Indirect self-destructiveness in individuals with schizophrenia

Tsirigotis, Konstantinos

doi:10.1590/1516-4446-2016-2012

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“…The present study is part of a series of research projects on indirect self-destructiveness in patients with schizophrenia, hence the methods used and some fragments may bear similarity to those presented in earlier published papers (Tsirigotis, 2018;Tsirigotis et al, 2016). The approval of the Bioethics Committee of the University was obtained before initiating the study.…”

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“…In the case of the latter, indirectly self-destructive behaviours may involve (or alternate with) psychotic symptoms or syndromes. Research has shown that the psychotic process (schizophrenia) increases indirectly self-destructive tendencies in patients, compared to healthy individuals (Tsirigotis, 2018). Some authors emphasise the influence of gender differences on mental health and the course and experience of mental illness, and/or postulate a gendered perspective in mental health research, comprising gendered risk factors such as intimate partner violence (Chandra et al, 2019;Howard et al, 2017;Judd et al, 2009), whereas others claim that research findings on sex/gender differences in the psychopathology of psychoses often lack consistency (cf.…”

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Indirect self-destructiveness in women with schizophrenia

Tsirigotis¹

2022

Psychiatr Psychol Klin

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Background: Many authors emphasise the influence of gender differences on mental health and the course and experience of mental illness, and/or postulate a gendered perspective in mental health research. Research holistically considering indirect selfdestructiveness in women with schizophrenia is hard to find in the international literature; studies have been performed on the sole basis of some discrete manifestations of indirect self-destructiveness. Aim: The aim of this study was to explore the indirect self-destructiveness syndrome and its categories in women with schizophrenia. Method: A group of 125 women with paranoid schizophrenia, aged 27–57, were examined by using the Polish version of the Chronic Self-Destructiveness Scale (CS-DS); for comparison, a group of 175 men with schizophrenia and a sociodemographically well-matched group of 125 healthy women were examined. Results: The intensity of indirect self-destructiveness and most of its categories were found to be greater in the group of women with schizophrenia compared to men with schizophrenia (transgression, poor health maintenance, personal and social neglects) and healthy women (transgression, personal and social neglects, lack of planfulness, helplessness). Nevertheless, women with schizophrenia displayed signs of better psychosocial adjustment than schizophrenic men. Conclusions: Comprehensive therapeutic, i.e. psychiatric, psychological and social, interventions should serve to enhance the “self ” defence and self-care functions, and improve the evaluation of adequacy and efficiency in women with schizophrenia. Working with such patients towards increasing their life satisfaction, although life did not spare them suffering, seems to be equally important in (psycho) therapy. The mobilisation and orientation of their actions towards those in favour of their development and health appear as crucial.

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Indirect self-destructiveness in women with schizophrenia

Tsirigotis¹

2022

Psychiatr Psychol Klin

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“…In other words, with the aid of CBT, one can become aware of one's unhealthy ways of thinking and learn new behavioral patterns. Any behavior causing harm to the individual, regardless of the intention, aim, awareness of their negative consequences, time perspective, the object of harm as well as whether it is a direct or indirect threat can be referred to as self-destructive behaviors (Tsirigotis, 2018). Self-destructive behavior such as drug addiction has been classified as a chronic health condition and quitting usually takes more than good intentions or a strong will (NIDA, 2018).…”

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Self-Destructive Work Behavior Management for Socio-Economic Emancipation: A Classic Case of Saving One from Oneself

Ugwuzor

2021

JEBS

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Africa is amply endowed with diverse dimensions of resources as well as having a rich cultural heritage with great potentials for economic growth and development. It is also worthy of mention that the resourceful capacities of Africans in the diaspora in all spheres of life have contributed immensely to the development of other continents of the world. Despite these great progressive potentials, a large percentage of African States are in obvious and dire need of sustainable socio-economic emancipation. This glaring need to identify the key challenges and propose solutions necessitated this study. This study is conceptual and examined self-destructive behaviors at multiple levels using theoretical underpinnings from the Human survival and the self-destruction paradox as well as the dialectical behavioral therapy. This Paper identified several ingrained sources of self-destructive work behaviors in contemporary public sector workplaces in Africa which contribute to the socio-economic challenges. This work highlights that these obnoxious, self–destructive work behaviors seem highly inimical to management praxis. The behaviors seem capable of contending against the aggregate fight for sustainable socio-economic emancipation of the Continent. Deliberate self-salvation was opined here to steer away behaviors, especially in workplaces, from this current path of self-destruction. Novel Actionable thoughts were suggested to stem this unfavorable tide and push for a generation of operational work behaviors as well as an ethical renaissance in management praxis for the emergence of archetypes completely devoid of any anti-progress tendencies.

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“…The latter category is of interest to this work. It is important that indirectly self-destructive behaviours almost imperceptibly cause harmful side effects, although a great number of such behaviours are classified as being the (broader) standard or norm by most people [4,5].…”

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Drug Addiction and Manifestations of Indirect Self- Destructiveness

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Gruszczyński²,

Tsirigotis-Maniecka³

2015

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Use and particularly abuse of psychoactive substances is considered a typical form of self-destructive behaviour; addiction itself, meanwhile is regarded as one of the forms of self-destructiveness. Indirect self-destructiveness is considered behaviour whose negative consequences are mediated by additional factors, while the relationship between the behaviour and harm is considered probable. Indirect self-destructiveness understood in that way includes not only undertaking but also abandoning acts; that is related to engaging in dangerous and aggravated risk situations, or neglecting one's health and safety. The aim of this work was to explore the indirect self-destructiveness syndrome in a treatment population of drug addicts. The Polish version of the Chronic Self-Destructiveness Scale (CS-DS) was administered among 172 patients (116 males and 56 females) in drug addiction treatment centres. Results show that self-destructiveness as a generalised behavioural tendency, as well as its more specific manifestations, score within the upper range of the average. Increasing scores by CS-DS subscales were obtained in the following order: Helplessness and Passiveness, Nicotine, Lack of Planfulness, Alcohol, Transgression, Psychoactive Substances, Personal and Social Neglects and Poor Health Maintenance. It can be assumed that nicotine, a legal psychoactive substance, acts as a substitute. While a one-factor solution resulted from factor analysis for healthy people, the patient sample was best described by a two-factor solution (I: Risky Health Neglects, II: Helplessness). The intensity of the indirect self-destructiveness syndrome in individuals treated because of drug addiction was situated close to the upper limit of average results. The highest scores for subscales were related to Helplessness and Passiveness as well as Nicotine, and the lowest to Poor Health Maintenance. The index of Psychoactive Substances turned out to be low.

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Indirect self-destructiveness in individuals with schizophrenia

Cited by 6 publications

References 17 publications

Indirect self-destructiveness in women with schizophrenia

Indirect self-destructiveness in women with schizophrenia

Self-Destructive Work Behavior Management for Socio-Economic Emancipation: A Classic Case of Saving One from Oneself

Drug Addiction and Manifestations of Indirect Self- Destructiveness

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