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.
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.