scholarly journals Association of Temperament, Family Environment and Personality Traits with the Symptoms of Depression and Substance Abuse Disorder: An Exploratory Research

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-10
Author(s):  
Dr. Kaukab Imam ◽  
◽  
Dr. Deoshree Akhouri ◽  
Dr. Shravan Kumar ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Substance Abuse ◽  
Personality Traits ◽  
Family Environment ◽  
Psychiatric Symptoms ◽  
Sample Selection ◽  
Exploratory Research ◽  
Substance Abuse Disorder ◽  
Symptoms Of Depression ◽  
Neo Five Factor Inventory ◽  
Patient’S Perception

Depression and Substance Abuse Disorder though being a very serious psychological illness yet are very commonly being experienced in the present scenario. There is a significant relationship between depression/substance abuse disorder and psycho-social factors. Aim of the present study is to see the association of temperament, family environment and personality traits with the symptoms of Depression and Substance Abuse Disorder patients. The researchers have tried their best to figure out the factors that are responsible for experiencing depression or substance abuse disorder. Significance of the study: The present study is done with the purpose of finding the relationship between factors like Temperament, Family Environment and Personality Traits and psychiatric symptoms being experienced by depressive patients and substance abuse disorder patients and pointing out which factor plays a significant role in maintaining symptoms of depression and substance abuse disorder. Sample: Sample of 200 clinically diagnosed patients was taken from JNMC, AMU and Shantiratn Foundation, Delhi in which 100 were depressive disorder patients and 100 were substance abuse disorder patients. Purposive sampling method was used for the sample selection. Tools: Tools used for the present study are Becks Depression Inventory, The Severity Dependence Scale, Family Environment Scale, NEO Five Factor Inventory, and Dimension of Temperament Scale. The statistical analyses were done with the help of Statistical Package for Social Science-20 (SPSS-20). For analyses of data raw score was converted to standard score then mean and standard deviation were calculated. Result: For Depression patients: The patient scored low mean on dimension sociability, secretiveness, reflective, vigorous, cooperative, warmth, aggressive, tolerance. The patients scored high mean on domain Neuroticism. The patients had Conflict Oriented family profile according to the patient’s perception. For Substance Abuse disorder patients: The patients scored low mean on dimension vigorous, warmth, tolerance. The patient scored high mean on domain Neuroticism. According to the patient’s perception regarding their family environment, the family had a Conflict Oriented family. Conclusion: After sufficient analysis and an in depth study followed by necessary interpretation of the results obtained regarding the underlying variables it can be successfully concluded that the variables (Temperament, Family environment and Personality traits) and the psychiatric symptoms of depression and substance abuse disorder are interlinked/associated with each other.

scholarly journals Association of Temperament, Family Environment and Personality Traits with the Symptoms of Depression and Substance Abuse Disorder: An Exploratory Research

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-10
Author(s):  
Dr. Kaukab Imam ◽  
◽  
Dr. Deoshree Akhouri ◽  
Dr. Shravan Kumar ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Substance Abuse ◽  
Personality Traits ◽  
Family Environment ◽  
Psychiatric Symptoms ◽  
Sample Selection ◽  
Exploratory Research ◽  
Substance Abuse Disorder ◽  
Symptoms Of Depression ◽  
Neo Five Factor Inventory ◽  
Patient’S Perception

