OBJECTIVE The authors examined the capacity of alexithymia to predict a broad range of psychiatric symptoms relative to that of other personality dimensions, age, and gender. METHOD The Toronto Alexithymia Scale, the Temperament and Character Inventory, and the SCL-90-R were administered to 254 psychiatric patients. Multivariate linear regression analyses were performed. RESULTS The difficu...

INTRODUCTION To compare results of clinical diagnosis, NIMH DISC-IV diagnoses and the Global Severity Index of the Symptom Check List- Revised (SCL-90-R) in an adolescent inpatient population. METHOD NIMH DISC-IV and SCL-90-R were administered to consecutive admissions to the inpatient adolescent unit of a teaching hospital as a regular admission procedure. RESULTS There was better agreemen...

BACKGROUND The goals were to analyse the incidence of mental distress in women with untreated polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) using self-report measures, to characterize PCOS patients at risk for psychiatric disease with regard to sociodemographic and clinical characteristics, and to assess the impact of emotional distress on quality of life. METHODS AND RESULTS Complete metabolic, hormonal,...

OBJECTIVES We examined changes in sleep quality and architecture in patients with minimal hepatic encephalopathy (MHE) and the impacts of sleep disruption on patient physical and psychological health. METHODS Ninety-eight MHE patients were examined by polysomnography (PSG) and the Pittsburg sleep quality inventory (PSQI). In addition, patients completed the SAS, SDS, and SCL-90 to examine the...

Objective: Food addiction is a behavioral that presents with addictive changes toward high sugar, fat, and highly palatable foods. This study aims to determine the relationship between food personality traits, personal habits, psychiatric symptomatology. Method: In cross-sectional design study, participation of 1500 students studying in Konya Selçuk University Central Campus was planned. A soci...

Background. Psychodynamic group psychotherapy may not be an optimal treatment for anxiety and agoraphobic symptoms. We explore remission of SCL-90-R Global Severity Index (GSI) and target symptoms in 39 sessions of psychodynamic group therapy. Methods. SCL-90-R "target symptom" profile and GSI remission according to Danish norms were identified in 239 patients and evaluated according to reliabl...

The aim of the present investigation is to test the null hypothesis that the presence of psychopathology in patients with temporomandibular disorders (TMD) is related to the presence of pain, independent of its location [(i.e. myofascial and/or temporomandibular joint (TMJ) pain]. Ninety-six (n = 96) patients affected by painful TMD underwent a clinical assessment in accordance with the researc...

Este estudio tuvo como objetivo evaluar la adecuación del uso de escala SCL-27 (Sympton Checklist-27) en población general y clínica argentina su comparación con el SCL-90R. Se utilizaron una muestra intencional 400 personas 85 pacientes tratamiento psicológico ambulatorio. administraron SCL-27, Mental Health Continuum- Short Form, depresión CES-D, síntomas somáticos Schaffer Satisfacción vida....