centre, Campus St. Jozef Kortenberg, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
*
*Corresponding author. E-mail address: sgalderi@tin.it
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Abstract

Differences between female and male patients with schizophrenia in psychopathology and course of illness have frequently been reported. However, the influence of sex on symptomatic and social remission is still an open issue. In the present study, differences between males and females in both clinical and social remission rates and in scores on several scales assessing social functioning were evaluated in 295 stabilized patients with schizophrenia, schizoaffective or delusional disorder. Female patients, as compared with males, showed a later onset of the illness, less negative symptoms and less frequent alcohol abuse. No significant difference was found between females and males in the rate of symptomatic and functional remission. No significant effect of sex was observed on any index of social functioning.

Keywords

SexSymptomatic remissionFunctional remissionSocial functioning
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European Psychiatry , Volume 27 , Issue 6 , August 2012 , pp. 406 - 408
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Copyright © Elsevier Masson SAS 2012

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