scholarly journals Psychosomatic symptoms in patients suffering from morphea

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (4) ◽  
pp. 55-60
Author(s):  
L. А. Pаroshуna
Keyword(s):  
Severity Index ◽  
Symptom Distress ◽  
Positive Symptom ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Positive Symptoms ◽  
Check List ◽  
Global Severity Index ◽  
Psychosomatic Symptoms ◽  
Symptom Check List ◽  
Compulsive Disorders

Objective. To study the features of psychosomatic pathology in patients with morphea.Materials and methods. We used the Symptom Check List-90 Revised (SCL-90-R) to assess patterns of phychological signs in 95 patients suffering from morphea. The control group included 30 respondents without the skin pathology.Results. The patients with morphea revealed higher values in the Global Severity Index (GSI), Positive Symptom Distress Index (PSDI), Positive Symptoms Total (PST). The group of the patients with morphea showed higher distress levels according to the somatization, obsessive and compulsive disorders, depression, anxiety scales.Conclusion. Patients with morphea have a wider range of psychosomatic symptoms. The prevalent characteristics of psychosomatic changes are somatization, obsessive and compulsive disorders, depression, anxiety.  

Comparison of the Milwaukee Neurotic Trait Screening Scale with the Symptom Check List

1987 ◽  
Vol 64 (3) ◽  
pp. 855-859
Author(s):  
L. D. Young ◽  
A. F. Le Cann ◽  
J. J. Barboriak ◽  
A. J. Anderson ◽  
M. D. Goldstein
Keyword(s):  
Severity Index ◽  
Small Sample ◽  
Positive Symptom ◽  
Check List ◽  
Global Severity Index ◽  
Symptom Check List ◽  
Screening Scale

Responses from 45 volunteers to the Milwaukee Neurotic Trait Scale (NT) and to the Hopkins Symptom Check List (SCL-90R) were compared. The NT scale was significantly correlated with the subscales of the SCL-90R. Second, agreement for high, middle, and low scores was found between the NT Scale and the SCL-90R Global Severity Index and Positive Symptom Total. These limited findings, based on a small sample of students, are promising and warrant replication with different and larger groups of adults.

scholarly journals Undergraduate students’ norms for the Chinese version of the symptom check-List-90-R (SCL-90-R)

2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yulan Yu ◽  
Chonghua Wan ◽  
Xudong Zhao ◽  
E. Scott Huebner ◽  
Jianfeng Tan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Severity Index ◽  
Chinese Version ◽  
Check List ◽  
Global Severity Index ◽  
Paranoid Ideation ◽  
Widespread Application ◽  
Symptom Check List ◽  
The Mean

Abstract Background Despite widespread application of the Symptom Check-List-90-R (SCL-90-R) for Chinese undergraduate students, there are no appropriate norms for them. The aim of this study is to provide norms for the Chinese version of the tool for undergraduate students using a large and representative sample. Methods Four thousand eight hundred sixty students completed the scale of SCL-90. The mean scores obtained in the present study were compared with mean scores from previous normative samples. Results The mean scores for nine subscales of the SCL-90-R ranged from (1.36 ± 0.46) ~ (1.77 ± 0.63) and the mean (standard deviation) Global Severity Index (GSI) was 1.50 (0.49). Relative to previous normative studies, the findings suggested that Chinese undergraduate students’ self-reported mental health symptoms decreased in interpersonal sensitivity, depression, hostility, and paranoid ideation subscales. Conclusion It is necessary to revise the norms of the Chinese version of the SCL-90-R for undergraduate students.

scholarly journals Reducing Teachers' Psychological Distress through a Mindfulness Training Program

2010 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 655-666 ◽  
Author(s):  
Clemente Franco ◽  
Israel Mañas ◽  
Adolfo J. Cangas ◽  
Emilio Moreno ◽  
José Gallego
Keyword(s):  
Public Schools ◽  
Psychological Distress ◽  
Severity Index ◽  
Training Programme ◽  
Mindfulness Training ◽  
Positive Symptom ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Global Severity Index ◽  
Paranoid Ideation ◽  
Experimental Group

