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Stigma and suicidal ideation among young people at risk of psychosis after one year.
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Stigma and suicidal ideation among young people at risk of psychosis after one year.

  • Xu Z Department of Psychiatry II, University of Ulm and BKH Günzburg, Germany. Electronic address: ziyan.xu@uniklinik-ulm.de.
  • Mayer B Institute of Epidemiology and Medical Biometry, University of Ulm, Germany.
  • Müller M Department of Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, Zürich University Hospital of Psychiatry, Switzerland.
  • Heekeren K Department of Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, Zürich University Hospital of Psychiatry, Switzerland.
  • Theodoridou A Department of Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, Zürich University Hospital of Psychiatry, Switzerland.
  • Dvorsky D Department of Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, Zürich University Hospital of Psychiatry, Switzerland.
  • Metzler S Department of Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, Zürich University Hospital of Psychiatry, Switzerland.
  • Oexle N Department of Psychiatry II, University of Ulm and BKH Günzburg, Germany.
  • Walitza S Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, University of Zürich, Switzerland.
  • Rössler W Department of Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, Zürich University Hospital of Psychiatry, Switzerland; Institute of Psychiatry, Laboratory of Neuroscience, LIM27, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil.
  • Rüsch N Department of Psychiatry II, University of Ulm and BKH Günzburg, Germany.
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  • 2016-07-16
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  • Psychiatry research. - 2016
At-risk mental state
Stigma stress
Suicidality
Adolescent
Adult
Bipolar Disorder
Depression
Female
Humans
Longitudinal Studies
Male
Psychotic Disorders
Social Stigma
Suicidal Ideation
Suicide
Suicide, Attempted
Young Adult
English Suicidality is common among individuals at risk of psychosis. Emerging findings suggest that mental illness stigma contributes to suicidality. However, it is unclear whether stigma variables are associated with suicidality among young people at risk of psychosis. This longitudinal study assessed perceived public stigma and the cognitive appraisal of stigma as a stressor (stigma stress) as predictors of suicidal ideation among individuals at risk of psychosis over the period of one year. One hundred and seventy-two participants between 13 and 35 years of age were included who were at high or ultra-high risk of psychosis or at risk of bipolar disorder. At one-year follow-up, data were available from 73 completers. In multiple logistic regressions an increase of stigma stress (but not of perceived stigma) over one year was significantly associated with suicidal ideation at one-year follow-up, controlling for age, gender, symptoms, comorbid depression and suicidal ideation at baseline. Interventions to reduce public stigma and stigma stress could therefore improve suicide prevention among young people at risk of psychosis.
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  • English
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https://sonar.ch/global/documents/252370
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