Depression and Substance Abuse Disorder though being a very serious psychological illness yet are very commonly being experienced in the present scenario. There is a significant relationship between depression/substance abuse disorder and psycho-social factors. Aim of the present study is to see the association of temperament, family environment and personality traits with the symptoms of Depression and Substance Abuse Disorder patients. The researchers have tried their best to figure out the factors that are responsible for experiencing depression or substance abuse disorder. Significance of the study: The present study is done with the purpose of finding the relationship between factors like Temperament, Family Environment and Personality Traits and psychiatric symptoms being experienced by depressive patients and substance abuse disorder patients and pointing out which factor plays a significant role in maintaining symptoms of depression and substance abuse disorder. Sample: Sample of 200 clinically diagnosed patients was taken from JNMC, AMU and Shantiratn Foundation, Delhi in which 100 were depressive disorder patients and 100 were substance abuse disorder patients. Purposive sampling method was used for the sample selection. Tools: Tools used for the present study are Becks Depression Inventory, The Severity Dependence Scale, Family Environment Scale, NEO Five Factor Inventory, and Dimension of Temperament Scale. The statistical analyses were done with the help of Statistical Package for Social Science-20 (SPSS-20). For analyses of data raw score was converted to standard score then mean and standard deviation were calculated. Result: For Depression patients: The patient scored low mean on dimension sociability, secretiveness, reflective, vigorous, cooperative, warmth, aggressive, tolerance. The patients scored high mean on domain Neuroticism. The patients had Conflict Oriented family profile according to the patient’s perception. For Substance Abuse disorder patients: The patients scored low mean on dimension vigorous, warmth, tolerance. The patient scored high mean on domain Neuroticism. According to the patient’s perception regarding their family environment, the family had a Conflict Oriented family. Conclusion: After sufficient analysis and an in depth study followed by necessary interpretation of the results obtained regarding the underlying variables it can be successfully concluded that the variables (Temperament, Family environment and Personality traits) and the psychiatric symptoms of depression and substance abuse disorder are interlinked/associated with each other.

Family Environment and Its Correlation with Anxiety and Depression: A Study on Heart Patients

2016 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Dr. Meena Jain ◽  
Saloni Chandalia
Keyword(s):  
Heart Disease ◽  
Family Environment ◽  
Heart Attack ◽  
Psychiatric Symptoms ◽  
Disease Risk ◽  
Positive Association ◽  
Anxiety And Depression ◽  
Depression And Anxiety ◽  
Increased Risk ◽  
Artery Disease

This research paper deals with the Family Environment and its Correlation with Anxiety and Depression level among persons with Heart Disease. There had been a number of researches that investigated that ischemic heart disease patients who suffer significant anxiety have close to a 5-fold increased risk of experiencing frequent angina and those with depression have more than a 3-fold increased risk for these episodes. This observed link between psychiatric symptoms and angina underlines the importance of treating anxiety and depression in cardiac patients, according to study co author Dr Mark D Sullivan (University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle). To gather the needed data, Hamilton Anxiety Scale and Becks Depression Inventory were used. As stated from literatures, for people with heart dysfunction, depression and anxiety can increase the risk of an adverse cardiac event such as a heart attack or blood clots. For people who do not have heart disease, depression and anxiety can also increase the risk of a heart attack and development of coronary artery disease. Researchers have also emphasized on the role of family psychosocial environment and its positive association with the Coronary Heart Disease risk.

Psychiatric Manifestations of Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome in Adolescents: A Case Report and Literature Review

2020 ◽  
Vol 16 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daisy Vyas Shirk ◽  
Sarah D. Williams
Keyword(s):  
Chronic Pain ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Literature Search ◽  
Web Search ◽  
Psychiatric Symptoms ◽  
Connective Tissue Disorders ◽  
Ehlers Danlos Syndrome ◽  
Symptoms Of Depression ◽  
Psychiatric Manifestations ◽  
Danlos Syndrome