Teachers constitute one of the professional collectives most affected by psychological problems. The purpose of this quasi-experimental study is to examine the efficacy of a mindfulness training programme to reduce psychological distress in a group of teachers. The sample comprised 68 teachers of Secondary School Education, from various public schools; half of them formed the experimental group, and the another half the control group. The levels of psychological distress were measured, in both groups, by the Symptom Checklist-90-R (SCL-90-R) before and after the application of the programme. Statistical analysis shows the significant reduction of three general measures of psychological distress (Global Severity Index, Positive Symptom Distress Index, and Positive Symptom Total), as well in all its dimensions (somatization, obsessive-compulsive, interpersonal sensibility, depression, anxiety, hostility, phobic anxiety, paranoid ideation, and psychoticism), in the experimental group compared with the control group. Follow-up measures show that these results were maintained for four months after termination of the intervention in the experimental group.

Fibromyalgia and psychopathology

2011 ◽  
Vol 26 (S2) ◽  
pp. 1659-1659
Author(s):  
D. Guerro-Prado ◽  
N. Echeverria ◽  
L. Jiménez ◽  
M. Leira ◽  
E. García-Resa ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Statistical Analysis ◽  
Standard Deviation ◽  
Affective Disorders ◽  
Severity Index ◽  
Positive Symptom ◽  
Symptom Checklist ◽  
Depression And Anxiety ◽  
Obsessive Compulsive ◽  
Global Severity Index ◽  
Paranoid Ideation

IntroductionFibromyalgia seems to be associated with various forms of psychopathology, particularly major affective disorders.ObjectiveTo evaluate associated psychopathology in a series of women with diagnosis of fibromyalgia.MethodsPatient inclusion from 1st March to 30th June 2010. Symptom Checklist (SCL-90-R) was used for evaluation. SPSS was used for statistical analysis of data and results.ResultsA total of 34 women voluntarily joined our study. Mean age was 52.2 years (standard deviation (SD) 7.17). 11.4% were singled, 74.3% married or unmarried couples, 8.6% were divorced, and 5.7% were widowers. 74.3% of women lived with their couple and/or children whereas 8.6% lived by their own, and 8.6% with their parents. Results obtained with SCL-90-R showed:Global Severity Index (GSI) 1.86 (Standard Deviation (SD) 0.54); Positive Symptom Distress Index (PSDI) 2.58 (SD 0.36); Positive Symptom Total (PST) 167.85 (SD 49.30); Somatization (SOM) 2.62 (SD 0.53); Obsessive-Compulsive (O-C) 2.59 (SD 0.78); Interpersonal Sensitivity (I-S) 1.50 (SD 0.86); Depression (DEP) 2.5 (SD 0.75); Anxiety (ANX) 1.75 (SD 0.74); Hostility (HOS) 1.11 (SD 0.82); Phobic Anxiety (PHOB) 1.09 (SD 0.84); Paranoid Ideation (PAR) 1.11 (SD 0.85); Psychoticism (PSY) 1.05 (SD 0.62), and other vague symptoms 2.15 (SD 0.70).ConclusionOur patients with fibromyalgia scored higher in somatization, obsession-compulsion, depression, and anxiety. In view of the results, there is an important association between fibromyalgia and various forms of psychopathology.

Childhood Trauma and Psychiatric Symptoms

1997 ◽  
Vol 80 (2) ◽  
pp. 447-450 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joan W. Ellason ◽  
Colin A. Ross
Keyword(s):  
Childhood Abuse ◽  
Childhood Trauma ◽  
Psychiatric Symptoms ◽  
Dissociative Disorders ◽  
Positive Symptoms ◽  
Check List ◽  
Interview Schedule ◽  
Dissociative Experiences Scale ◽  
Dissociative Experiences ◽  
Symptom Check List

144 psychiatric inpatients who reported childhood physical or sexual trauma were administered the Symptom Check List-90-Revised, the Dissociative Experiences Scale, and the Dissociative Disorders Interview Schedule. There was a significant association of reported childhood abuse with psychotic and other symptoms. The findings support the hypothesis that experience of trauma may precede psychiatric symptoms, perhaps including positive symptoms of schizophrenia.

