Conference paper

PERSONALITY AND SCHIZOPHRENIA: PSYCHOBIOLOGICAL MODEL AND ITS RELATIONSHIP WITH COMORBIDITY

Branka Aukst Margetić ; University Psychiatric Clinic Rebro, Clinical Hospital Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Miro Jakovljević ; University Psychiatric Clinic Rebro, Clinical Hospital Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Tomo Brataljenović ; University Psychiatric Clinic Rebro, Clinical Hospital Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Mladenko Šumić ; Clinic for Psychological Medicine, Clinical Hospital Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia

Abstract

Personality interacts with psychosocial variables, psychopathology and coping strategies of patients with schizophrenia. Psychobiological model of personality is important for schizophrenia as temperament dimensions, except dimension Persistence, have been associated with different neurotransmitter systems.
Comorbidity of psychiatric and somatic disorders and syndromes is generally associated with dimensions high Harm avoidance and low Self-directedness.
Variations in other dimensions may also be important. High Harm Avoidance may represent state vulnerability marker for various psychiatric disorders and is associated with appearance of comorbidity in schizophrenia. High Self-directedness may be protective factor for development of various psychiatric as well somatic comorbidity states.

Keywords

schizophrenia; personality; psychobiological model; comorbidity

Hrčak ID:

49224

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/49224

Publication date:

25.6.2009.

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