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Administrative data

NCT number NCT01664884
Other study ID # ESTINT
Secondary ID
Status Recruiting
Phase N/A
First received August 10, 2012
Last updated August 15, 2012
Start date June 2012
Est. completion date January 2013

Study information

Verified date August 2012
Source University of Sao Paulo
Contact Luis Felipe Oliveira Costa, M.D.
Phone +551198053654
Email luis@costa.med.br
Is FDA regulated No
Health authority Brazil: National Committee of Ethics in Research
Study type Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

The aim of this study is to explore the levels of internalized stigma in a sample of young patients with bipolar disorder or schizophrenia.


Description:

The stigma is considered by patients, government organizations and health professionals a key point in mental illness (Griffiths et al, 2006). The related literature has focused on individuals with schizophrenia although there are indications that stigma act negatively in patients with bipolar disorder; this, in turn, is described in a few studies, always with heterogeneous samples, chronic and symptomatic patients (Perlick et al, 2001). It is also known that there is a significant association between affective symptoms and the presence of stigma, (Vázquez et al, 2010).

There are reports of higher levels of public stigma towards people with schizophrenia, compared to patients with bipolar disorder or unipolar depression, however there are no studies available on internalized stigma in such samples, especially in remitted patients . Since schizophrenia coexists with significant impairment of insight, such individuals may exhibit more difficulty internalizing the external bias and stereotypes. On the other hand, patients with bipolar disorder - despite being less discriminated by the public in relation to schizophrenia - probably have a high potential for self-stigma and its fearsome consequences, justified by higher levels of insight.

The investigators would like to examine whether the lower impairment of insight in young bipolar patients(in relation to young people with schizophrenia) could be accompanied by an increase in internalized stigma in this sample. It´s an observational, cross-sectional study with no intervention.

Hypothesis: the internalized stigma in young adults with bipolar disorder is identical to that of young patients with schizophrenia.


Recruitment information / eligibility

Status Recruiting
Enrollment 120
Est. completion date January 2013
Est. primary completion date January 2013
Accepts healthy volunteers No
Gender Both
Age group 18 Years to 40 Years
Eligibility Inclusion Criteria:

- Diagnosis of bipolar disorder and schizophrenia according to DSM-IV-TR, presenting in euthymia (bipolar disorder) or without positive symptoms (schizophrenia), based on clinical assessment and confirmed by structured clinical interview SCID-P

- Age between 18 and 40 years

- Literate and able to understand the tasks required.

- Residents of Greater Sao Paulo.

- Patients and / or legal representatives must understand the nature of the study and sign an informed consent.

Exclusion Criteria:

- Patients with Schizoaffective Disorder or Mental Retardation.

- Unstable serious diseases including kidney disease, gastroenterology, respiratory, cardiovascular, endocrine, neurological, immunological or haematological.

Study Design

Observational Model: Ecologic or Community, Time Perspective: Cross-Sectional


Related Conditions & MeSH terms


Locations

Country Name City State
Brazil PROGRUDA-Institute of Psychiatry- HCFMUSP Sao Paulo SP

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor Collaborator
University of Sao Paulo

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Brazil, 

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