Psychache and Suicidal History in Patients with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder


DEMİRKOL M. E., NAMLI Z., Davul O. E., KARAYTUĞ M. O., Tamam L., YILMAZ H.

NEUROPSYCHIATRIC DISEASE AND TREATMENT, vol.15, pp.3531-3539, 2019 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 15
  • Publication Date: 2019
  • Doi Number: 10.2147/ndt.s237369
  • Journal Name: NEUROPSYCHIATRIC DISEASE AND TREATMENT
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.3531-3539
  • Keywords: obsessive compulsive disorder, suicide, psychological pain, psychache, PSYCHOLOGICAL PAIN, TURKISH VERSION, IDEATION, SCALE, DEPRESSION, BEHAVIOR, OCD, RELIABILITY, PREVALENCE, VALIDITY
  • Çukurova University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Purpose: Suicide is an important cause of death in patients diagnosed with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) as well as other psychiatric disorders. Early determining of risk factors provides an opportunity for intervention. The mediating effect of psychological pain (also known as psychache) on suicide has been shown in various disorders but has not been investigated in patients with OCD. In this study, we aimed to show the relationship between psychological pain and other clinical variables and suicide in OCD patients.