Assessment of personality functioning: validity of the operationalized psychodynamic diagnosis axis IV (structure).

abstract：BACKGROUND:Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and social anxiety disorder (SAD) frequently co-occur in persons with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). We studied which features distinguish 'pure' anxiety disordered patients from those with co-morbid ASD. METHOD:In a case-controlled design in which groups were matched fo...

journal_title：Psychopathology

authors： Cath DC,Ran N,Smit JH,van Balkom AJ,Comijs HC

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The recognition and treatment of depressive states, as well as their prevention, call for special knowledge and experience. Therefore it was considered desirable that practising physicians with no specialised knowledge of psychiatry should be given more extensive opportunity for post-graduate instruction in the diagno...

journal_title：Psychopathology

authors： Adams C

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is widely accepted that depressives focus on negative memories, and forget or repress positive memories (showing a mood-congruent affective tendency). Normals have an opposite positive bias in memory ('Pollyanna tendency'). Research evidence for depressives' negative bias in memory comes mainly from studies of retr...

journal_title：Psychopathology

authors： Calev A

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:Disturbances in first person experience is a broadly noted feature of schizophrenia, which cannot be reduced to the expression of psychopathology. Yet, though categorically linked with profound suffering, these disturbances are often ignored by most contemporary treatment models. METHODS:In this paper,...

journal_title：Psychopathology

authors： Lysaker PH,Dimaggio G,Hamm JA,Leonhardt BL,Hochheiser J,Lysaker JT

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 3-year prospective follow-up investigation and a family study were carried out in patients fulfilling the diagnostic criteria for cycloid psychotic disorder proposed by Perris and Brockington in 1981. The results show that cycloid psychosis differs in several respects from schizoaffective disorders as defined by cur...

journal_title：Psychopathology

authors： Maj M

更新日期：1990-01-01 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：:Metaphor comprehension was studied in schizophrenics as compared to psychiatric and nonpsychiatric controls. Subjects were asked in a two-condition forced-choice response task to detect the metaphor similar or contrary to a proverb with an abstract meaning. Schizophrenic patients were impaired in both conditions. Howe...

journal_title：Psychopathology

authors： de Bonis M,Epelbaum C,Deffez V,Féline A

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several C-3-substituted beta-carbolines (e.g., the ethyl ester of beta-carboline-3-carboxylic acid) have high affinities for benzodiazepine receptors and can antagonize the principal pharmacologic actions of the benzodiazepines. The observation that some of these compounds also possess 'intrinsic' actions, best descri...

journal_title：Psychopathology

authors： Skolnick P,Crawley JN,Glowa JR,Paul SM

更新日期：1984-01-01 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：: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：: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：:187 patients were investigated by a structured interview for DSM-III-R and various clinicians' and patients' ratings. A high frequency of comorbidity between different anxiety disorders and between anxiety and depression was found. According to sociodemographic data, various anxiety disorders showed more similarities ...

journal_title：Psychopathology

authors： Scheibe G,Albus M

更新日期：1992-01-01 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

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Increased migration into Spain requires the development of preventive strategies that help both immigrants and the host society to deal with the associated risk factors and thus avoid the emergence of psychopathology. OBJECTIVE:To determine the level of psychopathology in Latin-American immigrants who res...

journal_title：Psychopathology

authors： Patiño C,Kirchner T

更新日期：2010-01-01 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：:The dexamethasone suppression test (DST) and the depressive attributional style questionnaire (ASQ) were administered to 105 depressed patients prior to participation in a double-blind outpatient study and to 29 normal controls. The depressed patients were classified into three groups (1) met criteria for both researc...

journal_title：Psychopathology

authors： Peselow ED,Fieve RR

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The reliability and usefulness of the Scale for Assessment of Thought, Language and Communication was evaluated in a group of psychotic in-patients. A very high interrater reliability (0.75-1.0) and an optimum rate-rerate reliability (0.50-1.0) were found on the individual items of the scale as well as the global rati...

journal_title：Psychopathology

authors： Mazumdar PK,Chaturvedi SK,Sinha V,Gopinath PS

更新日期：1991-01-01 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：:Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a severe psychiatric illness that is difficult to treat. The effects of trazodone hydrochloride treatment were studied, both with and without the addition of a monoamine oxidase inhibitor, in OCD patients. Changes in symptoms correlated with changes in local cerebral metabolic ra...

journal_title：Psychopathology

authors： Baxter LR Jr,Thompson JM,Schwartz JM,Guze BH,Phelps ME,Mazziotta JC,Selin CE,Moss L

更新日期：1987-01-01 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：: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 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：BACKGROUND:Cannabis is a possible risk factor for the onset of schizophrenia and can induce neurocognitive, behavioural and motor co-ordination alterations. The aim of this study was to evaluate the role of cannabis in the occurrence of neurological soft signs (NSS) and, considering that this drug has been related to p...

journal_title：Psychopathology

authors： Bersani G,Orlandi V,Gherardelli S,Pancheri P

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Alexithymia is a disturbance in regulating affective states. Clinical observations suggest that alexithymic patients relate to others in a specific way. This paper explores whether specific relationship or transference patterns are typical of alexithymia. SAMPLING AND METHODS:Relationship patterns were asse...

journal_title：Psychopathology

authors： Vanheule S,Desmet M,Rosseel Y,Verhaeghe P,Meganck R

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The study's aim was to empirically derive the psychopathological constellation associated with self-centrality (i.e. non-delusional self-referential attitude) by seeking an interpretation in the light of the 'Basic Symptoms Model' of schizophrenic psychopathology. Eighty-four patients with an established schizophrenic...

journal_title：Psychopathology

authors： Maggini C,Raballo A

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alcoholism is a multifaceted medicosocial problem. Recent literature discusses a common dyad, alcoholism and anxiety. Both disorders are interdigitated with the brain amine serotonin (5-hydroxytryptamine, 5-HT). Direct 5-HT activation reportedly attenuates alcohol consumption, whereas depletion enhances use patterns. ...

journal_title：Psychopathology

authors： Tollefson GD

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Misidentification phenomena, including the delusion of 'imposters' named after Joseph Capgras, occur in various major psychiatric and neurological disorders but have rarely been studied systematically in broad samples of modern patients. This study investigated the prevalence and correlated clinical factors ...

journal_title：Psychopathology

authors： Salvatore P,Bhuvaneswar C,Tohen M,Khalsa HM,Maggini C,Baldessarini RJ

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The various episodes of life significant for outbursts of different psychic disorders may give some facilitations of a better understanding of the underlying basic processes. Two of them are considered in several appearances: genetic predisposition and conditioning processes. A psychology of age may be interpreted in ...

journal_title：Psychopathology

authors： Zapotoczky HG,Hofmann P

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Medical records of 1,911 alcoholics admitted to the Alcohol Inpatient Service at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque (USA) were examined to find the frequencies among there variables: hallucination (H), nausea/vomiting (N/V), and elevated liver enzymes (L). The variable L is thought to be independent of neurot...

journal_title：Psychopathology

authors： Shen WW

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The insight into psychosis can be assessed reliably by clinicians from interviews with patients. However, patients may retain implicit awareness of illness while lacking explicit awareness. SAMPLING AND METHODS:In a sample of first-episode psychosis patients, we used a test of processing of mental illness-r...

journal_title：Psychopathology

authors： Wiffen BD,O'Connor JA,Russo M,Falcone MA,Joseph C,Kolliakou A,Di Forti M,Murray RM,David AS

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00