Background: Ehlers-Danlos Syndromes (EDS) comprise a group of heterogeneous hereditary connective tissue disorders [1, 2]. Psychiatric disorders such as depression, anxiety, panic disorder, agoraphobia, schizophrenia, neurodevelopmental disorders, personality disorder, eating disorders, substance misuse and interpersonal issues have been reported in the literature to be associated with EDS [1-3]. Objectives: The case of a 15-year -old male who was hospitalized after a suicide attempt by gunshot was discovered to have symptoms suggestive of EDS is presented in this paper along with the results of a literature search of psychiatric manifestations of EDS in children and adolescents. Methods: Literature review was conducted on the UpToDate website on March 11, 2020 to review symptoms of EhlersDanlos Syndrome for the purpose of preliminary diagnosis of this patient. Additional literature search was conducted on PubMed on 4/2/20 at 12:10 P.M. and on 4/9/20 at 10:51 P.M. and on the search engine Google on 4/2/20 at 12:25 P.M. On May 11, 2020 at 2 P.M., another web search was conducted with review of 6 different websites pertaining to EhlersDanlos Syndrome. Results: A systematic review of psychiatric manifestations of Ehlers-Danlos Syndromes revealed a strong incidence of psychiatric symptoms. Conclusion: Our patient’s psychiatric symptoms of depression, suicidal ideations, anxiety and social and educational struggles may have been at least partially due to chronic pain- abdominal, headache and musculoskeletal, and social ostracization associated with Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome. Education regarding this illness helped our patient’s recovery as he came to understand why he was so “odd” and the cause of his multisystemic chronic pain.

The role of personality traits in initiating and maintaining addictive behavior

2016 ◽  
Vol 33 (S1) ◽  
pp. S307-S307
Author(s):  
M. Manea ◽  
B. Savu
Keyword(s):  
Substance Abuse ◽  
Anxiety Disorders ◽  
Personality Traits ◽  
Trait Anxiety ◽  
Psychiatric Clinic ◽  
Strongly Correlated ◽  
Addictive Disorder ◽  
Substance Disorders ◽  
Competing Interest

IntroductionIt is well known that certain personality traits are more linked to drug abuse than others. Psychiatrists are more likely to emphasize the importance of impulsivity in the connection with substance disorders but in the following study we found an important percentage of patients that have a substance abuse were linked to anxiety through impulsiveness as a personality trait.ObjectivesMost youths admitted for a substance abuse are highly impulsive. Our quest was to differentiate what component of impulsivity was more frequently linked to a substance use disorder.MethodsIn the study were included 50 patients admitted in the 3rd Psychiatric Clinic, Substance Dependences Department, Cluj-Napoca. For the identification of the drug abused we used the multitest screening kit in correlation with the results from the Forensic Medicine Institute of Cluj-Napoca. Each patient completed the Barratt Impulsivity Scale and the Swedish Universities Scales of Personality.ResultsHigh scores on BIS-11 strongly correlated with attentional impulsiveness (Pearson's r correlation = .838) which means high inattention and cognitive instability this being linked with anxiety disorders. Cognitive Instability was correlated with Psychic Trait Anxiety (r = 0.29) and Motor Impulsiveness with Somatic Trait Anxiety (r = 0.3). Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE.ConclusionsThe underrecognized anxiety disorders in young adults whom are admitted for an addictive disorder prefrontal cortex is known to be the source of both impulsivity and could be linked to anxiety as well (valence asymmetry hypothesis). Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE.Disclosure of interestThe authors have not supplied their declaration of competing interest.

scholarly journals Weaving Healthy Families Program: Promoting Resilience While Reducing Violence and Substance Use

2021 ◽  
pp. 104973152199844
Author(s):  
Catherine E. McKinley ◽  
Katherine P. Theall
Keyword(s):  
Substance Abuse ◽  
Native American ◽  
Family Environment ◽  
Emotional Regulation ◽  
Physical Violence ◽  
Test Results ◽  
Convenience Sample ◽  
Sugar Sweetened Beverage ◽  
Beverage Consumption ◽  
Culturally Adapted

Purpose: We examine pilot results for the culturally adapted Weaving Healthy Families (WHF) program to promote resilience and wellness while preventing substance abuse and violence among Native American (NA) families. Methods: Results were drawn from paired sample t tests and analyses of variance (ANOVA) with a convenience sample of 24 adults and adolescents from eight NA families (pretest, posttest, and, where available, 6-month postintervention). Results: Along with substance abuse reduction and prevention, t test results indicated reductions in (a) adult depressive symptoms and improvements in adult conflict resolution and health behaviors; (b) adolescent wellness; and (c) adult and adolescent resilience, communal mastery, social support, and sugar-sweetened beverage consumption. ANOVA tests revealed reductions in adult psychological and physical violence and improvements in adult and adolescent family resilience, family environment, and emotional regulation. Conclusions: Results reveal promising preliminary results for the WHF program to promote resilience and thriving while reducing risk for substance abuse and violence in NA families.