Ejaculatory Disorders: Some Psychometric Data

1978 ◽  
Vol 43 (3) ◽  
pp. 783-787 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dennis J. Munjack ◽  
Pamela H. Kanno ◽  
L. Jerome Oziel
Keyword(s):  
Medical Center ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Medical Illness ◽  
Check List ◽  
General Psychopathology ◽  
Eysenck Personality Inventory ◽  
Psychometric Data ◽  
Retarded Ejaculation ◽  
Symptom Check List ◽  
Seeking Help

While a substantial amount of clinical opinion exists in regard to the syndrome of premature and retarded ejaculation, few objective psychometric data are available. In an effort to obtain such objective information, individuals who called the Psychiatry Outpatient Clinic at the LAC-USC Medical Center seeking help for a “primary” complaint of premature or retarded ejaculation were given a psychological battery, including the Eysenck Personality Inventory, IPAT Anxiety Scale, Symptom Check List, and the MMPI. Patients with co-existing impotence were excluded, as were those individuals whose complaints were secondary to psychoses, drugs, or medical illness. The findings indicate that premature and retarded ejaculators are significantly more anxious, depressed, and evidence more general psychopathology than the control group. Retarded ejaculators scored significantly higher than premature ejaculators on only the MMPI-Af/scale, while there were no significant differences on any of the remaining 23 measures. In addition, when the entire population of patients with premature or retarded ejaculation (with the above exceptions) was assessed psychologically, the average degree of psychopathology was greater than in patients screened for significant psychopathology, marital difficulties, etc.

scholarly journals Psychosocial assessment of patients with chronic pain

2021 ◽  
Vol 38 (4) ◽  
pp. 557-564
Author(s):  
Mustafa KURÇALOĞLU ◽  
Sinan PEKTAŞ ◽  
Deniz DENİZ ÖZTURAN
Keyword(s):  
Chronic Pain ◽  
Psychological Symptoms ◽  
Severity Index ◽  
Psychosocial Assessment ◽  
Psychological Status ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Global Severity Index ◽  
Patients With Cancer ◽  
Weak Negative Correlation ◽  
Almost All

The main object of this study is to evaluate the psychological status of chronic pain patients (CPP) and describe the characteristics and frequency of psychological disorders of CPP. Two hundred sixty-three patients with complaints of chronic pain longer than 1 year and fifty healthy volunteers were included in the study. Patients with cancer were not included. Turkish version of Symptom Checklist-90 Revised (SCL- 90-R) was used for the assessment of the psychological status of participants. CPP were divided into 5 subgroups regarding their painful regions: Headache, cervical or upper extremity pain, axial or radicular back pain, lower extremity pain, and diffuse pain. Global severity index (GSI) and subscales of SCL-90-R were analyzed. In CPP, GSI and almost all subscale scores of SCL-90-R were significantly higher than the control group. Headache patients had worse psychological symptoms than other subgroups of CPP. SCL-90-R scores of female patients were significantly higher than males. 24.7% of patients had moderate and 14.8% had severe psychological symptoms. While the intensity of the pain had a moderate correlation with increased psychological symptoms, the level of education and age had a weak negative correlation with SCL- 90-R scores. Patients with chronic pain are convenient to have phycological symptoms. While almost half of the patients have increased psychological symptoms, the degree of the symptoms can be serious in some of them. Thus, treatment of chronic pain necessitates a multidisciplinary approach.

Is There an Association Between Body Uneasiness and Aberrant Salience in Anorexic Patients? A Preliminary Study

2017 ◽  
Vol 41 (S1) ◽  
pp. S285-S286
Author(s):  
L. Mallardo ◽  
B. Campone ◽  
T. Tofani ◽  
E. Ciampi ◽  
E. Corsi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Body Shape ◽  
Severity Index ◽  
Positive Symptom ◽  
Global Severity Index ◽  
Symptom Index ◽  
Bivariate Correlation ◽  
Aberrant Salience ◽  
Preliminary Study ◽  
Competing Interest ◽  
Body Uneasiness

