Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences
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Psychiatry Clin. Neurosci. · Apr 2010
Peritraumatic Distress Inventory as a predictor of post-traumatic stress disorder after a severe motor vehicle accident.
The aim of this study was to examine the utility of the Peritraumatic Distress Inventory (PDI) as a predictor of subsequent post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in severe motor vehicle accident survivors. ⋯ The study suggests the predictive usefulness of the PDI for subsequent PTSD in accident survivors. Its adequate usage should be further elaborated.
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Psychiatry Clin. Neurosci. · Apr 2010
Characteristics of the tree-drawing test in chronic schizophrenia.
A tree-drawing test acts as both a projective psychological examination as well as a supplementary psychodiagnostic tool. There is little information relating the characteristics of schizophrenia and the tree-drawing test. The present study compared the structural and morphological differences in the results of the tree-drawing test between schizophrenic patients and healthy individuals, as well as between schizophrenic patients who responded well to treatment and those who responded poorly. ⋯ The present study suggests that the trees drawn by schizophrenic patients are significantly different from those drawn by healthy individuals, but among schizophrenic patients, it is difficult to distinguish between good responders and poor responders using the tree-drawing test.