Patterns of depression and illness behaviour in general hospital patients.

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：: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：: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：:There is considerable evidence that maternal postnatal psychiatric disorder has an adverse influence on infant development. In attempting to examine the pathways of intergenerational transmission, most research has concentrated on genetic factors or on maternal behaviours during mother-child interaction and attachment...

journal_title：Psychopathology

authors： Stein A,Lehtonen A,Harvey AG,Nicol-Harper R,Craske M

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) has played an increasingly important role in psychotherapy for schizophrenia since the 1990s, but it has also encountered many theoretical and practical limitations. For example, methodologically rigorous meta-analyses have recently found only modest overall effect sizes of...

journal_title：Psychopathology

authors： Skodlar B,Henriksen MG,Sass LA,Nelson B,Parnas J

更新日期：2013-01-01 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：: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：: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：:A postmortem inquiry of 105 legal documents concerning suicide deaths obtained from the Office of the District Attorney covering the province of Achaia was studied for the 15-year period 1970-1984. The suicides were classified into two groups; group A consisting of 63 suicides (with a history of psychiatric illness) a...

journal_title：Psychopathology

authors： Gabriel J,Paschalis C

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many of the cardinal somatic symptoms associated with anxiety states are produced by the sympathoadrenal medullary discharge of catecholamines (CA) described over 50 years ago as 'fight or flight' responses. During the last decade, development of sensitive convenient assays for CA and their metabolites in tissues, cer...

journal_title：Psychopathology

authors： Kopin IJ

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this paper, we discuss the philosophical and psychopathological background of Domain 3, Other persons, of the Examination of Anomalous World Experiences (EAWE). The EAWE interview aims to describe the manifold phenomena of the schizophrenic lifeworld in all of their concrete and distinctive features, thus complemen...

journal_title：Psychopathology

authors： Stanghellini G,Ballerini M,Mancini M

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The DSM criteria for a delusion indicate that it should not include any beliefs held by a person's 'culture or subculture'. The internet has many examples of people reporting 'mind control experiences' (MCEs) on self-published web pages, many of which suggest a community based around such beliefs and experie...

journal_title：Psychopathology

authors： Bell V,Maiden C,Muñoz-Solomando A,Reddy V

更新日期：2006-01-01 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：: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：: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：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：:Attenuated psychosis syndrome (APS) was introduced in DSM-5 as a condition for further study. A number of concerns have been raised regarding APS, including its validity as a clinical entity, issues relating to stigma, the potential that it is an unnecessary diagnosis of what might be a self-limiting phase of attenuat...

journal_title：Psychopathology

authors： Nelson B

更新日期：2014-01-01 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：: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：: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:The assessment of personality functioning has recently become a focus of psychiatric diagnostics. The interview-based Operationalized Psychodynamic Diagnosis (OPD-2) provides a 'structure axis' for the assessment of personality functioning. METHODS:One hundred twenty-four psychiatric patients were diagnosed...

journal_title：Psychopathology

authors： Doering S,Burgmer M,Heuft G,Menke D,Bäumer B,Lübking M,Feldmann M,Schneider G

更新日期：2014-01-01 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：:The 'nonunderstandability' that traditional psychopathology attributes to 'true' delusion does not have a clear demarcation line, but, rather, it is a continuum of various delusional experiences. The attention paid to emotional situations and, specifically, to dysphoria, often contributes to making the delusional phen...

journal_title：Psychopathology

authors： Ballerini A,Ballerini AC

更新日期：2000-07-01 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：BACKGROUND:According to Karl Jaspers, psychopathology requires a comprehensive method, understood as a systematic exploration of the first-person perspective of the patient's experience. At the same time, however, schizophrenia for Jaspers is characterized by its radical incomprehensibility. In addition, Rümke's so-cal...

journal_title：Psychopathology

authors： Gozé T,Grohmann T,Naudin J,Cermolacce M

更新日期：2017-01-01 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：:Although obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is regarded as a unitary nosological entity, it encompasses a rich variety of heterogeneous mental and behavioural phenomena. The identification of clinical subtypes within this broad concept has been a focus of attention in recent years. In the present study, we administer...

journal_title：Psychopathology

authors： Denys D,de Geus F,van Megen HJ,Westenberg HG

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

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：: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：BACKGROUND:Psychoanalytical theories coincide in understanding depersonalization (DP) as a disorder of narcissistic self-regulation. DP is described as an ego defense against overwhelming shame resulting in a splitting of an observing ego detached from the experiencing self. In contrast to a behavioral-cognitive theory...

journal_title：Psychopathology

authors： Michal M,Kaufhold J,Overbeck G,Grabhorn R

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00