The impact of beliefs about mental health problems and coping on outcome in schizophrenia

Lobban, Fiona; Barrowclough, Christine; Jones, Steven H.

doi:10.1017/s003329170400203x

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“…The mean age of the sample was 26 years old (s.d. = 4.40, range [19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35], and 70% (n = 57) were male. All participants met the eligibility criteria for the EIS and therefore met the inclusion criteria for the study: all participants were aged 18-35; had been in contact with the EIS for between 1 and 3 years (range 12-34 months, mean = 19.42, s.d.…”

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Quality of life and illness beliefs in individuals with early psychosis

Theodore

Johnson

Chalmers-Brown

et al. 2011

Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol

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Quality of life and illness beliefs in individuals with early psychosis

Theodore

Johnson

Chalmers-Brown

et al. 2011

Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol

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“…McGlashan (1987) found that recovery style was an important predictor of "global outcome," which included symptoms and functioning. (Leventhal, Nerenz, & Steele, 1984) such as beliefs about the degree to which one has a problem, the consequences of having a mental illness, and degree of personal control, were relevant to understanding how people with schizophrenia make sense of their experience and choose to cope (Lobban et al, 2003;Lobban, Barrowclough, & Jones, 2004). Specifically, the authors found that individuals who believed that that they had greater personal control over symptoms tended to use more "positive" coping strategies.…”

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Determinants of functioning and well-being among individuals with schizophrenia: An integrated model

Yanos

Moos

2007

Clinical Psychology Review

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Outcomes for health conditions are typically the result of multiple factors; however, studies tend to focus on a narrow class of variables. Functioning and well-being outcomes for schizophrenia are diverse and have resisted simple explanation; however, prior research has not offered an integrated understanding of the relative contributions of enduring and episodic environmental factors, personal resources and psychiatric factors, and cognitive appraisal and coping, on functioning and well-being outcomes in schizophrenia. The present article sets out an integrated model of the determinants of functioning and well-being among individuals with schizophrenia. To examine evidence that bears on the model, literature on hypothesized relationships is reviewed to identify areas for which there is strong evidence and areas where more research is needed. The article suggests areas for further research, and directs researchers and practitioners toward areas of intervention that can enhance functioning and well-being for persons diagnosed with schizophrenia.

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“…IP is defined as the self-definition of health status influenced by illness-related experiences in the past [11]. Originally developed in the physical health area, IP has recently been applied to individuals with mental disorders [12,13,14,15], their relatives [16], and mental health practitioners [17]. Crisp et al [18] found that patients think differently about specific diagnoses, indicating the need for distinct assessment methods of IP.…”

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Validation of the Illness Perception Questionnaire for Schizophrenia in a German-Speaking Sample of Outpatients with Chronic Schizophrenia

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Background: Because the mere definition of insight from the therapist’s viewpoint may not be sufficient to identify treatment targets for adherence enhancement, we need assessment strategies which are more sensitive to the patient’s perspective. Illness perception (IP), defined as the beliefs a patient holds about his/her health problems, has been shown to affect coping in the context of a physical or mental illness, e.g. compliance behaviour. To assess IP in people diagnosed with schizophrenia, the Illness Perception Questionnaire for Schizophrenia (IPQS) was developed. The aim of the present study was to analyse the psychometric properties of the German version of the IPQS. Sampling and Methods: The study sample consisted of 128 German-speaking outpatients suffering from chronic schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder. To achieve comparability with the validation of the English scale version, the same constructs were assessed: psychopathology, depression, and beliefs about medication. Furthermore, insight into one’s illness was assessed. Internal consistency, test-retest reliability and construct validity including convergent and discriminant validity were analysed. Results: Five of eight IPQS subscales were found to be internally reliable and all subscales demonstrated high stability over time. Correlations with validity measures indicated that the subscales assess dimensions of a construct, which is distinct from psychopathology, depression, beliefs about medication and insight, except for the Identity subscale which substantially overlapped with measures of insight. Conclusions: The German version of the IPQS is an essentially reliable and valid measure of IP for German-speaking people with a schizophrenia spectrum disorder. This may encourage its usage in further studies investigating the impact of subjective beliefs about mental health problems on outcome and recovery in schizophrenia.

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The impact of beliefs about mental health problems and coping on outcome in schizophrenia

Abstract: These results suggest that the SRM is a promising model for mental health problems and may highlight important areas for development in clinical, and especially psychosocial interventions.

Cited by 95 publications

References 23 publications

Quality of life and illness beliefs in individuals with early psychosis

Quality of life and illness beliefs in individuals with early psychosis

Determinants of functioning and well-being among individuals with schizophrenia: An integrated model

Validation of the Illness Perception Questionnaire for Schizophrenia in a German-Speaking Sample of Outpatients with Chronic Schizophrenia

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