scholarly journals Analysis of Personality Traits in Patients with Hodgkin Lymphoma

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (8) ◽  
pp. 1631
Author(s):  
Fatima Roso-Bas ◽  
Maria Dolores Alonso-Llobregat ◽  
Leyre Bento ◽  
Blanca Sanchez-Gonzalez ◽  
Ines Herraez ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Personality Traits ◽  
Hodgkin Lymphoma ◽  
Mental Illnesses ◽  
Response To Treatment ◽  
Personality Profiles ◽  
University Hospitals ◽  
Distribution Width ◽  
Potential Link ◽  
Proinflammatory Activity ◽  
Neo Five Factor Inventory

Hodgkin lymphoma (HL) is a highly-curable malignancy mostly affecting young people. As far as we know, there is no published study that has analyzed personality profiles in HL nor their potential role in lymphomagenesis, natural history, or response to treatment. We aim to explore the personality traits of HL patients, as well as the prevalence of mental disorders and suicide ideas. We retrospectively identified all alive HL patients from three centers (Son Espases and Son Llatzer University Hospitals and Hospital del Mar of Barcelona) for using NEO Five-Factor Inventory (NEO-FFI) and Personality Inventory for DSM-5 Brief Form. Patients with HL showed significantly higher neuroticism scores and lower conscientiousness, extraversion, and openness. Considering maladaptive personality traits, HL patients showed higher levels of detachment and psychoticism. All of these translated into the fact that HL patients showed more than double the prevalence of mental illnesses (41%) and more than triple the prevalence of suicidal ideation or attempts than the general population (15 and 6%, respectively). An exploratory analysis of biomarkers associated with HL personality traits showed that higher scores of neuroticism correlated with more elevated erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) and red cell distribution width (RDW), suggesting a potential link between neuroticism and proinflammatory activity in HL.

scholarly journals Acute psychological impact of coronavirus disease 2019 outbreak among psychiatric professionals in China: a multicentre, cross-sectional, web-based study

BMJ Open ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (5) ◽  
pp. e047828
Author(s):  
Xin Guo ◽  
Robert McCutcheon ◽  
Toby Pillinger ◽  
Atheeshaan Arumuham ◽  
Jianhua Chen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Outcomes ◽  
Mental Stress ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Psychiatric Symptoms ◽  
Mental Health Outcomes ◽  
Considerable Proportion ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Event Scale ◽  
Symptoms Of Depression

ObjectivesTo assess the magnitude of mental health outcomes and associated factors among psychiatric professionals in mental health services during COVID-19 in China.Design, setting and participantsThis cross-sectional, survey-based, region-stratified study collected demographic data and mental health measurements from psychiatric professionals in 34 hospitals between 29 January and 7 February 2020, in China. Hospitals equipped with fever clinics or deployed on wards for patients with COVID-19 were eligible.Primary outcome and measuresThe severity of symptoms of depression, anxiety, insomnia and distress were assessed by the Chinese versions of 9-item Patient Health Questionnaire, 7-item Generalised Anxiety Disorder, 7-item Insomnia Severity Index and 22-item Impact of Event Scale-Revised, respectively. Multivariable logistic regression and structural equation modelling was performed to identify factors associated with mental health outcomes.ResultsA total of 610 psychiatric professionals were included. 29.8% were employed in Wuhan, and 22.5% were frontline workers. A considerable proportion of participants reported symptoms of depression (461 (75.6%)), anxiety (282 (46.2%)), insomnia (336 (55.1%)) and mental stress (481 (78.9%)). Psychiatric symptoms were associated with worrying about infection (eg, OR 2.36 (95% CI 1.27 to 4.39) for anxiety), risks of exposure to COVID-19 (eg, having inadequate personal protection equipment, OR 2.43 (1.32 to 4.47) for depression) and self-perceived physical health (eg, OR 3.22 (2.24 to 4.64) for mental stress). Information sources of COVID-19 were also found to be both positively (eg, information from relatives, OR 2.16 (1.46 to 3.21) for mental stress) and negatively (eg, information from TV, OR 0.52 (0.35 to 0.77) for mental stress) associated with mental stress. There is preliminary evidence that mental health might benefit from greater availability of mental healthcare services. The structural equation model analysis indicated that worrying about infection may be the primary mediator via which risk of exposure to COVID-19 pandemic affects the mental health of psychiatric professionals.ConclusionsThe current findings demonstrate several pathways via which the COVID-19 pandemic may have negatively affected the mental health of psychiatric professionals in China.

