TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2020//
TI  - Projective technique testing approach to the understanding of psychological pain in suicidal and non-suicidal psychiatric inpatients
JO  - International journal of environmental research and public health
A1  - Berardelli, Isabella
A1  - Sarubbi, Salvatore
A1  - Spagnoli, Alessandra
A1  - Fina, Chiara
A1  - Rogante, Elena
A1  - Erbuto, Denise
A1  - Innamorati, Marco
A1  - Lester, David
A1  - Pompili, Maurizio
SP  - e17010284
EP  - e17010284
VL  - 17
IS  - 1
N2  - Psychological pain is a core clinical factor for understanding suicide, independently from depression. The aim of this study is to assess the role of psychological pain on suicide risk and to evaluate the relationship between psychache and different psychiatric disorders. We conducted the present cross-sectional study on 291 inpatients with a diagnosis of major depressive disorder, bipolar disorder, and schizophrenia. We administered Shneidman's Psychological Pain Assessment Scale (PPAS) for the assessment of mental pain and the Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview (MINI) for the assessment of suicide risk. There was a significant association between current psychache and worst-ever psychache and suicide risk in inpatients affected by a depressive disorder, bipolar disorder and schizophrenia. Furthermore, we found a significant difference in current psychache between inpatients with major depressive disorder and inpatients with schizophrenia and in worst-ever psychache between inpatients with bipolar disorder and inpatients with schizophrenia, with lower scores in inpatients with schizophrenia. The assessment of psychache appears to be useful for predicting suicidal risk and should be used routinely for identifying and treating suicide risk in clinical practice.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1661-7827
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17010284
ID  - ref1
ER  -