Fear of illness recurrence and mental health anxiety in people recovering from psychosis and common mental health problems.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

It is well known that mental health problems can recur even after effective treatment, leading to an understandable fear of illness recurrence (FIR) and mental health anxiety (MHA). These may themselves contribute to the process of relapse. This study aims to examine whether people recovering from psychosis have greater FIR than those recovering from common mental health problems or healthy controls. The study also hypothesized that there will be a relationship between FIR and MHA and that both these constructs will be associated with maladaptive coping behaviours. Finally, the relationship between mental defeat with FIR and psychological distress (anxiety and depression) will be examined.

Method

A cross-sectional questionnaire design was employed. Thirty-nine par

SUBMITTER: Jamalamadaka T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7496928 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature