Low prebiopsy state irritability scores at the clinical onset of invasive breast carcinoma.

Objective: The research findings regarding the role of psychiatric illness in breast cancer are not yet clear. This report investigates the differences between patients with invasive breast carcinoma (IBC) and patients with benign breast disease regarding the psychiatric history and the current prebiopsy psychopathology.

Methods: The psychiatric history of 124 females, aged 70 or less, was evaluated by interview and the DSM-IV criteria were used to establish the diagnoses.

Low psychopathology scores in the prognosis of breast cancer. A preliminary report.

Background: Research findings regarding the influence of psychopathology on cancer progression are not yet clear. This preliminary report investigates the severity of psychopathology assessed before biopsy in patients with invasive breast carcinoma (IBC) and its association with two follow-up outcomes: disease-free (to first recurrence) and survival periods.

Method: The psychiatric assessment of 80 patients under 70 years old was established by means of an interview before biopsy.

Core mental state in irritable bowel syndrome.

Objective: Psychiatric illness is higher among patients with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) who seek medical care; however, a specific psychopathology that differentiates patients with IBS from patients with other organic gastrointestinal disorders has not been found. In the study described here, we investigated the predominant psychiatric symptoms in women with IBS.

Methods: The criteria of Manning et al.

EEG coherence during hemispheric activation in schizophrenics.

We studied the change of EEG alpha-band coherence between resting and motor performance ("reactivity of EEG coherence") in 18 chronic schizophrenics and 30 normal controls, examining differences between left and right hemisphere tasks. Three coherences were examined for each hemisphere. The central-parietal coherence in normals increased on the left for left hemisphere tasks, and decreased on the right for right hemisphere tasks, whereas the patients showed a decrease of both measures, more on the left side.