Psychological evaluation of the patients with spasmodic torticollis / 中国医师进修杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To investigate the psychological factors in the spasmodic torticollis (ST) patients and find the possible relationship between mental disorder and the pathogenesis of spasmodic torticollis. Methods All the 21 ST patients admitted were asked to complete the SCL-90. The result was compared with the norm of Chinese. Results Somatization (1.67 ±0.59) scores, anxiety (1.95 ±0.74) scores, phobic (1.63 ±0.59) scores and psychotic (1.56 ±0.60) scores in ST patients, they were higher significantly than the norm of Chinese [ ( 1.37 ± 0.48 ), ( 1.39 ± 0.43 ), ( 1.23 ± 0.41 ), ( 1.29 ± 0.42) scores](P ＜0.05). No significant differences were found the other factors between the ST patients and norm of Chinese. Conclusion Somatization,anxiety,phobic and psychotic are correlated with ST,they may likely contribute to the pathogenesis of ST.