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Emerging importance of psychological flexibility mediating psychotic symptom severity to depression as an innovative intervention tool for people with schizophrenia
  1. Chin-Kuo Chang1,2,3,4
  1. 1Global Health Program, College of Public Health, National Taiwan University, Taipei City, Taiwan
  2. 2Institute of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, College of Public Health, National Taiwan University, Taipei City, Taiwan
  3. 3Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology, and Neuroscience, King's College London, London, UK
  4. 4South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
  1. Correspondence to Dr Chin-Kuo Chang; chinkuochang{at}ntu.edu.tw

https://doi.org/10.1136/ebnurs-2024-104095

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    Commentary on: Yıldız E, Yıldırım Ö. The mediating role of psychological flexibility in the relationship between psychotic symptom severity and depression in individuals diagnosed with schizophrenia. J Psychiatr Ment Health Nurs. 2024. (in press) doi: 10.1111/jpm.13040.

    Implications for practice and research

    • Mental health nurses’ training could be more focused on clinical skills and knowledge in enhancing psychological flexibility to minimize the impact of psychotic symptoms on comorbid depression in people with schizophrenia.

    • Further development of the intervention of building psychological flexibility is of research interest for the clinical management of people with schizophrenia.

    Context

    Schizophrenia is a mental disorder affecting approximately 23.9 million people worldwide, significantly contributing to the global disease burden, revealing 14.8 (10.9–19.1) million years lived with disability in 2021.1 The lifetime prevalence of schizophrenia was estimated at 0.72%,2 noteworthy for its severe functional impairments and considerable physical and mental consequences. Comorbid depression is common among people with schizophrenia, further complicating their clinical presentation and treatment …

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    • Competing interests None declared.

    • Provenance and peer review Commissioned; internally peer reviewed.