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THE
ROLE OF HOMOEOPATHIC MEDICINES IN THE TREATMENT OF SCHIZOPHRENIA
- AN ANALYTIC REPORT
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Observations
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glimpse of Table-I, IIA and IIB and IIC illustrates the following
observations regarding the distribution of the disorder in our
population. They describes the aetiological factors. It may
be observed that:
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All
these 50 cases have been discussed under the following subgroups: |
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Simple
Schizophrenia |
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Hebephrenic
Schizophrenia |
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Catatonic
Schizophrenia |
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Paranoid
Schizophrenia |
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As
per the age group, there is no case in the “childhood”
where as in “adolescence” there are 2 males and 1 female
with Hebephrenic Schizophrenia. In “adult” there are 1
male and female each in simple Schizophrenia, 7 males
and 3 females in Hebephrenic Schizophrenia and 8 males
and 1 female in Catatonic Schizophrenia. In “middle age”
3 males in Hebephrenic group, 8 males and 1 female in
catatonic group and 6 males and 2 females in paranoid
Schizophrenia, where as in “old age” 1 male in simple
Schizophrenia 1 male in catatonic Schizophrenia and 2
males and 4 females in paranoid Schizophrenia.
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The
socio-economic status of these 50 cases is as follows
: “low income” group has 29 males and 10 females, “middle
income” group has 7 males and 3 females where as “high
income” group has zero.
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The
educational status of these 50 cases is as follows : 4
males and 2 females are uneducated, 28 males and 8 females
are under educated, 5 males and 3 females are educated
and none is highly educated.
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The
occupational status of the sample is as follows : 19 males
and 9 females are jobless or idle. 16 males and 4 females
are unskilled labourers where as 2 males are skilled labourers.
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The
range of duration of illness amongst these 50 cases varied from
2 months to 25 years. The details of the duration of illness
is shown in Table-IIA.
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The
causative factors as collected from the case sheets are detailed
in Table IIB where the maximum is hereditary factors and minimum
is the interaction of both hereditary factors and life experiences.
Life experiences or learned behavioural factors lie in between.
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The
past treatment undertaken by the patients are detailed in Table
IIC. All 50 patients came in this hospital after treatment with
Modern Medicine, for varying periods. Out of these 50 patients
27 underwent Electric Convulsive Therapy (ECT). The number of
electric convulsive shocks given to the patients varied from
3 to 20.
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