Early maladaptive schemas of emotional deprivation, social isolation, shame and abandonment are related to a history of suicide attempts among patients with major depressive disorders

Patients with psychiatric disorders have an exceptionally high risk of completed or attempted suicide. This holds particularly true for patients with major depressive disorders. The aim of the present study was to explore whether patients with major depressive disorders (MDD) and a history of suicide attempts differed in their early maladaptive schemas from patients with MDD but without such a history or from healthy controls.

Source: Comprehensive Psychiatry - June 5, 2017 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Mohammad Ahmadpanah, Somayyeh Astin Sadam, Amineh Akhondi, Mohammad Haghighi, Dena Sadeghi Bahmani, Marzieh Nazari Badei, Leila Jahangard, Edith Holsboer-Trachsler, Serge Brand Source Type: research