Classification and outcome in nonschizophrenic, nonaffective delusional psychoses.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Possession states are still commonly seen in developing societies as acceptable cultural phenomena in normal persons as well as in those with psychiatric illness. 'Possession' is defined here as the experience of being taken over, controlled or occupied by another spirit or force. SAMPLING AND METHODS:This ...

journal_title：Psychopathology

authors： Somasundaram D,Thivakaran T,Bhugra D

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study is to verify whether an increasing degree of alexithymia correlates with a prevalence of negative over positive symptoms. The framework of the research is phenomenologically oriented conception of the illness-coping vulnerability paradigm. Schizophrenic basic symptoms as markers of schizotrop...

journal_title：Psychopathology

authors： Stanghellini G,Ricca V

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

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：: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 aim of the study was to reveal the background dimensions of suicidal behaviour (SB) and to identify clusters of Hungarian adolescent outpatients suffering from suicidality by means of the following correlates of SB: depression, inadequate conflict-solving methods, dysfunctional attitudes, maladaptive cop...

journal_title：Psychopathology

authors： Dinya E,Csorba J,Sorfozo Z,Steiner P,Ficsor B,Horvath A

更新日期：2009-01-01 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：:Psychological aspects of classification broadly refer to mental functions and dysfunctions and are important to consider both in terms of clinical use and the elucidation of pertinent theories. There are a number of concepts crucial to consider for psychologically informed classification, including personality structu...

journal_title：Psychopathology

authors： Mundt C

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors take into account body involvement during the existential critical periods. The concept of body involvement considers both the biological (organic) involvement of the body, i.e. all the 'psychosomatic' (in a wider sense) dimensions, and the involvement of the mental representation of one's body. This invol...

journal_title：Psychopathology

authors： Lorenzi P,Hardoy MC,Cabras PL

更新日期：2000-11-01 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：BACKGROUND:Humor is an important coping mechanism and can improve mood. However, it is unclear whether depressed patients are able to enjoy funny material, e.g. jokes, and make use of their sense of humor for coping with adverse situations. This study aims at investigating the influence of depression on various aspects...

journal_title：Psychopathology

authors： Falkenberg I,Jarmuzek J,Bartels M,Wild B

更新日期：2011-01-01 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：:Buspirone is a clinically effective anxiolytic with a unique structure and pharmacology which distinguishes it from the benzodiazepines. It has been termed anxioselective because it lacks anticonvulsant, sedative, or muscle-relaxant properties. Preclinical evidence suggests it lacks potential for abuse or physical dep...

journal_title：Psychopathology

authors： Riblet LA,Eison AS,Eison MS,Taylor DP,Temple DL,VanderMaelen CP

更新日期：1984-01-01 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：BACKGROUND:Previous studies have shown that alexithymia is associated with gene polymorphisms that regulate the availability of serotonin (5-HT) in the brain. Since the 5-HT network is involved in interferon (IFN)-induced depression, this paper aimed to investigate the role of alexithymia and the functional gene varian...

journal_title：Psychopathology

authors： Porcelli P,Cozzolongo R,Cariola F,Giannuzzi V,Lanzilotta E,Gentile M,Sonnante G,Leandro G

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In an investigation of 70 chronically mentally ill patients in a district psychiatric hospital, 11 cases were discovered which had been diagnosed up to now as schizophrenia, but could now be diagnosed as being of organic origin. In group 1 (cases 1-6) there are dementive states after toxic, inflammatory or early child...

journal_title：Psychopathology

authors： Albert E

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To locate the place of idiographic, narrative formulations in a psychiatric nosology and to address the problems stemming from the absence of such formulations in ICD-10 and DSM-IV, the author begins with a review of the stated goals of DSM-IV: that it should serve clinical, research, educational and information-manag...

journal_title：Psychopathology

authors： Phillips J

更新日期：2005-07-01 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:A considerable number of schizophrenic patients develop delusions of technical alien control. In such cases, patients experience their thoughts, movements and feelings to be controlled by mysterious machines and contemporary technologies such as computers, the internet, X-rays and lasers. METHODS:In this pa...

journal_title：Psychopathology

authors： Hirjak D,Fuchs T

更新日期：2010-01-01 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：BACKGROUND:Suicide is known to be closely related to depression, which is accompanied by cognitive decline. OBJECTIVE:This study examined whether memory performance and cortical networking differ between high suicide risk and control groups depending on task difficulty. METHODS:The participants were 28 high school st...

journal_title：Psychopathology

authors： Kim Y,Kwon J,Yongtawee A,Woo J,Woo M

更新日期：2019-01-01 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：:A retrospective analysis of all medically serious suicide attempts made by 45 patients hospitalized consecutively at the Payne Whitney Clinic with the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual III discharge diagnosis of unipolar major depression recurrent with psychotic features was undertaken. Patients with delusions of pers...

journal_title：Psychopathology

authors： Miller FT,Chabrier LA

更新日期：1988-01-01 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：: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：:This study of 47 patients with low- and high-grade gliomas retrospectively focuses on the patients' history with regard to affective and cognitive disturbances as well as to the presence of epileptic manifestations. Early emotional changes with a sudden onset were common in both patient groups, especially panic-like a...

journal_title：Psychopathology

authors： Lilja A,Salford LG

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dangerousness in the delusional misidentification syndromes is studied by reviewing a sample of 82 cases defined by either verbal threats or physical violence caused by misidentification delusion. Eighty cases were obtained from a review of the anglophone psychiatric literature in which the patients exhibited some deg...

journal_title：Psychopathology

authors： Silva JA,Leong GB,Weinstock R,Sharma KK,Klein RL

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Personality traits are significant factors in the development and course of depression. Apart from the classical five-factor model of personality, other personality constellations, such as Tellenbach's Typus melancholicus, have been described in association with depressive disorder. Several instruments have been devel...

journal_title：Psychopathology

authors： Kronmüller KT,Backenstrass M,Kocherscheidt K,Hunt A,Unger J,Fiedler P,Mundt C

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A decrease in central serotonergic activity following plasma tryptophan depletion has been shown to provoke a deterioration of mood. We studied the impact of sex and aggressive traits on mood changes following tryptophan depletion in healthy volunteers. Twelve healthy subjects (6 males, 6 females, 24-31 years), who we...

journal_title：Psychopathology

authors： Schmeck K,Sadigorsky S,Englert E,Demisch L,Dierks T,Barta S,Poustka F

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Leonhard was largely influenced, during his years at the Frankfurt Mental Hospital, by the Wernicke follower Karl Kleist (1879-1960). Kleist was a representative of brain pathology. His psychopathological concepts, which he developed using the evaluation of brain injuries, look very modern. He tried to attribute diffe...

journal_title：Psychopathology

authors： Teichmann G

更新日期：1990-01-01 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