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The Relationship with Suicidal Thought and Stigma and Self-esteem in Psychiatric Patients
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Fateh Sohrabi *    , Glonia Saed , Narmin Abdollahi , Ghobad Ramezani |
| Clinical Psychology. Ghods Hospital. Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences, Sanandaj, Iran , F.sohrabi20@gmail.com |
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Abstract: (3949 Views) |
Introduction: Suicide is one of the major causes of mortality which have being in the scope of attention for many years. In this realm, psychiatric patients are the major groups which noticed. It’s almost said that, in any suicidal action, we can find a psychiatric problem. So, the purpose of this study is to investigate the rate of suicidal thoughts and its relationship with psychological factors psychiatric patients such as self-esteem and stigma of mental illness.
Methods: As an analytic-descriptive study, among all patients who meet the inclusion criteria, those who admit informed consent (152 participant), complete questionnaires and other needed information. Other necessary data were gives from the psychiatric documentations of patients. Measures include: Beck scale for suicidal ideation, Rosenberg’s self-esteem Scale, and Stigma scale. Statistical analyses such as Pearson’s Correlation Coefficient, independent T test, and Simple Linear Regression were used for analyzing the data through the 20th version of SPSS software.
Results: The sample size was 152 patients (111 males, 73% & 41 female 27%) with mean ages of 32 years and its SD was 10. The prevalence of suicidal thoughts was 29/6% which was so much more than normal population. There was a significant correlation between suicidal ideation with stigma and self-esteem.
Conclusions: Suicide is a psychiatric urgency and its predictability is very important matter. Psychological phenomenon are counted as determinant factors. Results of this study showed the importance of stigma and self-esteem among in-danger subjects. So it proposed to paid specific attention to psychological such parameters.
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| Keywords: Suicide, Self-esteem, Stigma, Psychiatric Disorder |
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Type of Study: Research |
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Received: 2018/02/11 | Published: 2019/09/15 | ePublished: 2019/09/15
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