Original scientific paper

INFLUENCE OF PSYCHO-SOCIAL FACTORS ON THE EMERGENCE OF DEPRESSION AND SUICIDAL RISK IN PATIENTS WITH SCHIZOPHRENIA

Katarina Đokić Pješčić ; Faculty of Medicine, University of Priština, presiding in Kosovska Mitrovica, Serbia; Clinic for Mental Disorders ”Dr Laza Lazarevi
Milutin M. Nenadović ; Faculty of Medicine, University of Priština, presiding in Kosovska Mitrovica, Serbia; Clinic for Mental Disorders ”Dr Laza Lazarevi
Miroslava jašović-Gašić ; Clinic for Mental Disorders ”Dr Laza Lazarevi
Goran Trajković ; Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Medical Statistics and Informatics, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
Mirjana Kostić ; Faculty of Medicine, University of Priština, presiding in Kosovska Mitrovica, Serbia; Institute of Medical Statistics and Informatics, University of Priština, presiding in Kosovska Mitrovica, Serbia
Radmila Ristić-Dimitrijević ; Clinic for Mental Disorders ”Dr Laza Lazarevi

Abstract

Background: The aim of this study was to investigate the influence of certain psychosocial factors – insight, psycho-education,
family and social support, loneliness and social isolation – on the appearance of depression and suicidal risk in schizophrenia.
Subjects and methods: This was a cross-sectional study that comprised hospitalized patients with schizophrenia in the initial
remission phase. The assessment of depression and suicidal risk was made by applying a semi-structured psychiatric interview that
included scrutinized factors (insight, psycho-education, family and social support, loneliness and social isolation), Positive and
Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS), and Calgary Depression Scale for Schizophrenia (CDSS). On the basis of the assessment results,
the sample was divided into two groups: Group of patients with depression and suicidal risk in schizophrenia (N=53) and Control
group (N = 159) of patients with schizophrenia without depression and suicidal risk.
Results: In the Group of patients with depression and suicidal risk, compared with the Control group, there was significantly
higher frequency of insight in the mental status (

Keywords

psychosocial factors - depression in schizophrenia - suicidal risk - schizophrenia

Hrčak ID:

162194

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/162194

Publication date:

18.9.2014.

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