TY - JOUR
AU - Breen, Michael
AB - CULTURE AND SCHIZOPHRENIA: A STUDY OF NEGRO AND JEWISH SCHIZOPHRENICS MICHAEL PH.D. BREEN, Boston State Hospital THEORY AND BACKGROUND of are to often seen as symptoms schizophrenia regressions culturally infantile THE modes of Here a different view is universal, functioning. proposed. is seen as an of behavior which defines Schizophrenic symptomology exaggeration the of normal individuals within the culture. coping style many schizophrenic’s The in to American and will be examined reference exaggeration hypothesis Negro American Jewish culture and to from these cultures. schizophrenics The Model Exaggeration The states that the is not return- exaggeration hypothesis schizophrenic solely to earlier modes of with but also use he is ing stress, exaggerated coping making of the defense in milder define of the mature which, forms, perso- systems aspects of the culture in which he was raised. nality The model be contrasted with the (or socio-cultural) exaggeration may model on the In a regression (or psychoanalytic) by drawing following example. case of the most salient characteristic is a paranoid schizophrenia, disruptive, delusion. to this indicates persecutory According psychoanalytic theory, symptom a to the anal of where are often regression early stage development, relationships defined in terms of crude and of power 
TI - Culture and Schizophrenia: a Study of Negro and Jewish Schizophrenics
JF - International Journal of Social Psychiatry
DO - 10.1177/002076406801400406
DA - 1968-09-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/sage/culture-and-schizophrenia-a-study-of-negro-and-jewish-schizophrenics-69ZA6NTq0c
SP - 282
EP - 289
VL - 14
IS - 4
DP - DeepDyve
ER -