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British Medical Journal Jul 1975
Topics: Exhibitionism; Fantasy; Female; Fetishism, Psychiatric; Humans; Male; Masturbation; Medical History Taking; Paraphilic Disorders; Pedophilia; Prisons; Transvestism
PubMed: 1139263
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.3.5976.149 -
Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences Aug 2001Physical and sexual abuse among patients with eating disorders has been a focus of attention in Western countries, however, there is no study comparing the incidence of... (Comparative Study)
Comparative Study
Physical and sexual abuse among patients with eating disorders has been a focus of attention in Western countries, however, there is no study comparing the incidence of these factors in Western and Asian countries. Japanese subjects consisted of 38 patients with anorexia nervosa restricting type (AN-R), 46 patients with anorexia nervosa binge eating/purging type (AN-BP), 76 patients with bulimia nervosa purging type (BN) and 99 controls. Subjects from the USA consisted of 29 AN-R, 34 AN-BP and 16 BN. The Physical and Sexual Abuse Questionnaire was administered to all subjects. Minor sexual abuse such as confronting exhibitionism or being fondled by a stranger tended to be more prevalent among Japanese subjects, while victimization by rape or incest was more prevalent among USA subjects. Conversely, physical abuse history was similarly distributed across each diagnostic subgroup in both countries. Events related to physical abuse, such as an abusive family background, may contribute whether eating disorder patients are restricting or bulimic and regardless of culture.
Topics: Analysis of Variance; Anorexia Nervosa; Bulimia; Case-Control Studies; Child; Child Abuse; Child Abuse, Sexual; Cross-Cultural Comparison; Cultural Characteristics; Female; Humans; Japan; Prevalence; Surveys and Questionnaires; Survivors; United States
PubMed: 11442883
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1819.2001.00872.x -
American Journal of Human Genetics Nov 1987To determine the frequency of obsessive, compulsive, and schizoid behaviors in Tourette syndrome (TS), we prospectively questioned 246 patients with TS, 17 with... (Comparative Study)
Comparative Study
To determine the frequency of obsessive, compulsive, and schizoid behaviors in Tourette syndrome (TS), we prospectively questioned 246 patients with TS, 17 with attention-deficit disorder (ADD), 15 with ADD due to a TS gene, and 47 random controls. The comparative frequency of obsessive, compulsive, and repetitive behaviors--such as obsessive unpleasant thoughts, obsessive silly thoughts, echolalia, palilalia, touching things excessively, touching things a specific number of times, touching others excessively, sexual touching, biting or hurting oneself, head banging, rocking, mimicking others, counting things, and occasional or frequent public exhibitionism--were significantly more common in TS patients than in controls. The frequency of each of these was much higher for grade 3 (severe) TS. Most of these behaviors also occurred significantly more often in individuals with ADD or in individuals with ADD secondary to TS (ADD 2(0) TS). When these features were combined into an obsessive-compulsive score, 45.4% of TS patients had a score of 4-15, whereas 8.5% of controls had a score of 4 or 5. These results indicate that obsessive-compulsive behaviors are an integral part of the expression of the TS gene and can be inherited as an autosomal dominant trait. Schizoid symptoms, such as thinking that people were watching them or plotting against them, were significantly more common in TS patients than in controls. Auditory hallucinations of hearing voices were present in 14.6% of TS patients, compared with 2.1% of controls (P = .02). These symptoms were absent in ADD patients but present in ADD 2(0) TS patients. These voices were often blamed for telling them to do bad things and were frequently identified with the devil. None of the controls had a total schizoid behavior score greater than 3, whereas 10.9% of the TS patients had scores of 4-10 (P = .02). This frequency increased to 20.6% in the grade 3 TS patients. These quantitative results confirm our clinical impression that some TS patients have paranoid ideations, often feel that people are out to get them, and hear voices.
Topics: Adolescent; Adult; Compulsive Behavior; Female; Humans; Male; Obsessive Behavior; Schizoid Personality Disorder; Surveys and Questionnaires; Tourette Syndrome
PubMed: 3479015
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Journal of Medical Ethics Sep 1980
Topics: Exhibitionism; Homosexuality; Human Rights; Humans; Male
PubMed: 7420382
DOI: 10.1136/jme.6.3.128 -
Canadian Medical Association Journal Dec 1964Clinical features of 47 cases of temporal lobe epilepsy are analyzed and treatment of this disorder is outlined. Twenty-four per cent of all cases of epilepsy seen by...
Clinical features of 47 cases of temporal lobe epilepsy are analyzed and treatment of this disorder is outlined. Twenty-four per cent of all cases of epilepsy seen by one of the authors over a two-year period were of this type. Fifteen of these 47 patients had a history of birth injury. Care must be taken to distinguish the symptoms of temporal lobe epilepsy from those of acute anxiety or hysteria and to differentiate the short-lived temporal lobe attack from centrencephalic petit mal.Interictal personality disturbances were identified in 11 of 24 persons with temporal lobe epilepsy, four of 35 with focal epilepsy from all other areas, and one of 17 with centrencephalic epilepsy. Personality deviations most frequently encountered were irritability, aggressiveness, bouts of depression, paranoid tendencies and exhibitionism. Medical or surgical treatment often improves the personality abnormalities concomitantly with control of seizures.
