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B Borys

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PubMed1998

[The influence of 5-week relaxation therapy on arterial blood pressure in patients with borderline hypertension].

The present study was performed to evaluate the influence of 5-week relaxation therapy on office and ambulatory blood pressure in young borderline hypertensives. Thirty patients were studied. The office blood pressure decreased significantly after 5 weeks of relaxation therapy (P < 0.001 for both systolic and diastolic blood pressure). Ambulatory monitoring revealed only a slight decrease of 24-hour blood pressure (P = 0.02). Our results indicate limited efficacy of relaxation therapy in treatment of borderline hypertensives.

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PubMed1998

[The influence of 5-week relaxation therapy on psychological state of patients with borderline hypertension].

The aim of the present was to evaluate the influence of 5-week relaxation therapy on psychic state of patients with borderline hypertension. The study group consisted of 30 hypertensives. We observed significant changes in anxiety scale, defensiveness, self-confidence, intraception, nurturance, affiliation, heterosexuality, change and succorance scales. In conclusion, 5-week relaxation changes significantly psychological status of patients with borderline hypertension.

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[Psychiatric and psychological aspects of anorexia nervosa].

A group of 38 patients treated in the Department of Psychiatry, Medical Academy of Gdańsk, from 1972 to 1988, because of anorexia nervosa (0.33% patients treated in the Department) was studied. There was 36 women and 2 men aged 14 to 39 years (average 21 years). Half of the patients finished only secondary school, the others started university education--most of them were still students. Except one, they presented good intellectual abilities; 6 women were married. In 42% cases a conflict situation at school or family was found (adaptational problems, competition at home); in 18% cases problems with acceptance of the role of woman. In 25% cases minimal brain damage symptoms were found in the EEG and psychologic tests. In the rest of the cases neurotic traits were present--the schizophrenic process was not found at all. Frequently the patients did show fearful attitude, difficulties with emotional relation towards other persons, egocentrism; a tendency to use regression, resignation, repression, over intellectualism and conversion as defence mechanisms. The pharmacological and psychotherapeutic treatment did results in clinical improvement (weight gain, mood and sleep normalization, reduced anxiety) in all cases studied.

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[Intro- and extraversion in patients with neuroses as factors differentiating the effect of diazepam on psychomotor function].

The influence of various diazepam doses on selected psychomotor functions in neurotic patients was studied with regard to introversion and extraversion. The group consisted of 110 patients randomly selected into diazepam group (60 cases) and placebo group (50 subjects). In each group introvertics (24 treated with diazepam and 13 with placebo) as well as extravertics (15 subjects receiving diazepam and 12 placebo) were selected. Further analysis excluded 36 ambivertics. Results did not suggest substantial dependence between introversion and extraversion, and effect of diazepam on psychomotor functions. Only the negative effect of certain diazepam doses on visualmotor coordination in introvertic patients, as well as such influence on time of reaction with choice was found. It regards to diazepam doses of 10 mg t.i.d. after 7-10 days of treatment, and also the influence of single dose of 10 mg diazepam after 3-4 hours on visual-motor coordination as well.

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