VIKTIMIZACE PACIENTŮ SE ZÁVAŽNÝM PSYCHICKÝM ONEMOCNĚNÍM (II.).

People suffering from serious mental illness are at increased risk of various forms of violent victimisation, especially domestic or sexual violence. Victimisation negatively affects the manifestations of mental illness and the quality of life of patients. Patients rarely inform their therapist that they have been victims of violence. This article is a follow-up to the article Victimization of patients with psychotic illness (I.) and deals with the victimization of patients with serious mental illness. The prevalence of victimization in patients with SMI ranges from 22.5 to 71.2%. These ranges are wide. The main reasons, in our opinion, are (I) inaccuracies in the definition of victimization, (II) heterogeneity of the study cohorts, and (III) reporting of victimization over different time periods. More than a quarter of SMI patients (weighted mean 27.9%) were victims of violent victimization during the 12 months. Although comorbid PTSD occurs in 15-43% of patients, it is rarely diagnosed. Consensus on the definition of this term is important for studying the prevalence of victimization. Without this consensus, the ranges of victimization across articles are quite wide. To further explore victimization, it is essential to define it in a consistent way, to map the co-occurrence of victimization, violence, aggression and self-aggression, and to examine their interrelationships in more detail. Improving the diagnosis of comorbidity of psychotic disorders and victimization and its consequences is an important task, as it opens an accessible and known pathway to improve the prognosis of the disease. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]