• L Xu, D Zhang, J Jiao, T Wang, and Y Wang.
• Department of Neurology, The Affiliated Beijing Chaoyang Hospital, Capital Medical Universty, Beijing 100020, China.
• Zhonghua Nei Ke Za Zhi. 2001 Dec 1; 40 (12): 806-8.

ObjectiveTo study the psychological characteristics of patients with psychotic disorder in general hospital.Methods92 male and 158 female patients with psychotic disorder were tested with Minnesota multiphasic personality inventory (MMPI). They consist of 215 cases with neurosis (hypochondriasis, depression, anxiety, obsessive-compulsive disorder, hysteria, neurasthenia); 4 cases with schizoaffective disorder; 3 cases with manic-depressive insanity. 5 cases with schizophrenia and 23 cases of somatoform disease with affective disorder.ResultsThe scores of F, K, Hs, D, Hy, Pd, Pa, Pt and Si scales in the patients were significantly higher than those in normal controls. The scores of Mf were significantly higher in the male han those in the female patients and the scores of F lower in the male than those in the female patients.ConclusionsThe psychotic disorders as well as seen in patients in general hospital are hypochondriasis and somatoform disorder, and depression of the female.

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