Zur Bedeutung und methodischen Problematik der psychiatrischen Persönlichkeitsforschung: Der Typus melancholicus und andere Konzepte zur prämorbiden Persönlichkeit von Patienten mit affektiven Psychosen

Personality Variables in Prediction of Control over Seizures in Patients with Partial Epilepsies

“…The role and significance of pre-morbid personality characteristics in psychiatry are more properly understood and widely known opinion exists, that open extravert persons are usually characterized by better outcome and treatment responses in depression and schizophrenia [18][19][20][21][22]. In epileptology such approach has not been approved yet.…”

“…On the next step the multiple stepwise regression analysis has been used in order to find the significant relationships between different constellations of premorbid personality traits, since every person has several vectors of different personality features which can interact between each with other [18][19][20][21]. In this line the MPT and Toronto Alexithymia scale data have been used as independent variables, while data on the length of remission and percentage in seizures reduction for each type and sum of all seizure types were regarded as dependent variables.…”

“…On the other hand, alexithymia correlated negatively with length of remission and percentage of all seizures reduction. antidepressant drugs in depression and antipsychotics in schizophrenia [18][19][20][21]. Nevertheless, in epileptology the concrete data on the significance of pre-morbid personality for this purpose are practically absent.…”

“…Nevertheless, in epileptology the concrete data on the significance of pre-morbid personality for this purpose are practically absent. Every personality may be regarded as constellation of several vectors (constructs) that depends on the genetic predisposition and environment factors interaction [18][19][20][21][22]. The principal aim of the current study was to find any possible personality variables, which potentially could be used as predictors of remission length and seizures reduction in patients with partial epilepsies.…”

Selbstkonzept und Objektbe-ziehungen bei PatientInnen mit affektiven Störungen - Individuumzentrierte Diagnostik mit der Repertory-Grid-Technik -

“…Die synoptische Sicht der vorliegenden empirischen Befunde ergibt, daû PatientInnen mit bipolaren affektiven Psychosen weniger Auffälligkeiten als PatientInnen mit unipolarer Depression aufweisen [14,15]. In den untersuchten Persönlichkeitsdimensionen waren PatientInnen mit bipolaren affektiven Psychosen weitgehend den gesunden Kontrollpersonen vergleichbar.…”