Psychosocial aspects of non-ulcer dyspepsia

A group of 23 non-ulcer dyspepsia patients were compared with controls drawn from relatives of psychiatric outpatients. The level of hostility in both groups was high, but not significantly different. There was also no significant difference between the 2 groups on measures of extroversion, neurotic...

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Published inSingapore medical journal Vol. 30; no. 4; pp. 346 - 349
Main Authors KOK, L. P, YAP, I. L. E, GUAN, R. Y. C
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Singapore Singapore Medical Association 01.08.1989
Subjects
Adolescent
Adult
Anxiety Disorders - complications
Biological and medical sciences
Depressive Disorder - complications
Dyspepsia - complications
Dyspepsia - psychology
Female
Gastroenterology. Liver. Pancreas. Abdomen
Hostility
Humans
Male
Medical sciences
Middle Aged
Personality Assessment
Stress, Psychological - complications
Tropical medicine
Human
Personality test
Singapore
Dyspepsia
Depression
Affective disorder
Extraversion introversion
Asia
Neurotic personality
Digestive diseases
Anxiety
Psychotic personality
Psychiatry
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Summary:A group of 23 non-ulcer dyspepsia patients were compared with controls drawn from relatives of psychiatric outpatients. The level of hostility in both groups was high, but not significantly different. There was also no significant difference between the 2 groups on measures of extroversion, neuroticism, psychoticism and lie scores, but the ulcer group was significantly more depressed and more were diagnosed as suffering from a neurotic depression and generalized anxiety disorder.
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ISSN:0037-5675