Dimensions of neuroses seen in primary-care settings

1987 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 461-470 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. P. Goldberg ◽  
K. Bridges ◽  
P. Duncan–Jones ◽  
D. Grayson
Keyword(s):  
Primary Care ◽  
Psychiatric Symptoms ◽  
Latent Trait ◽  
Anxiety And Depression ◽  
Symptom Dimensions ◽  
Symptoms Of Depression ◽  
Primary Care Settings ◽  
Severe Manifestation ◽  
The Common ◽  
Highly Correlated

SynopsisThis study uses methods of latent trait analysis to examine the relationships between psychiatric symptoms that constitute the common psychiatric disorders encountered in primary-care settings. Two highly correlated symptom dimensions of anxiety and depression are shown to underlie these disorders. Neurovegetative sysmptoms of depression are shown to be on the same dimension as psychic symptoms of depression, but to represent a more severe manifestation of depression.

Comorbid depression and ulcerative colitis – is there a connection?

2017 ◽  
Vol 41 (S1) ◽  
pp. S534-S534
Author(s):  
A. Melada ◽  
I. Krišto-Mađura ◽  
A. Vidović
Keyword(s):  
Ulcerative Colitis ◽  
Psychiatric Treatment ◽  
Psychiatric Symptoms ◽  
Specific Treatment ◽  
Unknown Etiology ◽  
Suicidal Thoughts ◽  
Symptoms Of Depression ◽  
Bidirectional Communication ◽  
History Of ◽  
Competing Interest

Ulcerative colitis (UC) is a subset disorder of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) with chronic course and symptoms such as fatigue, gastrointestinal pain, fever, etc. IBD is associated with psychological manifestations including depression and anxiety. There is an increased number of studies trying to link these comorbidities. The gut-brain axis is regulated by intestinal microbiota and this bidirectional communication including immune, neural, endocrine and metabolic mechanisms may bring us closer to the answer. The following case concerns a 56-year-old patient with history of major depressive disorder who was in continuous psychiatric care and treated with antidepressants. Several years after the beginning of psychiatric treatment, he was hospitalized for diagnostic examination due to subfebrility of unknown etiology, but with no final somatic diagnosis. After two years he was referred to our department and at administration the patient showed symptoms of depression, anxiety, lack of motivation and suicidal thoughts and tendencies. Subfebrility was still present at that time. His psychopharmacotherapy was revised and there was a slight improvement in mood and behaviour. During outpatient follow-ups the symptoms of depression were still prominent and remission was not achieved even with modulation of antidepressant pharmacotherapy. The following year the patient was diagnosed with UC and started specific treatment after he presented with diarrhea in addition to subfebrility. Subsequently his mood improved, suicidal thoughts were diminished and ultimately remission was achieved. This case suggests that only after UC was being treated the psychiatric symptoms also withdrew which implicates that inflammatory mediators were involved in pathogenesis of depression.Disclosure of interestThe authors have not supplied their declaration of competing interest.

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