Compared With Healthy Controls, People With FEP May Demonstrate More Suicidal Behavior, Small Study Indicates

Healio (7/8, Herpen) reported, “Those with first-episode psychosis [FEP] demonstrated more suicidal behavior compared with healthy controls, while perceived stress and emotional abuse were linked to an increase in suicidal ideation and risk,” investigators concluded in the PROFEP study, which “included 95 participants (29 women, 66 men) aged 13 to 46 years, diagnosed with FEP, alongside 92 healthy control participants.” The findings were published online ahead of print in the September issue of the journal Psychiatry Research.

Related Links:

— “First-episode psychosis, stress and abuse linked to increase of suicidal behaviors “Robert Herpen, Healio, July 8, 2022

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