Original scientific paper
Metabolic Syndrome, Anxiety, Depression and Suicidal Tendencies in Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Schizophrenic Patients
Boris Maslov
; School of Medicine, University of Mostar, Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Darko Marčinko
; Department of Psychiatry, University Hospital Centre Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Ruža Miličević
; School of Medicine, University of Mostar, Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Dragan Babić
; School of Medicine, University of Mostar, Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Veljko Đorđević
; Department of Psychiatry, University Hospital Centre Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Miro Jakovljević
; Department of Psychiatry, University Hospital Centre Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Abstract
Persons with schizophrenia and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) tend to have higher psychiatric and somatic morbidity. They typically have higher rates of substances abuse (including smoking), more prevalent obesity, diabetes mellitus, and cardiovascular disease (CVD). This is especially well seen in case of the metabolic syndrome, with a number of published studies on psychiatric patients in the last few years. This study investigated the associations between metabolic syndrome, anxiety, depression and suicidal tendency in schizophrenic and combat-related PTSD patients controlled by healthy controls. Higher rates of anxiety, depression and recent life changes scores in participants with metabolic syndrome were recorded compared to those without metabolic syndrome. Suicidal tendencies were equally present in both groups.
Keywords
metabolic syndrome; schizophrenia; post-traumatic stress disorder; anxiety; depression; suicidal tendency; lipids; hypertension
Hrčak ID:
51588
URI
Publication date:
20.12.2009.
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