1. Understanding the Influence of Personality Traits on Risk of Suicidal Behaviour in Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders: A Systematic Review
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Esther Setien-Suero, Rosa Ayesa-Arriola, Celso Arango, Javier-David Lopez-Morinigo, Rina Dutta, Benedicto Crespo-Facorro, Manuel Canal-Rivero, Universidad de Sevilla. Departamento de Psiquiatría, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid GA 713366, Instituto de Salud Carlos III CP18/00003, Instituto de Investigación Marqués de Valdecilla FJC2019–042390-I/AEI/10.13039/501100011033, Instituto de Salud Carlos III SAM16PE07CP1, PI16/02012, PI19/024, CIBERSAM B2017/BMD-3740 AGES-CM-2, and Consejería de Salud y Familias. Junta de Andalucía RH-0081-2020
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Persistence (psychology) ,media_common.quotation_subject ,Suicidal behaviour (SB) ,Psychological intervention ,Review ,PsycINFO ,Affect (psychology) ,schizophrenia spectrum disorders (SSD) ,Schizophrenia spectrum disorders (SSD) ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Salud pública ,medicine ,Personality ,Big Five personality traits ,Personality traits ,Psiquiatría ,media_common ,business.industry ,Cooperativeness ,suicidal behaviour (SB) ,General Medicine ,16. Peace & justice ,medicine.disease ,Psicología ,030227 psychiatry ,3. Good health ,personality traits ,Harm avoidance ,Medicine ,business ,030217 neurology & neurosurgery ,Clinical psychology - Abstract
Risk of suicidal behaviour (SB) in schizophrenia spectrum disorders (SSD) is a major concern, particularly in early stages of the illness, when suicide accounts for a high number of premature deaths. Although some risk factors for SB in SSD are well understood, the extent to which personality traits may affect this risk remains unclear, which may have implications for prevention. We conducted a systematic review of previous studies indexed in MEDLINE, PsycINFO and Embase examining the relationship between personality traits and SB in samples of patients with SSD. Seven studies fulfilled predetermined selection criteria. Harm avoidance, passive-dependent, schizoid and schizotypal personality traits increased the risk of SB, while self-directedness, cooperativeness, excluding persistence and self-transcendence acted as protective factors. Although only seven studies were retrieved from three major databases after applying predetermined selection criteria, we found some evidence to support that personality issues may contribute to SB in patients with SSD. Personality traits may therefore become part of routine suicide risk assessment and interventions targeting these personality-related factors may contribute to prevention of SB in SSD.
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- 2021