[A multicenter study regarding schizophrenia patients' notification of the diagnosis] (original) (raw)

Seishin shinkeigaku zasshi = Psychiatria et neurologia Japonica, 2014

Abstract

Over 10 years have passed since the Japanese term for "schizophrenia" was changed from "seishin-bunretsu-byo" to "togo-shiccho-sho" in 2002. An awareness survey targeting doctors suggested that notification of the diagnosis has been encouraged since the Japanese name for schizophrenia was changed. However, no heuristic surveys targeting patients themselves have clarified an increased notification rate, and no multicenter studies of the notification rates have been conducted in recent years. This study targeted schizophrenia patients and their attending physicians to investigate the status of notification of the diagnosis at five medical facilities in Hokkaido, Japan. Questionnaires were distributed to the attending physicians of a total of 869 patients; in addition, the patients themselves filled out questionnaires. Questionnaires were collected from 858 physicians, and valid responses were recovered from 529 patients. This study investigated the status...

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