The process whereby objects and representations come to be attention grabbing and capture thought and behaviour is called salience, and it is defined as aberrant when a significance is allocated to neutral stimuli. The Aberrant Salience Inventory (ASI) is a scale to measure aberrant salience, characterized by 29 dichotomic items. By now, a correlation between aberrant salience and eating disorders is unknown. Aim of this study is to evaluate an alteration of salience in patients with anorexia nervosa, to estimate the existance of a correlation between aberrant salience and the experience of body shape.MethodsTwenty-six female patients with AN (diagnosed using DSM-5) were enrolled at the Psychiatry Department of Florence. Psychopathological features were assessed at the time of enrollment using the following scales: SCL-90-R, BUT, EDE-Q. Salience alteration was assessed by the means of the ASI. Statistical analysis were realized using SPSS 20.0 with Spearman bivariate correlation.ResultsMean age was (mean ± SD) 26.2 ± 8.72 and mean Body Mass Index (BMI) 16.1 ± 2.46. Global Severity Index (GSI), Positive Symptom Total (PST) and Positive Symptom Distress Symptom Index (PSDI) were estimated for BUT and SCL-90-R and compared to total value of ASI. Thus, we found a statistical significant (P < 0.05) direct correlation between ASI and BUTpsdi and ASI and SCL-90-Rgsi (correlation coefficient of 0.446 and 0.398, respectively).ConclusionIn this study, we found a significant direct correlation between Aberrant Salience Inventory (ASI) values and one dimension of body uneasiness in anorexic patients. These preliminary data need further studies with a wider sample to confirm the above-mentioned data.Disclosure of interestThe authors have not supplied their declaration of competing interest.

Emergency Medical Workers' Responses to Death

1998 ◽  
Vol 37 (4) ◽  
pp. 273-288 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sharon Rae Jenkins
Keyword(s):  
Severity Index ◽  
Mass Casualty ◽  
Positive Outcomes ◽  
Obsessive Compulsive ◽  
Global Severity Index ◽  
Psychosomatic Symptoms ◽  
Emergency Medical ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Initial Shock ◽  
Triage Decisions

Four aspects of emergency medical workers' exposure to death in a mass casualty shooting incident were related to their reactions to the incident and their reported psychological and psychosomatic symptoms. This study assessed thirty-six emergency medical workers' psychological and psychosomatic symptoms self-rated for the weeks before and after the shooting; thirty-one responded again one month post-event. Obsessive-Compulsive, Hostility, Depression, Anxiety, and Global Severity Index SCL90R Scales showed acute elevations that resolved within a month except for the first two. Objective and subjective exposure to the twenty-one on-scene deaths was related to acute increases in Obsessive-Compulsive and Depression self-ratings; stress from triage decisions was also related to the former, and was best relieved by help from coworkers. A task-focused first reaction was associated with more positive outcomes than was an initial shock reaction.

Abstract P163: Psychological Distress in Cardiac Rehabilitation Participants

2011 ◽  
Vol 4 (suppl_2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Theresa Gracik ◽  
Sangeetha Krishnan ◽  
Elizabeth Jackson ◽  
Melvyn Rubenfire
Keyword(s):  
Cardiac Rehabilitation ◽  
Adult Population ◽  
Severity Index ◽  
Clinical Indication ◽  
Global Severity Index ◽  
High Prevalence ◽  
Prevalence Of Depression ◽  
Symptom Check List ◽  
Clinical Profiles ◽  
Coronary Events

Background: Psychological(psych) disorders are risk factors for coronary events and each may affect behavior and compliance. We sought to characterize the psych and clinical profiles of CAD patients (pts) entering cardiac rehabilitation (C. Rehab). Methods: The psych profiles of 440 CAD pts were assessed on entry to C. Rehab using the Symptom Check List-90. The questionnaire screened for levels of depression, anxiety, hostility, and a global severity index (GSI). The mean SCL-90 T-score for each parameter in the adult population is 50+10. Results: Of the 440 pts, 28.4% were female, 75.7% married and 89% Caucasian; 25.5% were hypertensive, 20.5% diabetic and 47% had a BMI>30. Mean age was 61.5+10.7. Clinical indication for C. Rehab was 56.4% PCI/CABG, 8.4% Stable Angina (SA) and 35.2% ACS. There was a high prevalence of depression, anxiety, and overall psych distress as measured by the GSI (see table). There was no difference in SCL-90 scores by gender, age, education, BMI or diabetes. Unmarried pts were significantly more anxious compared to married pts (p=0.0341). SA pts had significantly higher prevalence of anxiety (p=0.0182) and hostility (p=0.0096) compared to PCI/CABG and ACS. There was a strong correlation between the four measures of psych distress. Conclusions: Psych distress is common at entry to C. Rehab and can't be identified with clinical characteristics with the exception of indication for C. Rehab and marital status. Consideration should be given to routine psych profiling at entry to C. Rehab.

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