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Hysterical and obsessional features in patients with Briquet's syndrome (somatization disorder)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 July 2009

Michael J. Kaminsky  and
Phillip R. Slavney
Michael J. Kaminsky*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Phillip R. Slavney
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
*
1 Address for correspondence: Dr Michael J. Kaminsky, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 600 North Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA.
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Synopsis

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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Research Article
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Psychological Medicine , Volume 13 , Issue 1 , February 1983 , pp. 111 - 120
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1983

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