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The purpose of the present research was to interrelate dimensions of anxiety in a psychiatric population, based primarily on the conceptual formulation of Templer, Corgiat, and Brooner (1984). Two hundred twenty outpatients served as subjects. The Fear Survey Schedule, State-Trait Anxiety Inventory, Hamilton Anxiety Scale, and a Likert-formated criterial symptom checklist for Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) were employed to derive measures of Severity, Stimulus Specificity, Subjective Component (Cognitive vs. Somatic), Chronicity, and Temporal Constancy (Sometimes vs. Always present). Principal components factor analysis yielded three distinct dimensions of anxiety: Morbidity, Subjective Component, and Chronicity. Clinical and theoretical relevance of these findings are discussed specific to construction of a working model of anxiety, clinical assessment of anxiety response systems, and the feasibility of a dimensional approach to understanding psychopathology.
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Ansiedad/psicología , Trastornos Mentales/psicología , Personal Militar/psicología , Adulto , Ansiedad/diagnóstico , Trastornos de Ansiedad/diagnóstico , Trastornos de Ansiedad/psicología , Enfermedad Crónica , Miedo , Femenino , Humanos , Masculino , Trastornos Mentales/diagnóstico , Inventario de Personalidad/estadística & datos numéricos , Psicometría , Reproducibilidad de los ResultadosRESUMEN
In surveys of prison inmates and four other populations, 1,055 subjects reported having a history of 489 head injuries, with 31% of these "unattended" by a physician and 60% "undocumented" in that they were not hospitalized. The prison inmates did not have a history of more unattended injuries or undocumented injuries than the other groups of subjects as was predicted. However, the inmates reported more permanent effects from their unattended and undocumented injuries. Also, the inmates had more permanent effects and longer unconsciousness than did the other groups for their attended and documented head injuries.
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Trastorno de Personalidad Antisocial/epidemiología , Daño Encefálico Crónico/epidemiología , Traumatismos Cerrados de la Cabeza/epidemiología , Prisioneros/estadística & datos numéricos , Accidentes/estadística & datos numéricos , Adulto , Trastorno de Personalidad Antisocial/psicología , Daño Encefálico Crónico/psicología , California/epidemiología , Estudios Transversales , Femenino , Traumatismos Cerrados de la Cabeza/psicología , Humanos , Incidencia , Masculino , Prisioneros/psicologíaRESUMEN
The monthly distribution of births of people who were later diagnosed with multiple sclerosis differed significantly from that of the general population in Denmark. The multiple sclerosis patients had an excess of births in March, April, May, and June, and fewer in the other months. Infection was suggested as a possible explanation.