Differentiation of DSM-III-R anxiety disorders by severity of illness and symptom onset sequences.

abstract：BACKGROUND:High rates of mental disorders have been reported for prison populations. Understanding patterns of comorbidity may be essential for the development of adequate treatment interventions. The present study aimed to assess the underlying structure of comorbidity between mental health and substance use disorders...

journal_title：Psychopathology

authors： Ignatyev Y,Baggio S,Mundt AP

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Psychiatric symptoms are heterogeneous and differ in origin, structure and clinical expression. These differences are frequently ignored both clinically and in research. Thus, patients may be described as being anxious or as having delusions, with little realisation that different aspects of the structure of symptoms ...

journal_title：Psychopathology

authors： Marková IS,Berrios GE

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Misidentification syndromes have traditionally relied upon the patient's delusional explanation for their classification. Using 2 cases for illustration, a more systematic classification is proposed for misidentification syndromes. The revised nomenclature has potential use in future research of misidentification synd...

journal_title：Psychopathology

authors： Silva JA,Leong GB,Shaner AL

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:38 patients with late paraphrenia and 38 with endogenous depression of late onset were examined and various premorbid characteristics and biographical data compared. The main objective of the study was to look for differential risk factors and for biographical experiences that suggested a specific premorbid vulnerabil...

journal_title：Psychopathology

authors： Fuchs T

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies have shown encouraging plasticity in some schizophrenic patients' Wisconsin Card Sorting Test (WCST) performance while receiving detailed specific instructions on task and reinforcement. The present study examines the efficacy of a modified procedure for WCST administration that bound schizophrenic pa...

journal_title：Psychopathology

authors： Stratta P,Mancini F,Mattei P,Daneluzzo E,Bustini M,Casacchia M,Rossi A

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although manic or hypomanic episodes define bipolar disorder (BD), most patients show a predominance of depressive symptomatology, often associated with delayed or disregarded BD diagnosis. The Hypomania Checklist-32 (HCL-32) has therefore been developed and tested internationally to facilitate BD recognitio...

journal_title：Psychopathology

authors： Perugi G,Fornaro M,Maremmani I,Canonico PL,Carbonatto P,Mencacci C,Muscettola G,Pani L,Torta R,Vampini C,Parazzini F,Dumitriu A,Angst J,Come To Me Study Group.

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A clinical follow-up lasting from 1 to 6 years on 25 outpatients affected by endogenous psychoses and manifesting ego disorders demonstrates the presence of both activity and passivity experiences in schizophrenias and affective psychoses. No differential diagnosis between the two nosographical groups can be based on ...

journal_title：Psychopathology

authors： Stanghellini G,Rossi Monti M

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The formation of long-term memories is a function necessary for an adaptive survival. In the last two decades, great progress has been made in the understanding of the biological bases of memory formation. The identification of mechanisms necessary for memory consolidation and reconsolidation, the processes by which t...

journal_title：Psychopathology

authors： Bisaz R,Travaglia A,Alberini CM

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Despite the categorical position of formal diagnostic approaches (i.e. ICD-10 and DSM-IV) to mood disorders, atypical depression (AD) occupies an ambiguous position between major depressive (MDD) and bipolar II (BP-II) disorders. METHODS:Three hundred and eighty-nine and 261 consecutive BP-II and MDD patien...

journal_title：Psychopathology

authors： Akiskal HS,Benazzi F

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sixty schizophrenics and 40 depressives in remission from the floridly psychotic phase were given a semi-structured interview concerning their abnormal perceptual experiences at the onset of their illness. About 50% of each set of subjects had experienced an alteration in the quality of their perception. However, ther...

journal_title：Psychopathology

authors： Cutting J,Dunne F

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The following case report describes a pregnant woman who was convinced that her pregnancy was non-existent despite being in an advanced stage of clinically obvious pregnancy. The nosologically unspecific syndrome of denial of pregnancy is discussed by reviewing the literature. Based on the existing literature it will ...

journal_title：Psychopathology

authors： Walloch JE,Klauwer C,Lanczik M,Brockington IF,Kornhuber J

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Capgras syndrome is characterized by a delusion of impostors who are thought to be physically similar but psychologically distinct from the misidentified person. This syndrome is generally thought to be relatively rare. Most of our knowledge about Capgras syndrome derives from single case studies and small series of c...

journal_title：Psychopathology

authors： Silva JA,Leong GB

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dysphoric states have been of particular interest for a long time since they occur not only in patients with psycho-organic syndromes but also in those with manic-depressive disease. This paper discusses some aspects of dysphoria from the pathophysiological point of view. Data mostly derived from epileptic patients in...

journal_title：Psychopathology

authors： Pockberger H

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Parkinson's disease is frequently associated with depressive symptoms. When depression occurs at early stages and before the onset of characteristic motor symptoms of the disease, differential diagnosis of major depression may be difficult. Differences in psychopathological features of depression in Parkinson's diseas...

journal_title：Psychopathology

authors： Merschdorf U,Berg D,Csoti I,Fornadi F,Merz B,Naumann M,Becker G,Supprian T

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Delusional syndromes can occur in a number of psychiatric, neurological or other disorders. They can also be caused by neurotoxic agents (e.g., heavy metals) as well as substance addiction. There are several hypotheses on the underlying cognitive or emotional processes associated with organic factors of delusional dis...

