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J J García-Campayo

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PubMed1996

Screening of somatization disorder: validation of the Spanish version of the Othmer and DeSouza test.

The objective of this study was to validate the Spanish version of the Othmer and DeSouza Screening Test for Somatization Disorder. We have designed a validity study using the Standardized Polyvalent Psychiatric Interview, an instrument specifically designed to diagnose psychiatric morbidity in medical settings as the 'golden rule'. The control group displayed 'functional' and 'presenting' somatization. The Othmer and DeSouza Screening Test, with a threshold of three symptoms, shows 88% sensitivity, 78% specificity and a misclassification rate of 17%. It is concluded that Othmer and DeSouza's screening test, with a threshold of three symptoms, is a useful tool for the diagnosis of somatization disorder in medical and primary care settings in Spain. Discrepancies with US findings are discussed on a cross-cultural basis.

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[Assessment of sexuality in patients diagnosed as having an anxiety attack-induced disorder (sexuality in patients with anxiety-induced disorder].

Throughout the history of Psychiatry, it is a well known fact the importance of sexuality in Anxiety Disorders. The authors study in a sample of 90 persons, 45 diagnosed as Panic Disorder and 45 controls, several aspects of psychosexuality and its correlationship with anxiety levels, measured by Zung Anxiety Scale and AMDP-AT Scale. The results show that Panic Disorder patients suffer, in a significative way, from a poor psychosexual adjustment, lower levels of satisfaction and higher feelings of guilt in relation to sexuality. There are also differences between Panic Disorder patients with and without agoraphobia.

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[Abuse of the monoamine oxidase (MAOI) inhibitors as antidepressive drugs: a critical review].

The cases previously described with tranylcipromine and phenelzine abuse have been reviewed and the main epidemiological, clinical and diagnostic characteristics of them have been analyzed. The aim is to obtain a profile of the patients at risk to develop this kind of problem. In addition, several important questions and the most accepted pharmacological bases of this drugs' addiction are revised.

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[Personality in patients with panic disorder].

Fourty-five patients diagnosed ad Panic Disorder and forty-five control patients are studied. Personality traits are assessed by Cattel's 16 PF. Test and several subscales derived from MMPI (dependence, repression, hypersensibility, etc.). Anxiety is measured by Zung's Anxiety Scale. Panic disorder patients show higher "dependence", "inferiority", "hypersensibility", low "ego strength", "parmia", "shrewdness", "self-sentiment integration" and high "ergic tension". In addition, male patients show significative differences in "affectothymia", "self-sufficiency", "self-sentiment integration" and "invia".

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