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25th European Congress of Psychiatry / European Psychiatry 41S (2017) S521–S582 S571
Background Screening questionnaires for mental health prob-
lems are useful tools for research and clinical practice.
Objectives To identify mental health problems and overall emo-
tional functioning among general population samples in Kosovo as
indicators for evaluation of needs for mental health services.
Methods It is cross-sectional quantitative study. Participants
from two samples: students (filled-out directly) and online respon-
dents (n = 540; mean age = 24.84; SD = 8.29) were included in this
study. All participants were asked to complete the Albanian trans-
lation of Mental Health Inventory (MHI-38). Data processing was
done with SPSS 21.0 and Microsoft Excel 2007.
Results In total 11.2% of participants ranged at low level of men-
tal health index. Regarding anxiety the high level is found at 51.3%
and regarding depression high level is found at 24.5% of partic-
ipants. A significant gender difference is found whereas females
show greater depression (P = .022, r = .09), greater psychological
distress (P = .000, r= .17) and lover mental health index (P = .000,
r = .17), than males. A significant difference between samples is
found whereas online sample show greater psychological distress
(P = .000, r= .18), less anxiety (P = .001, r = .13) and lower mental
health index (P = .000, r = .22) than direct sample.
Conclusions The findings are quite intriguing. Future research is
needed to find out more understanding on gender, anxiety, depres-
sion, psychological distress and mental health. Socio-cultural
aspects can be of great importance to be examined. Despite this,
needs for mental health services are inevitably and must be
addressed properly.
Disclosure of Interest The authors have not supplied their decla-
ration of competing interest.
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The assessment of social disabilities
with GSDS-II in persons hospitalized
in psychiatric day units and inpatient
wards
T.M. Gondek ∗ rólicka isiak iejna
1 Wroclaw Medical University, Department of Psychiatry, Wroclaw,
Poland
2 Wroclaw Medical University, Department of Genetics, Wroclaw,
Poland
∗ Corresponding author.
Social disabilities due to mental disorders have a similar or even
more severe impact on daily activities than some of the chronic,
severe somatic disorders. The second version of the Groningen
Social Disabilities Schedule (GSDS-II) is used in the assessment
of social disability in persons with mental disorders. To date, in
Poland the conducted research studies focused on this matter only
in patients consulted in outpatient clinics and day units. Our study
is the first in the country that aims to measure the social disabil-
ities in persons hospitalized in psychiatric inpatient wards. The
objective of the study is to assess the degree of social disability
using GSDS-II as well as to analyze the impact of clinical, socio-
demographic and economic factors on social disabilities in patients
diagnosed with psychotic, mood or anxiety disorder (diagnostic
codes: F20-F29, F30-F39 and F40-F48, according to ICD-10), aged
18–65, in a day unit and an inpatient ward settings. The exclud-
ing criteria are: substance abuse co-morbidity and/or a diagnosed
dementia process. The study presents the data gathered from a
sample of 50 patients of both genders diagnosed with the afore-
mentioned mental disorders who gave their informed consent to
participate in the study. Due to important socio-economic implica-
tions of mental disorders that frequently result in the loss of ability
of the patients to fulfill their societal roles, a study leading to a
better insight on social disabilities will provide useful data for the
possible improvement of the mental health care and social policy
designed for these persons.
Disclosure of interest The authors have not supplied their decla-
ration of competing interest.
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The impact of stigma and
discrimination on the quality of life
and social disability in persons with a
diagnosis of mental disorder. A pilot
study
T.M. Gondek∗, K. Kotowicz , A. Kiejna
Wroclaw Medical University, Department of Psychiatry, Wroclaw,
Poland
∗ Corresponding author.
Stigma and discrimination of persons diagnosed with mental dis-
order is a common issue. In many European countries, research
studies on the prevalence and implications of this problem are
conducted in order to better understand how to overcome it. In
Poland, there is a scarcity of such studies, what results in neglect-
ing this issue by the policy makers. The objective of the study is
to assess the prevalence of stigma and discrimination affecting the
patients hospitalized in psychiatric day units and in-patient wards
between 2016–2017 as well as to analyze the relationship between
the stigma and the quality of life and social disability in persons
with a mental disorder diagnosis of F20–F48 according to ICD-10,
aged 18–65, in a day ward and an in-patient ward settings. The
pilot study presents the data gathered from a preliminary sample
of 20 patients of both genders diagnosed with the aforementioned
mental disorders, equaling 10 per cent of the targeted total study
sample. The quality of life is assessed with WHOQOL-Bref, WHO-5
questionnaire and Rosenberg self-esteem scale, while social dis-
ability is measured with the second version of the Groningen Social
Disabilities Schedule. The assessment of the impact of stigma on
the social disability of persons with mental disorders and their
quality of life can be useful in the context of developing evidence-
based interventions for these persons, while it could also provide
the scientific data to support public information campaigns aim-
ing at tackling the stigma against persons with mental disorders in
Poland.
Disclosure of Interest The authors have not supplied their decla-
ration of competing interest.
EV0515
Attitude to and social distance from
schizophrenic patients as forms of
stigmatization, investigated by a
group of medical professionals and a
group of non-professional subjects
G. Grbesa∗, M. Simonovic , M. Stankovic
University of Nis, Faculty of Medicine, Psychiatry, Nis, Serbia
∗ Corresponding author.
Introduction The attitude to schizophrenic patients has always
been considered a significant indicator of stigmatization of mental
patients. The social aspect of stigmatization involves the social dis-
tance when speaking about the attitudes towards mental patients.
The social distance is defined as “a various degree of understanding
and feelings existing among the groups”.
Objectives The investigation included 120 participants divided
into two groups. The first group included 60 participants; psychia-
trists (38) directly involved in treating schizophrenia and 28 nurses
working in wards where schizophrenic patients were treated. The
second group of 60 participants included non-professionals divided
according to age and gender to match the experiment group.