The relationship between prodromal symptom levels and affective temperament features and emotional dysregulation in patients diagnosed with bipolar disorder and their first-degree relatives: A controlled study.

Background: The frequency of developing psychiatric symptoms is higher in the first-degree relatives of bipolar patients compared to the healthy population. This study aims to determine the possible diagnosis of bipolarity by revealing the bipolar prodromal features, temperament changes, and emotional disregulation in the first-degree relatives of bipolar patients and their interrelationships.

Methods: A total of 150 patients, including bipolar disorder patients, their first-degree relatives, and a healthy control group, aged 18-65 who met the study inclusion criteria, were included in the study.

Stigma, Perception of Social Support, and Functionality Levels of Schizophrenia Patients with and without Legal Guardianship.

Background: The aim of our study was to determine the levels of internalized stigma, perceived social support, and social functioning of schizophrenia patients who made a guardianship decision and to investigate the effects of these parameters on the guardianship decision.

Methods: A total of 160 patients, including 80 patients who were hospitalized in the psychiatric inpatient services of our hospital between December 1, 2021, and November 1, 2022, between the ages of 18 and 65, who were diagnosed with schizophrenia according to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM)-5 diagnostic criteria (n = 80) and received guardianship and 80 patients (n = 80) who did not receive guardianship were included in the study. Sociodemographic data from the Internalized Stigma of Mental Illness Scale, Social Functioning Scale, and Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support were administered to the study group.