A psycholinguistic method in the complex differential diagnostic examination of patients with abdominal pain syndromes
Vanchakova, N.P.; Piotrovskiĭ, R.G.; Khristoforov, S.N.
Zhurnal Nevropatologii i Psikhiatrii Imeni S.S. Korsakova 88(7): 124-129
1988
ISSN/ISBN: 0044-4588 PMID: 3188766 Document Number: 305595
Speech traits were studied in 48 patients with abdominal pain. In cases of somatic pain the total number of associations in the speech was reduced and associations with notions "life" and "man" actualized. With psychogenic mechanisms participating in the pain syndromes the number of associations increased and these with notions "pain" and "disease" actualized. These traits may have the differential diagnostic and forensic value.