Life and Need Satisfaction among Patients with First Episode Psychoses

Purpose of the present study were to assess the levels of life satisfaction and social need satisfaction among recently recovered inpatients who had first episode of psychotic illness and compare their reported life and social need satisfaction. The study included total 60 indoor patients, 30 with first episode of mania with psychotic symptoms and 30 with schizophrenia under treatment for the first time. Both groups were assessed through Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale, Life Satisfaction Scale and Sociogenic need Satisfaction Scale.

The results revealed that they had poor life and sociogenic need satisfaction. Most of the subjects in both the groups felt moderate level of life satisfaction and moderate to low level of subjective social need satisfaction. However, they did not differ significantly on either life satisfaction or any domains of sociogenic need satisfaction. The study also suggests that a subjective well-being is not associated with illness variables Rather, irrespective of clinical conditions of the individuals with psychiatric illness. This has implications for planning better psychosocial interventions strategies, patient management and relapse prevention.