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What is the aim when the psychiatrist is treating a person suffering schizophrenia?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 April 2020

M.A. Franco ,
E. González-Pablos ,
J.C. Velasquez ,
E. Gaitero ,
D. Moreno ,
J.L. De la Serna ,
R. Barba ,
T. Orihuela  and
A. Valenzuela
M.A. Franco
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Zamora Hospital, Zamora, Spain
E. González-Pablos
Affiliation:
Psychiatric Unit, San Luis Hospital, Palencia, Spain
J.C. Velasquez
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Zamora Hospital, Zamora, Spain
E. Gaitero
Affiliation:
Bristol-Myers
D. Moreno
Affiliation:
Bristol-Myers
J.L. De la Serna
Affiliation:
Mundosalud, El Mundo
R. Barba
Affiliation:
Mundosalud, El Mundo
T. Orihuela
Affiliation:
Director, Intras Foundation
A. Valenzuela
Affiliation:
Mundosalud, El Mundo

Abstract

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Introdution: Attitudes and opinions of people about schizophrenia is very important in order to understand the true situation of the disease. It is necessary to maneging the disease and developing good and realistic social and health politics addressed to fighing against the stigma and discrimination of people ho suffer this disease.

Objetive

Knowing the opinions of general people about schizophrenia using a survey.

Population

2895 People have answered the survey. 57,2% men and 42,5% men. 71,8% are 20 to 40 years old. Most of them are spanish (91,1%), but 6,5% anser from Latinamerica.

Material

A question about the schizophrenia is given in order to compare with other events schizophrenia-related: : stigmatized, relation with violence, dificulties for living with others; for working alone, need to take drugs, difficult to obtain close relations, difficulties to obtain a job and not to be account.

Méthodology

Survey have been in the mundosalud website (www.mundosalud.es) for free access form 01/06/2006 to 15/09/2006. Everybody is invited to answer and a friendly interface is used in order to make easy participate. No payment is made for answering. During 2006 this web have been visited by 120.000 citizens.

Results and Conclusions

The results stablished that the most important problem considered by the schizophrenic patients is the difficulty for finding a job and maintaining social and personal relations. Besides, stigmatization is noticed very important too.

By the other hand, taking drugs and links between violence and disease are considered as a less important problem by the schizophrenic patients.

Type
Poster Session 1: Schizophrenia and Other Psychosis
Information
European Psychiatry , Volume 22 , Issue S1: 15th AEP Congress - Abstract book - 15th AEP Congress , March 2007 , pp. S123 - S124
Copyright
Copyright © European Psychiatric Association 2007
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