ABSTRACT
An overall (at random) study of 183 patients with cancer of the stomach or rectum at an oncological hospital showed that all cases had certain psychogenic reactions, which differed both by their clinical expression and severity. The type and severity of psychogenic reactions correlated with the stage of treatment (diagnostic, preoperational, etc.) sex, age, education and the localization of the tumor and premorbid personality traits. The paper offers data on the use of combined treatment (psychopharmacological and psychotherapeutic impact) aimed at removal of psychogenic disorders.
Subject(s)
Mental Disorders/complications , Rectal Neoplasms/complications , Stomach Neoplasms/complications , Adult , Aged , Anxiety Disorders/complications , Asthenia/complications , Depersonalization/complications , Depressive Disorder/complications , Euphoria , Female , Humans , Hypochondriasis/complications , Male , Middle Aged , Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder/complications , Paranoid Disorders/complications , Phobic Disorders/complications , Postoperative Complications , Rectal Neoplasms/surgery , Stomach Neoplasms/surgeryABSTRACT
The authors studied the abilities to identify emotional states according to the acustico-phonetical symptoms of speech in 160 schizophrenic patients and 80 normals. These studies were performed with the aid of a specially elaborated tape recorder test. It was established that difficulties in accomplishing these tasks were found in schizophrenic patients with paranoid symptomatology. Patients with other clinical states, including sufficiently expressed specific disturbances in the emotional sphere, extremely subtly differentiated the emotional state of the announcers. These data are considered as proof of preserved impressive abilities in the majority of schizophrenic patients. The significance of these factors for the organization of psychosocial influences are discussed.
