TY - JOUR
T1 - Hysterical and obsessional features in patients with briquet's syndrome (somatization disorder)
AU - Kaminsky, Michael J.
AU - Slavney, Phillip R.
PY - 1983/2
Y1 - 1983/2
N2 - Patients meeting criteria for Briquet's syndrome (N = 20) and patients diagnosed as having hysterical personality disorder (N = 20) were assessed clinically and with personality inventories to test the hypothesis that, while in many respects patients with Briquet's syndrome would resemble those with hysterical personality disorder, they would also be more obsessional. The comparison showed that both groups had highly disordered family, personal, medical and psychiatric histories, and that the Briquet's patients, though manifesting similar hysterical traits, had more obsessional features than did the patients with hysterical personality disorder. The possible role of the combination of obsessional and hysterical traits of personality as a vulnerability factor in the behaviour of complaining is discussed.
AB - Patients meeting criteria for Briquet's syndrome (N = 20) and patients diagnosed as having hysterical personality disorder (N = 20) were assessed clinically and with personality inventories to test the hypothesis that, while in many respects patients with Briquet's syndrome would resemble those with hysterical personality disorder, they would also be more obsessional. The comparison showed that both groups had highly disordered family, personal, medical and psychiatric histories, and that the Briquet's patients, though manifesting similar hysterical traits, had more obsessional features than did the patients with hysterical personality disorder. The possible role of the combination of obsessional and hysterical traits of personality as a vulnerability factor in the behaviour of complaining is discussed.
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U2 - 10.1017/S003329170005011X
DO - 10.1017/S003329170005011X
M3 - Article
C2 - 6844456
AN - SCOPUS:0020615584
SN - 0033-2917
VL - 13
SP - 111
EP - 120
JO - Psychological medicine
JF - Psychological medicine
IS - 1
ER -