TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2024//
TI  - Understanding internalized stigma's role in sex-specific suicidal ideation among individuals with bipolar disorder
JO  - Journal of clinical medicine
A1  - D'Angelo, Martina
A1  - Steardo, Luca Jr
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VL  - 13
IS  - 14
N2  - BACKGROUND: The experience of stigma can exert a profound impact on the mental health and well-being of individuals with bipolar disorder (BD). Our study explores which factors of internalized stigma are associated with suicidal ideation and how they differ between the two sexes in a clinical sample of BD patients. <br><br>METHODS: The study follows a cross-sectional study design, employing the Clinical Global Impression for Bipolar Patients (CGI-BP) to evaluate the overall severity of illness and the alteration in patients affected by bipolar disorder, the Internalized Stigma of Mental Illness (ISMI) assessing self-stigma among individuals experiencing mental disorders, and the Columbia Suicide Severity Rating Scale (C-SSRS) identifying and assessing individuals vulnerable to suicide. Descriptive analyses, analysis of variance (ANOVA), and logistic regression analysis were conducted, and 344 BD subjects were recruited. <br><br>RESULTS: Our ANOVA results revealed a significant association between sex and suicide across ISMI sub-items (p = 0.000). Logistic regression analysis comprised three phases: Discrimination was consistently significant across all phases (p < 0.001), while Alienation and Stereotype emerged as additional predictors of suicide in later phases of the analysis (p < 0.001). <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: Our study contributes to the growing body of literature on internalized stigma, sex, and suicidality among individuals with bipolar disorder. Early intervention programs and prevention strategies are needed.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 2077-0383
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jcm13144000
ID  - ref1
ER  -