TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2013//
TI  - Urban insecurity and fear of crime in people suffering from patients with mental disorders: Preliminary results of a multi-centric Italian study
JO  - Rivista di psichiatria
A1  - De Rosa, Corrado
A1  - Luciano, Mario
A1  - Del Vecchio, Valeria
A1  - Sampogna, Gaia
A1  - Del Gaudio, Lucia
A1  - Fizzotti, Carlo
A1  - Palumbo, Claudia
A1  - Atti, Anna Rita
A1  - Di Iorio, Giuseppe
A1  - Pinna, Federica
A1  - Signorelli, Maria Salvina
A1  - Gotelli, Simona
A1  - La Ferla, Teresa
A1  - Piselli, Massimiliano
A1  - De Fazio, Pasquale
A1  - Bardicchia, Francesco
A1  - Fantini, Elisabetta
A1  - Spattini, Ludovica
A1  - Ginanneschi, Annamaria
A1  - Piras, Sara
A1  - Mule, Alice
A1  - Ciafone, Maria
A1  - Cava, Lucia
A1  - Tarsitani, Lorenzo
A1  - Botter, Valentina
A1  - Bertossi, Francesca
A1  - Macina, Anna
A1  - Carrà, Giuseppe
A1  - Catapano, Francesco
A1  - Fiorillo, Andrea
SP  - 321
EP  - 327
VL  - 48
IS  - 4
N2  - Aims. To assess in a sample of people with mental disorders: 1) fear of crime and perceived insecurity; 2) the association between fear of crime and insecurity; 3) the incidence of crimes.     Methods. Twenty-four Italian mental health centres have been invited to participate in the study from the network of the Early Career Psychiatrists' Committee of the Italian Psychiatric Association. In each participating centre, the first 20 patients consecutively accessing the mental health centre between February and April 2011 have been recruited. All patients have been assessed using validated assessment tools.     Results. The final sample consists of 426 patients. They are mostly female (70.1%), with a mean age of 45 years (±13.5), and with a good level of education. Fifty-two percent of patients have a diagnosis of mood disorders, and 37.8% on anxiety spectrum disorders. About half of the sample declares that the most prominent feeling toward life is uncertainty. Almost all patients report to have at least one big fear, with the most frequently report being: 1) loss or death of a loved one (41.2%); 2) financial constraint (28.4%); 3) physical or mental health problems (26.5%).     Discussion and conclusions. Our results show the presence of a common sense of uncertainty among patients, probably as a result of the historical moment we are facing. It is reasonable that this attitude toward life can have a detrimental impact on patients' psychological and physical wellbeing, contributing to high levels of distress. Further studies are needed in order to clarify the possible relationship between fears, uncertainty and mental disorders.<p />  <p>Language: it</p>
LA  - it
SN  - 0035-6484
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1708/1319.14629
ID  - ref1
ER  -