Síntomas Negativos en pacientes con trastornos psiquiátricos no esquizofrénicos

DONNOLI, VF, MORONI MV, COHEN D, CHISARI ROCHA L, MARLETA M, SEPICH DT, BONANI M, D`ALESSIO L

VERTEX

Polemos

Lugar: Buenos Aires; Año: 2011 vol. 22 p. 262 - 267

0042-4420

Introduction: The presence of negative symptoms (NS) in different clinical entities other than schizophrenia, with a dimensional approach of negative symptoms, was considered in this work. Objectives: Determine the presence and distribution of NS, in a population of patients with non schizophrenic psychiatric disorders attending ambulatory treatment at public hospitals. Methods: Patients with define DSMIV diagnosis criteria for different disorders; affective, alimentary, substance abuse, anxiety, personality disorders and patients with ILAE diagnoses criteria for temporal lobe epilepsy were included. All patients underwent the subscale PANNS for negative symptoms of schizophrenia. Student T test was calculated to determine the differences of frequency for NS among psychiatric disorders. Results: 106 patients were included; 60 women, 46 men, 38 years ± 12.1. The 90% of patients have a low score of NS. Media 11.6; Max/min 9.38 -14.29. Emotional withdrawal and passive social withdrawal were more frequent in alimentary disorders than in affective disorder and than in epilepsy (p