The relationship of self-compassion with depressive symptom intensity and suicide probability in patients with diagnosis of depression

Depression is a mental disorder that significantly affects public health, where suicide is seen 3-4 times more than other psychiatric disorders. Self-compassion is related to less depressive symptoms and more participation in healthy behaviors. This Research is made to be a descriptive study with the aim of revealing the relationship between selfcompassion and symptom severity and suicide probability in patients with depression. The study was conducted with patients diagnosed with depression in the psychiatry outpatient clinic and inpatient units of a hospital in Gaziantep. "Sociodemographic Data Form", "Beck Depression Inventory", Self Compassion Scale "," Suicide Probability Scale" were used. The data were analyzed in IBM SPSS 22. Depression patients participating in the study was determined a mean BDI score of 34.87 ± 10.33, a mean score of 97.39 ± 14.67 on the SPS, and a mean score of 2.42 ± 0.698 on the SCS scale. It was determined that there is a significant negative correlation between BDI, SPS and SCS mean scores of the patients participating in the study (p <0.05). The results of the study revealed that the severity of depression and the probability of suicide increase as self compassion decreases in patients with a diagnosis of depression. It is recommended to plan interventions to increase self-compassion in individuals diagnosed with depression in order to reduce the probability of suicide and affect recovery positively.