EEG and dementia indicators in AIDS patients' Rorschach test

Prado, Gilmar Fernandes do; Carvalho, Luciane Bizari Coin de; Silva, A. Baptista da; Souza-Lima, José Edmilson de

doi:10.1590/s0004-282x1994000300005

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“…The alpha rhythm becomes alterated in a major portion of AIDS patients, earlier or later during the disease's evolution, being more evidently alterated when the patient exhibits signs and symptoms of dementia [17][18][19][20] . We have observed that the background rhythm's mean of our study groups varied between 9 Hz and 9.5 Hz, a value under what would be the expected normal mean for the matched age healthy population 15 .…”

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Background and paroxystic activities on AIDS patients' EEG: relation with urea and creatinine seric concentration

Prado

Silva

Coelho

et al. 1998

Arq. Neuro-Psiquiatr.

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The HIV is responsible for important metabolic and structural alterations of the brain. This affected brain must react to continuous systemic metabolic fluctuations. We search for possibly resulting cerebral electric disturbance that could be found by EEG exploration. Sixty-three AIDS patients ranked as CDC group IV had their EEG background rhythm measured, and were appointed to mutually exclusiding groups delimited by medians' values of urea (24 mg/dl) and creatinine (0.9 mg/dl) seric concentrations. These groups were independently formed for each of the parameters utilized, and each data pair generated therefrom were compared between themselves to verify whether there were differences in background rhythm and the occurrence of paroxysmal activity. Background rhythm and paroxysmal activities have not statistically differed between the group whose creatinine values were lower than 0.9 mg/dl and the group whose creatinine values were equal or higher than 0.9 mg/dl. Background rhythm has not statistically differed between the group whose urea values were < 24 mg/dl and the group whose urea values were = 24 mg/dl; contrariwise, the occurrence of paroxysmal activities in these groups has significatively differed, being higher in the patient group whose otherwise normal urea values exceeded 24 mg/dl (p = 0.02).

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Background and paroxystic activities on AIDS patients' EEG: relation with urea and creatinine seric concentration

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Silva

Coelho

et al. 1998

Arq. Neuro-Psiquiatr.

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“…Some researchers consider insomniac´s personality in the treatment of PPI. Rorschach test (RT) is a projective instrument used to evaluate personality and though it can have other applications, it is rich in interpretations and it could be a very good tool to help the CBT 6 . The primary goal of this study is to describe personality features of PPI patients throughout RT.…”

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Personality features ina sample of psychophysiological insomnia patients

Carvalho¹,

Lopes²,

Silva³

et al. 2003

Arq. Neuro-Psiquiatr.

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-The personality is the way people express themselves inside the environment they live. Sleep, quality or quantity, is a way of this physical and psychological expression of well being. Psychological factors, associated with psychophysiological insomnia (PPI) suggest an exaggerated perception of the difficulties to fall asleep. Worries, anxiety and the fear of not sleeping produce a bad sleep quality or sleep misperception. This study aims to identify personality features associated with PPI throughout Rorschach test (RT). Method: We studied 32 patients with PPI (22 women), between 29 and 75 years old. We excluded patients with other sleeping or psychiatric disorders. We analysed the data from PPI patients submitted to the RT and we compared our results with the standard data. Results: We noticed a significant increase in global answers and a significant decrease in detailed answers; a trend of a low number of answers; great number of shape and animal answers, especially for women. Conclusion: The features of the PPI patient's personality were daily problems insecure and the incapability to avoid or remove them from their thought, making bedtime a time for worries to appear again and motivate insomnia.KEY WORDS: psychophysiological insomnia, cognitive behavioral therapy, Rorschach test, personality. Características de personalidade em uma amostra de pacientes com insônia psicofisiológicaRESUMO -Personalidade é a maneira pela qual o indivíduo se expressa dentro do seu mundo. O sono, quantidade ou qualidade, é uma forma de bem-estar físico e psicológico. Fatores associados à insônia psicofisiológica (IP) sugerem uma exagerada percepção da dificuldade para iniciar o sono, Preocupações, ansiedade e medo de não dormir geram uma qualidade ruim de sono ou estado de impercepção do sono. Este estudo tem como objetivo identificar características de personalidade associadas à IP através do teste de Rorschach (TR). Método: Estudamos 32 pacientes com IP (22 mulheres), entre 29 e 75 anos. Excluímos pacientes com outros distúrbios do sono ou psiquiátricos. Nós analisamos os dados dos pacientes com IP submetidos ao TR e comparamos nossos achados com valores referenciais da literatura. Resultados: Observou-se: aumento significante de respostas globais, diminuição significante de respostas de detalhe; tendência a baixo número de respostas; grande quantidade de respostas de forma e de conteúdo animal, especialmente para as mulheres. Conclusão: As características de personalidade dos pacientes com IP foram insegurança em relação aos problemas diários e incapacidade para evitá-los ou tirá-los do pensamento, tornando a hora de dormir um período propício para preocupações reaparecerem e motivar a insônia. PALAVRAS-CHAVE: insônia psicofisiológica, terapia comportamental cognitiva, teste de Rorschach, personalidade. The personality is the way people express their wishes, affections, perception of physical features, and others, in the environment they live. There are social and moral rules that control people actions and reactio...

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Le Rorschach Système Intégré en Neuropsychologie : articulation du cognitif et de l'affectif

Muzio

2004

Psychologie Française

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EEG and dementia indicators in AIDS patients' Rorschach test

Cited by 7 publications

References 23 publications

Background and paroxystic activities on AIDS patients' EEG: relation with urea and creatinine seric concentration

Background and paroxystic activities on AIDS patients' EEG: relation with urea and creatinine seric concentration

Personality features ina sample of psychophysiological insomnia patients

Le Rorschach Système Intégré en Neuropsychologie : articulation du cognitif et de l'affectif

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