journal_title：Psychopathology

authors： Kunert HJ,Norra C,Hoff P

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To identify core vulnerability features capable of discriminating subjects who are more prone to develop eating disorders. SAMPLING AND METHODS:A nonclinical group composed of 253 university students was studied by means of the Identity and Eating Disorders questionnaire (IDEA), exploring abnormal attitudes ...

journal_title：Psychopathology

authors： Stanghellini G,Trisolini F,Castellini G,Ambrosini A,Faravelli C,Ricca V

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The aim of our study was to identify if defense mechanisms are associated with impulsivity and lifetime suicide attempts in depressed patients. SAMPLING AND METHODS:The Defense Style Questionnaire, the Impulsivity Rating Scale and the Impulse Control Scale were used in 77 depressed inpatients. RESULTS:Impu...

journal_title：Psychopathology

authors： Corruble E,Hatem N,Damy C,Falissard B,Guelfi JD,Reynaud M,Hardy P

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We prospectively investigated a sample of 42 patients with acute and transient psychotic disorder (ATPD) as defined by the 10th revision of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-10; F23) to determine the clinical and demographic features of this entity and its relationship to cycloid psychoses. M...

journal_title：Psychopathology

authors： Pillmann F,Haring A,Balzuweit S,Blöink R,Marneros A

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is increasing evidence to suggest basal ganglion involvement in the aetiopathogenesis of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). Twenty subjects with rheumatic chorea were assessed for presence of OCD and evaluated on Leyton's Obsessional Inventory. Four subjects had OCD. The study group had markedly higher scores ...

journal_title：Psychopathology

authors： Abbas S,Khanna S,Taly AB

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Four cases of schizophrenia are described, in which subjects reported anomalous perceptual experiences confined to one visual field, in all cases the left visual field. The pattern, content and laterality of such anomalous perceptions point to the presence of right hemisphere dysfunction in schizophrenia. Further evid...

journal_title：Psychopathology

authors： Persaud R,Cutting J

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alexithymia as a disorder of affect regulation entails a patient's reduced ability to process emotional information. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the impact of alexithymia [as measured by the Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS)-26, German version] on affective correlates in a dyadic therapeutic interaction (a...

journal_title：Psychopathology

authors： Rasting M,Brosig B,Beutel ME

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Results from double-blind studies reported since 1981 were reviewed to evaluate trazodone's relative antidepressant efficacy and its safety profile. Trazodone's therapeutic efficacy compared favorably with that of the tricyclic antidepressant (TCA) agents in both endogenous and nonendogenous patients. Data also sugges...

journal_title：Psychopathology

authors： Schatzberg AF

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) had several episodes of catatonia in the past 44 years. These episodes were characterized by a sudden onset of intense excitement, mild pyrexia, often moderate elevation of serum creatinine phosphokinase and the development of a full catatonic state. We could not rel...

journal_title：Psychopathology

authors： Shiloh R,Schwartz B,Weizman A,Radwan M

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this paper, emotion is dealt with as a complex theoretical term, whose empirical referents derive from physiological, behavioral and subjective discourses (psychophysiological triad). It is argued that the meaning of emotion terms is not exhausted by any of these discourses (or 'texts'), but by the complementary co...

journal_title：Psychopathology

authors： Lolas F

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The evolution of the German-Scandinavian concept of cycloid psychosis and of the French concept of 'bouffée délirante' is analyzed. It is stressed that they probably correspond to the same clinical entity, not overlapping with any of the American nosological categories, although sharing a number of features with the o...

journal_title：Psychopathology

authors： Maj M

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two instruments for the assessment of the DSM-III-R personality disorders were compared: The Personality Disorders Questionnaire--Revised (PDQ-R) and the Munich Diagnostic Checklist for the assessment of DSM-III-R Personality Disorders (MDCL-P). Using kappa value as a measure of agreement, the diagnostic agreement was...

journal_title：Psychopathology

authors： Bronisch T,Flett S,Garcia-Borreguero D,Wolf R

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The reliability of suicide reporting remains a concern. Problems include procedural deficiencies, ambiguous evidence and the determination of intent. In this study, Queensland Suicide Register (QSR) data were compared to the usual official source - the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). QSR deaths were coded as be...

journal_title：Psychopathology

authors： Cantor C,McTaggart P,De Leo D

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The published prevalence rates of depressive disorders have steadily increased during the last 20 years. Despite many methodological and social cultural influences, the increase seems to be real and reasons for this trend are given. Among them, the increase of life expectancy, the urbanization, and the possibility for...

journal_title：Psychopathology

authors： Gastpar M

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transsexualism is a challenging entity posing diagnostical, etiological, ethical and moral questions with no general consensus of opinion and a controversial management policy. The present article tries to deal with these questions by drawing a parallel with another psychiatric syndrome in which there is also a distur...

journal_title：Psychopathology

authors： Becker D,Mester R

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A variety of conduct disorder (CD) symptoms are seen together as a symptom cluster. Among CD symptoms there are serious and stubborn antisocial behaviors: lying, swindling, running away from home/school, destructiveness, arson, kidnapping women, sexual abuse, and armed robbery. The objective of this study wa...

journal_title：Psychopathology

authors： Doğan O,Onder Z,Doğan S,Akyüz G

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00