Topics: Adolescent; Biomedical Research; Birth Injuries; Depression; Depressive Disorder; Diagnosis, Differential; Drug Therapy; Electroencephalography; Epilepsies, Partial; Epilepsy; Epilepsy, Absence; Epilepsy, Temporal Lobe; Humans; Neurotic Disorders; Paranoid Disorders; Personality; Personality Disorders; Phenobarbital; Phenytoin; Seizures; Temporal Lobe
PubMed: 14226103
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American Journal of Human Genetics Jun 1993We have identified a large Dutch kindred with a new form of X-linked nondysmorphic mild mental retardation. All affected males in this family show very characteristic...
We have identified a large Dutch kindred with a new form of X-linked nondysmorphic mild mental retardation. All affected males in this family show very characteristic abnormal behavior, in particular aggressive and sometimes violent behavior. Other types of impulsive behavior include arson, attempted rape, and exhibitionism. Attempted suicide has been reported in a single case. The locus for this disorder could be assigned to the Xp11-21 interval between DXS7 and DXS77 by linkage analysis using markers spanning the X chromosome. A maximal multipoint lod score of 3.69 was obtained at the monoamine oxidase type A (MAOA) locus in Xp11.23-11.4. Results of 24-h urine analysis in three affected males indicated a marked disturbance of monoamine metabolism. These data are compatible with a primary defect in the structural gene for MAOA and/or monoamine oxidase type B (MAOB). Normal platelet MAOB activity suggests that the unusual behavior pattern in this family may be caused by isolated MAOA deficiency.
Topics: Adult; Biogenic Monoamines; Dangerous Behavior; Female; Genes; Genetic Linkage; Humans; Intellectual Disability; Karyotyping; Male; Monoamine Oxidase; Mutation; Pedigree; Polymorphism, Genetic; X Chromosome
PubMed: 8503438
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Canadian Medical Association Journal Jul 1960
Topics: Exhibitionism; Humans; Paraphilic Disorders
PubMed: 13802452
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Psychological Assessment Jun 2008Person-fit assessment is used to identify persons who respond aberrantly to a test or questionnaire. In this study, S. P. Reise's (2000) method for evaluating person fit...
Person-fit assessment is used to identify persons who respond aberrantly to a test or questionnaire. In this study, S. P. Reise's (2000) method for evaluating person fit using 2-level logistic regression was applied to 13 personality scales of the Schedule for Nonadaptive and Adaptive Personality (SNAP; L. Clark, 1996) that had been administered to military recruits (N = 2,026). Results revealed significant person-fit heterogeneity and indicated that for 5 SNAP scales (Disinhibition, Entitlement, Exhibitionism, Negative Temperament, and Workaholism), the scale was more discriminating for some people than for others. Possible causes of aberrant responding were explored with several covariates. On all 5 scales, severe pathology emerged as a key influence on responses, and there was evidence of differential test functioning with respect to gender, ethnicity, or both. Other potential sources of aberrancy were carelessness, haphazard responding, or uncooperativeness. Social desirability was not as influential as expected.
Topics: Adolescent; Adult; Ethnicity; Female; Humans; Male; Military Personnel; Personality Assessment; Personality Disorders; Psychometrics; Regression Analysis; Reproducibility of Results; Self Disclosure; Sex Distribution; Temperament
PubMed: 18557693
DOI: 10.1037/1040-3590.20.2.159 -
[Evaluation of information programs on sexual assault in six elementary schools in east Montréal.].Sante Mentale Au Quebec 1985Within the sex education program given to four hundred and sixty five (465) students approximately eleven years in age, a new information project on exhibitionism,...
Within the sex education program given to four hundred and sixty five (465) students approximately eleven years in age, a new information project on exhibitionism, sexual harassment, rape and incest was introduced in the eighteen (18) sixth grade classes of ten (10) elementary schools in the east end of Montréal. The evaluation of the project implementation gives us good indications of the concerted action that is necessary, the process needed to elaborate teaching material and also shows the immediate reaction of educators, parents and, of course, the students concerned. Very little resistance to this new teaching was noted within the school system. All parents had been informed of the project, no negative comments were received after-wards at schools. Incest was perceived by children as a problem "you do not speak of ' because it is susceptible to bring about worse things than the abuse itself, normaly the separation of the parents or the emprisonment of the abusive parent.
PubMed: 17093834
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British Medical Journal Jun 1951
Topics: Exhibitionism; Humans; Museums; Pharmaceutical Services; Pharmacies; Pharmacy
PubMed: 14839257
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