Objectives: The objective of this study was to prove concepts in the characterization of suicidal patients and the possible usefulness of those markers to potentially identify patients with a higher risk for suicidality. Methods: Patients with a recent suicide attempt were compared with patients suffering from depression, adjustment disorder, anxiety, or eating disorders without suicidality, healthy controls and remitted patients with a history of at least 1 suicide attempt (≥1 year). We analyzed impulsivity (Barratt Impulsivity Scale, BIS) and saliva cortisol concentrations. Results: Independently of suicidality and disease state patients display higher BIS scores than healthy controls. Saliva cortisol levels tend to be higher in patients in the acute disease state than in remitted patients and healthy controls. Conclusions: Saliva cortisol may be a useful marker that reveals alterations in nonsuicidal patients suffering from depression, adjustment disorder, anxiety, or eating disorders who might be at risk.
Suicide in mental health service users diagnosed with schizophrenia Time experience is related to mental health as well as to personality traits like impulsivity.
Object: Migration is one of the most important problems ofTurkey. 30.000 people are estimated to migrate to Adana from poor eastern villages per month. This study aimed to assess depression, anxiety and self-esteem in children, whose families had migrated from eastern region to Adana. Method: Five elementary school, in which immigrants generally locates in Adana was selected. 526 elementary students who were at 4. and 5. classes were evaluated in classroom conditions. 182 children were immigrants, 344 children were not. Socio-demographic variables were taken separately for two groups and Depression Inventory for Children (COl), State-Trait Anxiety Inventory for Children (STAI-C) and Coopersmith Self-Esteem Inventory (CSEI) were administered. At the same time Rutter's Teachers Rating Scale (RTRS) was administered to teachers. Results: The statistical significances between the groups as follows; (for COl p = 0.00, for state anxiety p = 0.01, for trait anxiety p = 0.03, for CSEI p = 0.00, for RTRS p = 3.87). The other variables were analyzed statistically. Conclusion: Although the sample is taken from the suburban areas the immigrant children were seemed to have more emotional problems.
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