ABSTRACT
A psychological interview and the MHQ, Koch, Rorschach, TAT, Machover and family design psychological tests were conducted in pneumopathic patients. The results obtained with the MHQ were compared with those of the other tests with respect to the diagnosis of psychoneurosis. A perfect fit was observed.
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Neurotic Disorders/diagnosis , Psychological Tests/methods , Anxiety Disorders/diagnosis , England , Humans , Hysteria/diagnosis , Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder/diagnosis , Phobic Disorders/diagnosis , Surveys and QuestionnairesABSTRACT
The M.H.Q. test was carried out on 97 pneumopathic subjects and the data obtained are compared with those deriving from clinical conversation and the Rorschach, Koch, T.A.T., Machover and family drawing tests. The results obtained with the latter tests made it possible to divide subjects up into two large groups: 48 normal cases and 49 psychoneurotic cases. Perfect agreement was found between this judgment and that based on the M.H.Q. test; the test is therefore considered a useful means for the diagnosis of hospitalized psychoneurotics.
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Neurotic Disorders/diagnosis , Psychological Tests/methods , Anxiety Disorders/diagnosis , Depression/diagnosis , England , Humans , Hysteria/diagnosis , Phobic Disorders/diagnosisABSTRACT
On the basis of personal research and experience, it is concluded that the majority of asthmatics also suffer from psychoneurosis and that psychological alterations are primary and not secondary to dyspnoea. Some hypotheses are put forward relating the onset of asthma and psychoneurosis.
