 The role of self-esteem for outcome in first-episode psychosisNadia Vracotas, Srividya N. Iyer, Ridha Joober and Ashok Malla International Journal of Social Psychiatry, 2012, vol. 58, issue 1, 41-46 Abstract: Background : Self-esteem may be associated with a wide range of psychiatric disorders, including psychotic disorders. However, the relationship between self-esteem and outcome in psychosis has not been adequately examined, especially early in the course of the illness. Aim : The aim of the study was to examine the impact of self-esteem in individuals who presented for treatment of a first episode of psychosis on outcome early in the course of the illness. Methods : The Self-Esteem Rating Scale (SERS) was administered to 121 individuals with first-episode psychosis following entry into a specialized programme. Symptoms and the Global Assessment of Functioning (GAF) were assessed at six months after beginning treatment. A correlational analysis was followed by a linear regression controlling for potential confounds. Results : Self-esteem assessed early in the course of treatment was positively correlated with GAF at six months ( r = 0.281, p 0.05). Conclusion : Self-esteem is associated with global functional outcome at six months but not with remission of symptoms. Efforts should be made to provide interventions that may improve low self-esteem in the attempt to influence functional outcome. Keywords: first-episode psychosis; self-esteem; outcome (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:sae:socpsy:v:58:y:2012:i:1:p:41-46 Access Statistics for this article More articles in International Journal of Social Psychiatry |
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