Do depressed patients lose their sense of humor?

abstract：:The aim of this study was to show that objective extrapyramidal symptoms (O-EPS) were strongly correlated to negative and depressive symptoms while subjective extrapyramidal symptoms (S-EPS) were not. Ninety-one schizophrenic patients were evaluated by the Extrapyramidal Symptoms Rating Scale (ESRS), Montgomery and As...

journal_title：Psychopathology

authors： Dollfus S,Ribeyre JM,Petit M

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is a debilitating mental illness that affects approximately 6% of the general population and 10-20% of psychiatric patients. The Borderline Symptom List (BSL) is a self-report questionnaire designed to comprehensively assess BPD symptomatology. SAMPLING AND METHODS:The ...

journal_title：Psychopathology

authors： Glenn CR,Weinberg A,Klonsky ED

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a prospective study of nonschizophrenic, nonaffective delusional psychoses, 46 patients are classified according to ICD-8, DMS-III, Kendler's criteria for delusional disorder, Opjordsmoen's criteria for reactive delusional disorder, and Jørgensen and Jensen's criteria for reactive delusional psychosis. No single di...

journal_title：Psychopathology

authors： Jørgensen P

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies of higher feelings in schizophrenic patients by means of the semantic differential technique were carried out on two groups of patients (1 male and 1 female) with two analogous groups of healthy persons serving as controls. It was found that the way in which the patients revealed their feelings - spontaneity, ...

journal_title：Psychopathology

authors： Falicki Z,Monieta A

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To measure the impact of the clinical course, the residual mood symptoms and the cognitive variables on the psychosocial and occupational functioning in bipolar disorder patients in remission. METHOD:Forty-four euthymic DSM-IV-TR bipolar lithium-treated outpatients were assessed with a clinical interview and...

journal_title：Psychopathology

authors： Mur M,Portella MJ,Martinez-Aran A,Pifarre J,Vieta E

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Delinquency among depressed patients plays a minor role in criminal behavior. Among the most tragic associations between depression and criminality are cases of extended suicide or suicide attempt. We studied psychopathology, personality, and psychosocial stressors of 9 Austrian females who committed a serious extende...

journal_title：Psychopathology

authors： Meszaros K,Fischer-Danzinger D

更新日期：2000-01-01 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：:We report the case of a patient who presented with catatonic features and delusion of test-tube pregnancy in the background of previous sexual abuse. The reported case illustrates the importance of contemporary themes in the evolution of psychopathology. ...

journal_title：Psychopathology

authors： Manoj PN,John JP,Gandhi A,Kewalramani M,Murthy P,Chaturvedi SK,Isaac MK

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ICD-8 diagnosis applicable to borderline psychosis in children is psychosis limitaris infantilis (299.02). Results from a register-based study referring to all Danish children admitted between 1970 and 1992 and diagnosed borderline psychosis are presented here. A total of 415 children (332 boys and 83 girls) were ...

journal_title：Psychopathology

authors： Thomsen PH

更新日期：1996-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient may experience hallucinations in more than one modality simultaneously or at different times and they may or may not appear to emanate from a single source. Current nomenclature is imprecise, often has particular diagnostic implications and fails to distinguish between these different phenomena. This has res...

journal_title：Psychopathology

authors： Chesterman LP,Boast N

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of true conversive hallucinations in a 19-year-old female soldier is described. This phenomenon is rare and should be distinguished from psychotic or dissociative states. ...

journal_title：Psychopathology

authors： Spivak B,Livnat E,Weizman A,Rabinowitz S,Mark M

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several investigations showed that the Frankfurt Complaint Questionnaire (FCQ) has no diagnostic specificity. However, in a preceding study two new FCQ subscales were developed: FCQ-S, sensitive to schizophrenia, and FCQ-A, sensitive to alcoholism. The aim of the present study was to replicate the diagnostic sensitivi...

journal_title：Psychopathology

authors： Mass R,Weigel S,Schneider S,Klepsch R

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study is to present a theoretical paper about a clinical issue. Our aim is to propose some clinical and semiological considerations for a psychopathological conception of psychopathy. We will discuss several major theoretical works dedicated to this nosographic entity (mainly those of Schneider [...

journal_title：Psychopathology

authors： Englebert J

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cognitive therapy alone without concurrent behavioral components seems to be ineffective in the treatment of depressive patients. However, the combination of cognitive and behavioral treatment procedures including social skills training is effective even in the therapy of definite endogenous depression. Three importan...

journal_title：Psychopathology

authors： Zapotoczky HG

更新日期：1986-01-01 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：:In this study we have examined four parts of the 5th revision of the World Health Organization schedule for Standardized Assessment of Depressive Disorders (WHO/SADD-5): (I) items that cover the present depressive state; (II) items that cover the psychiatric history; (III) a global assessment scale for the severity of...

