@article{CK90,

title = {Psychological assessment in patients with phobic postural vertigo.},

author = {Ferreira, Liliani Souza Dos Santos and Pereira, Cristiana Borges and Rossini, Sueli and Kanashiro, Aline Mizuta Kozoroski and Adda, Carla Cristina and Scaff, Milberto},

issn = {1678-4227},

year  = {2010},

date = {2010-04-01},

journal = {Arq Neuropsiquiatr},

volume = {68},

pages = {224-7},

abstract = {
\textbf{UNLABELLED: }Phobic postural vertigo (PPV) is a frequent diagnosis which can be challenging to treat.
\textbf{OBJECTIVE: }To investigate the presence of psychiatric disturbances in patients with PPV; to assess the psychological status of patients using adaptive diagnosis; to verify possible correlations between severity of psychiatric disturbance and adaptive efficacy.
\textbf{METHOD: }A total of nineteen subjects were assessed and two instruments applied: the Primary Care Evaluation of Mental Disorders Questionnaire (PRIME-MD) and the Adaptive Operationalized Diagnostic Scale (AODS), and results from both tests were compared.
\textbf{RESULTS: }Fourteen patients presented with mood disorder and thirteen with anxiety. All patients presented compromised adaptive efficacy. Correlation was found between overall outcome on the PRIME and the AODS (tau= -0.42},

keywords = {},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}