Study on the Correlation between Psychological Defense Mechanism and Clinical Features in First-Episode Schizophrenia

Abstract

Objective: To analyze the correlation between psychological defense mechanism and clinical features in patients with first-episode schizophrenia. Methods: During the period from June 2022 to 2023, a total of 120 patients with first-episode schizophrenia admitted to our hospital were selected as the observation group, and 120 healthy patients were selected as the control group. The correlation between psychological defense mechanism and clinical characteristics of first-episode schizophrenia patients was compared.Result:Compared with the healthy group, the use of immature defense mechanisms and intermediate defense mechanisms is significantly different in the first schizophrenia patients. The scores of various defense mechanisms in female patients are higher than those in male patients. The differences between fantasy, somatization and withdrawal in immature defense mechanisms and sublimation in mature defense mechanisms are obvious.After treatment, the negative scale score of male patients was higher than that of female patients (P < 0.05). Conclusion: The immature psychological defense mechanism of first-episode schizophrenia is significant, and has a certain correlation with clinical characteristics, and there is a mutual influence relationship.