ISSN:0022-3018    

出版商:OVID    

年代:1995

数据来源: OVID

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The notion persists that psychotics, particularly schizophrenics, are less right-handed than the general population, and that this deviation is pathophysiologically important in some patients. We assessed handedness and psychopathology in 163 DSM-III schizophrenics, 103 affectives, and 112 normal subjects. Although schizophrenics were less right-handed than normal subjects, this difference was primarily due to more mixed handedness among schizoaffectives. Relationships between handedness and specific psychopathology were uninformative, and we conclude that handedness may not be an important consideration in the study of psychosis.

ISSN:0022-3018    

出版商:OVID    

年代:1995

数据来源: OVID

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We assessed possible gender differences in state and trait hostility in a large sample of depressed outpatients and in a group of medical outpatients. We administered the Cook and Medley Hostility Scale, measuring trait hostility and aggressiveness, and the Symptom Questionnaire, including a state measure of irritability and hostility, to 218 depressed outpatients and 51 medical outpatients. There was a statistically significant positive correlation between severity of depression and our state measure of hostility, and a weak, although statistically significant, relationship between severity of depression and total score of our trait measure of hostility. Among depressed outpatients, trait hostility was greater in men than in women, while no significant gender difference was observed in state hostility. Among medical outpatients, the state hostility scale scores were significantly higher in men than in women. These gender differences in both groups remained significant even after adjusting for severity of depression. Thus, it appears that men with depression tend to have higher scores than women on state and trait measures of hostility, suggesting that men may be at greater risk than women of developing patterns of pathologic aggression and hostile behavior.

ISSN:0022-3018    

出版商:OVID    

年代:1995

数据来源: OVID

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Eighty-three consecutive patients with chronic somatic complaints seen prior to therapy were tested on the eight factors of the High Risk Model of Threat Perception. Thirty-two percent were high and 28% were low on hypnotic ability, which is more highs and lows than would be expected in a normal population. In the high and low hypnotic ability somatizers, the distribution of somatic and psychological symptoms is significantly different from the moderate group. Counterintuitively, hypnotic ability and major life change were orthogonal to all of the other risk factors. These findings are consistent with eight of nine predictions from the High Risk Model of Threat Perception.

ISSN:0022-3018    

出版商:OVID    

年代:1995

数据来源: OVID

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This study was designed to determine the prevalence of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and other psychiatric disorders among a community sample of adolescent and young adult refugees from Afghanistan. The study also measured the correlation of their current psychiatric disorders with the number of traumatic events experienced, parental acculturation and distress, and other important demographic factors. Thirty-eight refugees between 12 and 24 years of age were interviewed with the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-III-R. Five subjects met DSM-III-R criteria for PTSD, 11 subjects met the criteria for major depression, and 13 had either PTSD or major depression or both. Significant positive correlations were found between the subjects' psychiatric diagnosis and the total number of traumatic events experienced and the parental level of psychological distress (especially maternal distress). There were negative correlations between children's symptomatology and a measure of maternal acculturation. These results suggest that a significant proportion of adolescent and young adult Afghan refugees in the community suffer from severe but undiagnosed psychiatric disorders.

ISSN:0022-3018    

出版商:OVID    

年代:1995

数据来源: OVID

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There has been considerable debate about the relationship between anxiety and depression. Most of the research in this area has examined relationships between composite indices of each construct. It has been suggested, however, that social anxiety may be more highly related to depression than are other forms of anxiety. We report the results of a study of the differential relationship of anxiety related to three sources (social evaluation, physical danger, and unfamiliar situations) to both self-report and clinician-rated levels of depression in a sample of 117 psychiatric outpatients. The results indicate that anxiety concerning social evaluation and unfamiliar situations was more highly related to depression than anxiety about physical danger.

ISSN:0022-3018    

出版商:OVID    

年代:1995

数据来源: OVID

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Little is known of the specific effects of exposure to traumatic death, an important dimension of many disasters. This study examined acute and long-term intrusive and avoidant symptoms, depression, and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in disaster workers exposed to traumatic death after the USSIowagun turret explosion. Fifty-four volunteer body handlers were assessed at. 1, 4, and 13 months. They were compared with 11 non-body handler disaster worker volunteers. The Impact of Events Scale, Zung Depression Scale, Symptom Cheeklist-90-Revised, and a multi-method assessment of PTSD were used. Intrusive and avoidant symptoms were elevated at 1, 4, and 13 months, and decreased over time. Probable PTSD was present in 11% at 1 month, 10% at 4 months, and 2% at 13 months. The frequency of depression was not increased. Single body handler disaster workers reported more avoidance (times 1 and 2) and somatization (time 1) than did married workers. Body handlers reported more intrusion, avoidance, hostility, and somatization at 1 month than did non-body handler volunteers. These results indicate that exposure to traumatic death increases intrusive and avoidant symptoms, hostility, somatization, and the risk of PTSD and that symptoms can persist for months.

ISSN:0022-3018    

出版商:OVID    

年代:1995

数据来源: OVID

ISSN:0022-3018    

出版商:OVID    

年代:1995

数据来源: OVID

ISSN:0022-3018    

出版商:OVID    

年代:1995

数据来源: OVID

ISSN:0022-3018    

出版商:OVID    

年代:1995

数据来源: OVID