TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2016//
TI  - Stigma and suicidal ideation among young people at risk of psychosis after one year
JO  - Psychiatry research
A1  - Xu, Ziyan
A1  - Mayer, Benjamin
A1  - Müller, Mario
A1  - Heekeren, Karsten
A1  - Theodoridou, Anastasia
A1  - Dvorsky, Diane
A1  - Metzler, Sibylle
A1  - Oexle, Nathalie
A1  - Walitza, Susanne
A1  - Rossler, Wulf
A1  - Rüsch, Nicolas
SP  - 219
EP  - 224
VL  - 243
IS  - 
N2  - 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.<br><br>Copyright © 2016 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0165-1781
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2016.06.041
ID  - ref1
ER  -