Mental symptoms: are they similar phenomena? The problem of symptom heterogeneity.

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：BACKGROUND:Although the relationships between social and cultural factors and African psychopathology have largely been considered from a theoretical point of view, empirical studies are still few and far between. This paper reports the results of a mental health survey conducted in the village of Namwera (Malawi, Sout...

journal_title：Psychopathology

authors： Carta MG,Carpiniello B,Dazzan P,Reda MA

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:It is often suggested in the literature that alexithymic patients are less responsive to psychotherapy than nonalexithymic patients. However, few empirical studies have examined this issue. Furthermore, it is unclear whether or not alexithymia itself may improve during psychotherapy. METHODS:Fifty-five cons...

journal_title：Psychopathology

authors： Rufer M,Albrecht R,Zaum J,Schnyder U,Mueller-Pfeiffer C,Hand I,Schmidt O

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Functional psychosis has only rarely been described in context with extreme stressors, most studies focusing singularly on posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms. We report for the first time the case histories of 2 patients suffering from Capgras syndrome along with schizoaffective disorder and posttraumatic stress d...

journal_title：Psychopathology

authors： Wenzel T,Sibitz I,Kieffer W,Strobl R

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Recent studies have suggested that cannabis use is a risk factor for developing schizophrenia. We tested the hypothesis that cannabis use increases the likelihood of psychosis-like experiences in non-clinical participants who scored highly on a measure of schizotypy. METHOD:The psychological effects of canna...

journal_title：Psychopathology

authors： Barkus EJ,Stirling J,Hopkins RS,Lewis S

更新日期：2006-01-01 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：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：: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 authors summarize the international clinical research performed on trazodone, underlying some pharmacodynamic and therapeutic features of the activity of the drug, the originality of its pharmacodynamic profile and the possibility of using trazodone in a wide range of primary or secondary depression subtypes. Avai...

journal_title：Psychopathology

authors： Agnoli A,De Gregorio M,Dionisio A

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：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：: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：: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：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：:Musical expression of the instrumental playing of 61 mentally ill patients and 29 controls recorded several times was assessed by means of a short polarity profile. The performances were reversibly impaired in correlation with the psychopathology. Musical expression followed a systematic variation according to nosolog...

journal_title：Psychopathology

authors： Steinberg R,Raith L,Rossnagl G,Eben E

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Up to 60% of bipolar disorder (BD) patients develop alcohol use disorders (AUD) at some point in their lives. The causes of this highly prevalent comorbidity are unknown. High trait impulsivity characterizes both isolated BD and AUD and may be a link to explain the association between BD and AUD. In this stu...

journal_title：Psychopathology

authors： Nery FG,Hatch JP,Monkul ES,Matsuo K,Zunta-Soares GB,Bowden CL,Soares JC

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

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：:The prevalence of delusional misidentification syndromes (DMS) in a consecutive sample of 195 inpatient admissions with functional psychosis was found to be 4.1%. It is argued that DMS symptoms are more common than previously supposed. ...

journal_title：Psychopathology

authors： Kirov G,Jones P,Lewis SW

更新日期：1994-01-01 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：:The phylogenetic and ontogenetic developments of social cognition have been a major research focus of evolutionary and developmental psychology. Theory of mind or so-called Machiavellian intelligence, that is the capacity to infer mental states of other individuals and to manipulate them in order to maximise social su...

journal_title：Psychopathology

authors： Brüne M

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Based on a sample of 300 psychiatric patients the items of the Standard Progressive Matrices test are analyzed in terms of classical and probabilistic methods, and a version shortened to 30 items is developed. This new version of the test is then standardized from a new sample of 1,200 patients. A table of selected pe...

journal_title：Psychopathology

authors： Wytek R,Opgenoorth E,Presslich O

更新日期：1984-01-01 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：:Starting from a neurobiological standpoint, I will propose that our capacity to understand others as intentional agents, far from being exclusively dependent upon mentalistic/linguistic abilities, be deeply grounded in the relational nature of our interactions with the world. According to this hypothesis, an implicit,...

journal_title：Psychopathology

authors： Gallese V

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This exploratory study is the first to examine the neural correlates of attachment status in adults. The study examined the feasibility of assessing attachment narratives in the functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) environment by challenging subjects to tell attachment stories to specific attachment pictures f...

journal_title：Psychopathology

authors： Buchheim A,Erk S,George C,Kachele H,Ruchsow M,Spitzer M,Kircher T,Walter H

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Symptoms as in attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are frequent among individuals with pervasive developmental disorders (PDD). The aim of the present study was to examine the impact of inattention, hyperactivity and impulsivity on the clinical phenotype of children and adolescents with PDD. SAM...

journal_title：Psychopathology

authors： Holtmann M,Bolte S,Poustka F

更新日期：2007-01-01 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:Impulsivity is a core feature of borderline personality disorder (BPD). However, previous clinical and experimental studies investigating impulsivity in BPD rendered mixed results. In this study, impulsivity was assessed by self-report scales and behavioral inhibition tasks to compare different data levels. ...

journal_title：Psychopathology

authors： Jacob GA,Gutz L,Bader K,Lieb K,Tüscher O,Stahl C

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In comparing 101 psychotic patients subtyped by DSM-III criteria into paranoia, schizophrenia, schizoaffective, and affective disorders, we failed to distinguish them on the basis of delusional and hallucinatory experiences. These 'productive', 'positive' or 'irritative' symptoms--which the literature tends to link wi...

journal_title：Psychopathology

authors： Mauri M,Borri C,Giannotti D,Zambotto S,Cassano GB,Akiskal HS

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several studies reveal a heightened risk for anxiety and other mental disorders in the offspring of patients with panic disorder and other anxiety disorders. Data on the specific type of transmitted disorders, however, are inconsistent. We investigated the specificity of the relationship between parents' and children'...

journal_title：Psychopathology

authors： Unnewehr S,Schneider S,Florin I,Margraf J

更新日期：1998-01-01 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