Internalized stigma, negative symptoms and global functioning in schizophrenia

Autor:	Octavia Capatina, Ioana Miclutia
Rok vydání:	2016
Předmět:	medicine.medical_specialty Internalized stigma Global Assessment of Functioning Stigma (botany) medicine.disease Mental illness Factor structure Psychiatry and Mental health Schizophrenia Intervention (counseling) medicine Psychology Psychiatry Diagnosis of schizophrenia Clinical psychology
Zdroj:	European Psychiatry. 33:S574-S575
ISSN:	1778-3585 0924-9338
DOI:	10.1016/j.eurpsy.2016.01.2127
Popis:	IntroductionNegative symptoms (NS) of schizophrenia were usually described as a unitary construct and as a separable domain of pathology; however recent studies suggest, that they encompass 2 separable domains: Diminished Expression (DE) and Avolition-Apathy (AA). Research into the relationship between internalized stigma and NS have yielded mixed results up to present.ObjectiveThe objectives of this study was to assess the factor structure of NS and to examine the relationship between these factors and internalized stigma, global functioning and sociodemographic characteristics.AimsThe broad aim of this study was to gather greater understanding of the relationship between internalized stigma, NS and global functioning.MethodsA sample of 50 consecutive subjects were recruited from outpatient psychiatric hospitals meeting the criteria for schizophrenia according to ICD-10. The patients were evaluated using the Positive and Negative Symptoms Scale (PANSS), Negative Symptoms Assessment-16 items (NSA-16), Global Assessment of Functioning (GAF), Clinical Global Impression-Severity Scale (CGI-s), Internalized Stigma of Mental Illness Scale (ISMI) and were interviewed to assess sociodemographic characteristics.ResultsA two-factor structure for the domain of NS was found: an AA and DE profile group. AA and DE subgroups significantly differed on clinically relevant external validators and greater resistance to stigma is related to both fewer AA and DE symptoms in people with schizophrenia.ConclusionsOur findings suggest that the different subdomains of NS can be identified within the broader diagnosis of schizophrenia and that they should be analyzed as distinct domains and that stigma resistance can be a possible intervention target to ameliorate NS.Disclosure of interestThe authors have not supplied their declaration of competing interest.
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