Objective: To examine the comorbidity of psychiatric disorders among patients with self-harm.
Methodology: In this cross-sectional study, a purposive sample of 220 self-harm inpatients with age of 18 to 35 years were collected from the hospitals of mental health of Rawalpindi, Jhelum and Multan. Psychiatric disorders were identified by administering Mood Disorder Questionnaire, Personality Diagnostic Questionnaire, Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale. Data was analyzed through SPSS-23, using descriptive statistics, correlation and t-test.
Results: There was high incidence of psychiatric disorders such as antisocial personality disorder (f= 125, 58.6%), anxiety (f= 121, 55.0%), depression (f= 101, 45.9%), and borderlines personality disorder (f= 95, 45.2%), respectively in self-harm patients. There were significant gender differences based on psychiatric disorders as, male patients had significantly higher bipolar spectrum disorder than female self-harm patients. Female self-harm patients had more anxiety, histrionic personality disorder and borderline personality disorder than males.
Conclusion: Psychiatric disorders are common among self-harm patients and presence of these disorders significantly increases the incidence and worsen the self-harm.
Key words: Anxiety, bipolar spectrum disorder, depression, psychiatric disorder, personality disorders, self-harm patients.
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