Conference paper

GENDER AND SHIZOPRENIA

Slađana Štrkalj Ivezić ; Psychiatric Hospital Vrapče, Zagreb, Croatia
Nada John ; Department of Psychiatry, Hospital Dubrovnik, Croatia

Abstract

In accordance with the predonimant view on the neurobiolgy of schizoprenia, most of the research on the diferences in the illness between men and women has been studied on the basis of sex difference as a biological category rather than on the basis of gender as a psychosocial category. There are gender- identity difficulties observed in schizophrenia. Problems associated with gender can be a
major sorce of instability and vulnerability during the development of the first and later psychotic episodes. There is a need for future research to view sex difference through gender perspectives. Findings from a gender study may have utility for the development of differential treatment interventions for men and women and may
improve the outcome of the illness in general. The study of the complex role of gender in illness processes is an important research direction that would enhance our understanding of the heterogeneity in the manifestation and subjective experience of schizophrenia.

Keywords

schizophrenia; gender; sex difference; gender role; gender identity

Hrčak ID:

49525

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/49525

Publication date:

10.3.2009.

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