@ARTICLE{Salehi, author = {Salehi, Mansour and Afkham Ebrahimi, Azizeh and Rabiei, Mohammad and }, title = {A Comparison of Coping Strategies Between Schizophrenia and Bid Patients}, volume = {5}, number = {4}, abstract ={Objective: To compare the coping strategies in patients with schizophrenia and bipolar-I-disorder (BID). Method: Ninety-nine outpatients with schizophrenia or BID that were in "partial remission" were consecutively recruited for this cross-sectional study. The Coping Strategies Questionnaire which includes five coping strategies of denial, internalization, externalization, emotional outlet and anger was completed for all the participants. Results: The average coping strategies in two patient groups showed no significant difference in quantity and type of coping, but a significant difference was found between two genders regardless of their axis I diagnosis. The female patients showed a remarkable trend towards using more coping strategies than the males. Conclusion: This study suggests the necessity of considering the particular ways of coping in different diagnostic groups. The importance of incorporating the coping strategies in the clinical formulation is also stated. }, URL = {http://icssjournal.ir/article-1-292-en.html}, eprint = {http://icssjournal.ir/article-1-292-en.pdf}, journal = {Advances in Cognitive Sciences}, doi = {}, year = {2004} }