RESUMO
This paper reports some findings of a cross-cultural study of depression in which Jewish and Protestant East Londoners were measured on several parameters. In discussing the findings, differences on familial factors are attributed to the marginality of Jews and those on hostility to differences in levels of repressed anger. Tentative observations on the types of illness seen among the depressed patients suggests that one needs to be cautious in applying subdivisions of the illness cross-culturally.
Assuntos
Depressão/psicologia , Judeus , Grupos Minoritários , Aculturação , Ira , Educação Infantil , Cristianismo , Conflito Psicológico , Comparação Transcultural , Família , Feminino , Hostilidade , Humanos , Londres , Masculino , Comportamento Materno , Transtornos Mentais/genética , Comportamento Paterno , Religião e Psicologia , Repressão PsicológicaRESUMO
The study describes findings on two samples of depressives and normals matched for age, sex, social class and religious affiliation. The following observations on the psychopathology of depression were made by considering the relationships between personality, various aspects of hostility, and the degree of depression: (1) depression, guilt and anxiety are linked together; (2) the extent to which anxiety is somatized is not dependent on the way hostility is handled; also, somatic symptoms occur independently of hysterical symptoms in depressive illness; (3) obsessional symptoms are likely to occur together with hysterical symptoms and to be associated with hostility-aggression during depressive illness; (4) hysterical tendencies may accentuate intropunitiveness.
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Depressão/psicologia , Hostilidade , Personalidade , Adolescente , Adulto , Feminino , Humanos , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-IdadeRESUMO
Six cases of Gilles de la Tourette's syndrome are discussed in the light of conflicting views on the aetiology of the condition. It is hypothesized that the onset of coprolalia in patients with persistent childhood tics indicates a disturbances of the normal balance between a need for tension relief by swearing and a capacity to control such vocal activity. Some conclusions are drawn on the management of the syndrome by the use of butyrophenones, massed practice of tics, and the promotion of personality development. A flexible approach geared to the individual patient's particular needs is recommended.