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24th European Congress of Psychiatry / European Psychiatry 33S (2016) S349–S805

mental illness among hospitalized patients than among individu-

als with schizophrenia who live in the community [2]. The current

study examines the relationship between internalization of stigma,

self-esteem, and the ability of people diagnosed with schizophre-

nia to form intimate attachments with loved ones, in Arab patients

compare to the existing sample of 24 patients from the Jewish sec-

tor 2. Data is gathered for 27 Muslim patients with schizophrenia

who live in the community, ages 18–60, men and women from the

following four questionnaires: Demographics Questionnaire, Self-

Esteem Scale, Internalized Stigma of Mental Illness Scale and the

Intimacy Attitude Scale-Revised. The study received the approval

of the Ethics Committee. There was statistically significantly less

internalization of stigma of mental illness, high self-esteem and

high capacity for intimacy among Jewish patients than amongMus-

lim patients. Knowledge of how these variables affect the capacity

for intimacy provides a therapeutic window for advanced nursing

interventions that will eventually provide support and guidance

cultural adapted, for peoplewith schizophrenia in creating intimate

relationships.

References not available.

Disclosure of interest

The authors have not supplied their decla-

ration of competing interest.

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eurpsy.2016.01.2410

EV1426

Psychiatric symptoms in Huntington’s

disease the importance of reliable

information – A case report

G. Sobreira

, C. Ferreira , S. Alves

Centro Hospitalar Psiquiátrico de Lisboa, ward–First Psychosis Unit,

Lisboa, Portugal

Corresponding author.

Introduction

Huntington’s Disease is an autosomal dominant

neurodegenerative disease characterized bymotor, psychiatric and

cognitive symptoms. Irritability, affective disorders, apathy and

psychosis are among the most frequent psychiatric symptoms and

can predate the pre-clinical period.

Objective

The authors’ goal is to understand the complexity

of Huntington’s disease clinical presentation. Additionally, we

present an illustrative clinical case.

Aims

To convey the importance of collecting reliable information

in order to make a proper diagnosis.

Methods

A PubMed database review was performed using “Psy-

chiatry”, “Psychiatric”, “Symptoms” and “Huntington’s Disease” as

keywords; retrieved papers were selected according to their rele-

vance. The patient clinical record was reviewed.

Results

The authors report a case of a 39-year-old woman, who

was referred in 2014, to a psychiatrist because of depressive mood

and suicidal ideationwith two suicidal attempts in the past 5 years.

However, she did not disclose her family history of Huntington’s

disease neither to her GP nor her psychiatrist. She never complied

with the treatment plan and was admitted, in November, into a

psychiatric unit because of subtlemotor changes and apathy, which

had resulted in personal neglect. The diagnosis could only be made

after a family interview was held and the family medical history

was revealed.

Conclusions

Corroborative history from caregivers is of extreme

importance in psychiatry. Early detection of symptoms can help

mitigate the disease social impact. In our patient’s case, by the

time of proper diagnosis, she was estranged from her family and

had endured distressing psychiatric symptoms without adequate

treatment.

Disclosure of interest

The authors have not supplied their decla-

ration of competing interest.

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eurpsy.2016.01.2411

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Placebo and placebo effect, variability

of the clinical response according to

the therapists’ behavior

A. Soler Iborte

1 ,

, S. Galiano Rus

2

, Á. López Díaz

2

1

Servicio Andaluz de Salud – UGC Jaén Norte, Unidad de Salud

Mental Comunitaria Linares, Linares-Jaén, Spain

2

Servicio Andaluz de Salud – UGC Jaén Norte, Hospital San Juan de la

Cruz, Úbeda-Jaén, Spain

Corresponding author.

Introduction

From a historical perspective, the first data related

to the placebo effect on “mental health” date to the 1950s decade,

when evidence was first shown of the important percentage of

people with a psychiatric pathology that benefited from the con-

sumption of placebos. It is believed that the responses to placebos

and nocebos are influenced by the content and the way of inform-

ing the patient, which influences in the quality of life and therapy

adherence. Among the factors that influence the magnitude of the

placebo effect, we find variables related to the patient, with the

placebo itself and the therapist.

Objectives

To determine the relationship between the clinical

response of a placebo and the behavior and information on the

placebo contributed by the health worker.

Methodology

Systemic review of the articles published in

Medline-PubMed from 2005 to the present.

Results

Being kind, friendly, interested, nice, emphatic, and con-

siderate as well as having a positive attitude toward the patient and

the treatment as well as the expectations of the therapist are vari-

ables that are associated to a beneficial effect in a placebo situation

as well as in active treatment.

Conclusion

The patient’s expectations, a product of selective pro-

cessing of the information that she/he receives about the effect

of a placebo or active treatment, and the behavior of the health

worker in clinical practice, produces variability in the symptomatic

response through its influence on the magnitude of the placebo

effect. In the bibliography reviewed, there is a marked lack of

attention dedicated to clinical studies in the addressing of this phe-

nomenon.

Disclosure of interest

The authors have not supplied their decla-

ration of competing interest.

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eurpsy.2016.01.2412

EV1428

Group therapy based on mindfulness

in a mental health center

A. Uría de los Ojos

1

, J. Ballesteros López

1

, P. Rico García

2 ,

,

A.B. González Palacios

3

, C. Domínguez García

4

1

Hospital Universitario de Getafe, Psychiatry, Getafe, Spain

2

Centro de Salud Mental de Getafe, Psychiatry, Getafe, Spain

3

Centro de Salud Mental de Getafe, Mental Health Nursing, Getafe,

Spain

4

Hospital Universitario de Getafe, Clinical Psychology, Getafe, Spain

Corresponding author.

Introduction

Mindfulness is defined as the ability of paying

attention to the present moment with intentionality, moment to

moment without making judgments of value.

Objectives

To describe the effectiveness of group therapy per-

formed in our mental health center according to the results in the

SOFI scale of patients. This scale is designed to assess different qual-

ities, which evolve through training inmeditation practice based on

mindfulness.

Methods

Group therapy consisted of 12 weekly sessions of an

hour and a half. A total of 11 patients, 7 of which having completed

therapy. The questionnaires were answered in the first and final

session of therapy.