Psychosocial Characteristics of Subjects Who Hoped to Receive Psychotherapy as Part of a Research Study in Japan
| Autor: | Chieko Hasui |
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| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Environmental Engineering Psychotherapist business.industry Global Assessment of Functioning medicine.disease Mental health Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering Test (assessment) Psychiatric medication medicine Anxiety medicine.symptom Psychiatry business Psychosocial Anxiety disorder Depression (differential diagnoses) |
| Zdroj: | British Journal of Medicine and Medical Research. 5:794-801 |
| ISSN: | 2231-0614 |
| DOI: | 10.9734/bjmmr/2015/11178 |
| Popis: | Aims: This study examined the psychosocial characteristics of subjects who hoped to receive psychotherapy, but were not receiving psychiatric medication as part of a research study using quantitative methods to measure psychometric properties in Japan. Methods: Subjects were examined using the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV Axis I disorders, Global Assessment of Functioning, a questionnaire (including the resilience scale, social desirability scale, and the State Trait Anger Expression Inventory (STAXI)) and psychological assessments. Results: Of the 67 people who initially volunteered, 22 came to the clinical centre at Tokyo International University. Of these, 16 completed a psychiatric diagnostic interview. They all had a fair IQ and were highly resilient and functioning well. Nine subjects had an Axis I disorder that could be classified as a life-long prevalence or 12-month prevalence. The subjects were diagnosed as follows: depressive episode group (N=7), manic episode group (N=1), anxiety disorder group (N=7), and eating disorder group (N =2). There were no significant differences between the subjects with (N=9) and without (N=6) a psychiatric diagnosis except for GAF. The results of a Mann-Whitney test between subjects with or without a desire to seek psychotherapy revealed that the former (N=7) |
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