journal_title：Psychopathology

authors： Bech P,Gjerris A,Andersen J,Rafaelsen OJ

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a severe condition with varied symptom presentations. Currently, the cognitive-behavioral treatment with the most empirical support is exposure and ritual prevention (EX/RP); however, clinical impression and some empirical data suggest that certain OCD symptoms are more...

journal_title：Psychopathology

authors： Williams MT,Mugno B,Franklin M,Faber S

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The recent literature frequently represents schizophrenia as a deteriorating neurocognitive process similar to organic degenerative dementia. METHODS:This study addresses the following questions: (1) Did the classic authors equate degenerative dementia with schizophrenia? (2) Is there empirical evidence poi...

journal_title：Psychopathology

authors： Urfer-Parnas A,Mortensen EL,Parnas J

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty-three patients with one or more delusional misidentification syndromes were studied. The majority of the subjects were females and the Capgras syndrome was the most common delusional misidentification syndrome in our sample. The Capgras syndrome cases were significant older than the Fregoli syndrome cases. Schi...

journal_title：Psychopathology

authors： Oyebode F,Sargeant R

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anxiety disorders are common in patients with depressive disorders. This preliminary study investigated some clinical correlates of comorbidity between dysthymic disorder (DD) and generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) in a clinically referred sample of children and adolescents. After psychiatric evaluation, including a d...

journal_title：Psychopathology

authors： Masi G,Mucci M,Favilla L,Millepiedi S

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The relationship between pervasive developmental disorder (PDD) and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) has not been extensively studied despite having some phenomenological features in common. Abnormal social and communication behaviors (pragmatic behaviors) are key components of PDD and are also part of th...

journal_title：Psychopathology

authors： Cullen B,Samuels J,Grados M,Landa R,Bienvenu OJ,Liang KY,Riddle M,Hoehn-Saric R,Nestadt G

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:Until now, no brief self-report instrument for the assessment of dissociative states comprising somatoform and psychological items has been available. Thus, we developed a brief instrument for repeated assessment of dissociation during single neuropsychological experiments and neuroimaging. METHODS:Bas...

journal_title：Psychopathology

authors： Stiglmayr C,Schmahl C,Bremner JD,Bohus M,Ebner-Priemer U

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Little interest has been taken in the characteristics of depression in medical and surgical patients and its correlations with syndromes which may be subsumed under the rubric of abnormal illness behaviour. Depressive symptoms and abnormal illness behaviour as measured by self-rating scales were studied among 325 inpa...

journal_title：Psychopathology

authors： Fava GA,Zielezny M,Pilowsky I,Trombini G

更新日期：1984-01-01 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：BACKGROUND:The purpose of this study was to reassess former child and adolescent psychiatric patients as adults with regard to their further development. METHODS:We used a 'catch-up' design. A former child and adolescent psychiatric patient cohort and controls (matched for sex and age) were assessed as adults with sta...

journal_title：Psychopathology

authors： Brieger P,Blöink R,Sommer S,Marneros A

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The volume of research involving adjustment disorder (AD) is limited. The scientific neglect of AD seems to result from the inadequate operationalisation of AD in DSM-IV and ICD-10. The aims of the present proposal are to discuss the shortcomings of AD conceptualisations and to present recommendations for th...

journal_title：Psychopathology

authors： Baumeister H,Maercker A,Casey P

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Seventy-four patients who met DSM-III-R criteria for obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) were studied in a prospective follow-up study in order to investigate course and prognosis of OCD with or without comorbid depressive symptomatology. Subjects were examined three times: at admission (baseline), 6 months later (fol...

journal_title：Psychopathology

authors： Zitterl W,Demal U,Aigner M,Lenz G,Urban C,Zapotoczky HG,Zitterl-Eglseer K

更新日期：2000-03-01 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：:A sample of 83 first-admitted patients with delusional depression were diagnosed according to DSM-III, ICD-9 and reactive and endogenous types. They were followed up twice after a mean of 10 and 18.5 years. As to background, course and outcome variables DSM-III schizoaffective patients were closely related to affectiv...

journal_title：Psychopathology

authors： Opjordsmoen S

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Eating disturbances are frequent in bipolar disorder and are associated with poor outcome. Our objective is to assess the psychometric properties of a specific scale for the evaluation of eating disturbances in bipolar patients. SAMPLING AND METHODS:Validation study of 2 groups with a 6-month follow-up (90 ...

journal_title：Psychopathology

authors： Torrent C,Vieta E,Garcia-Garcia M,Spanish Working Group for the validation of the Barcelona Bipolar Eating Disorder Scale (BEDS) for bipolar patients with eating disturbances.

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00