Publications by authors named "B Esther Sportel"
Background: The distinction between dissociative disorders (DDs) and schizophrenia spectrum disorders (SSDs) in different categories since DSM-III presumes a clear-cut distinction between both disorders. However, empirical studies did not reveal a clear distinction between the disorders on a symptom level. The aim of the current study was to further examine the overlap and differences in symptoms between DDs and SSDs
Methods: Levels and types of dissociative and psychotic symptoms were compared between 27 DD patients and 51 SSD patients using MANOVA.
Article Synopsis
- In a study, researchers looked at people at high risk for psychosis and found they had self-stigma, which is negative feelings about themselves, just like those already diagnosed with schizophrenia.
- They tested 184 participants, including those with schizophrenia, those at high risk, and regular people, to see how self-stigma and cognitive insight (how well people understand their own thoughts) were connected.
- Results showed that both groups had similar levels of self-stigma, indicating that feelings of self-stigma start early in those at risk, and that cognitive insight was related to these feelings in different ways.
Background: To improve recovery in mental health, validated instruments are needed.
Aims: This study evaluates psychometric properties of the Individual Recovery Outcomes Counter (I.ROC) in a Dutch population of participants with a schizophrenia spectrum disorder (SSD).
Background: Receiving the label of a psychotic disorder influences self-perception and may result in negative outcomes such as self-stigma and decreased self-esteem. The way the diagnosis is communicated to individuals may affect these outcomes.
Aims: This study aims to explore the experiences and needs of individuals after a first episode of psychosis with regard to the way in which information about diagnosis, treatment options and prognosis is communicated with them.
Objective: Clinicians in mental healthcare have few objective tools to identify and analyze their patient's care needs. Clinical decision aids are tools that support this process. This study examines whether 1) clinicians working with a clinical decision aid (TREAT) discuss more of their patient's care needs compared to usual treatment, and 2) agree on more evidence-based treatment decisions.
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