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B Pethö

Publications and source records attributed to B Pethö.

At least 37 records · Page 2Linked to original sources
PubMed1980

[Works of a schizophrenic composer based on a 13-year catamnestic examination].

In the period of acute psychosis the musical compositions were characterized by 'hiatus discursivitatis' and a partial absoluteness, whereas the works of the chronic period are characterized by a sterile, dreary style. The patient's musical compositions and the stagnation they express correspond to his deficient way of living, i.e. his open limitation. The examination of the compositions enriches the psychopathology of creativity with a new dimension: the quality of time inherent in musical works provides a deeper in sight into the creative existence of the patient than the products of visual arts often examined.

Creativity↗
PubMed1980

[Pathogenesis of the dermatoses delusion].

Discussing two cases, the authors describe their opinion on the etiopathogenicity of the dermatozoic delusion. They point to the necessity of a multidimensional examination of the syndrome, to its relative incidence, and to the advantageous possibilities of a therapy.

Aged↗
PubMed1979

Reversal of neuroleptic-induced stupor by procyclidin. Two case reports and their theoretical implications.

Two case reports and data from literature on the subject are used by the authors to describe characteristics of pathogenetic importance of neuroleptic induced stupor (NIS). The origin of NIS is outlined briefly and some fundamental clinical and experimental facts are presented, all of which stress the importance of the acute blockade of postsynaptic DA-ergic receptors. Emphasis is placed on the significance of the possible relationship and similarity between NIS and catatonic stupor, and on the theoretical possibilities which this offers.

Adult↗
PubMed1978

[Hemispheric dominance in schizophrenics as determined on extrapyramidal side effects of neuroleptics].

Phenomena observed during treatment with neuroleptics were clinically measured in an attempt to determine the difference in vulnerability of the two hemispheres and the relation between this difference and schizophrenic diseases. In the group of systematic schizophrenias the increase in tonus was significantly higher in the dominant hemisphere. This finding is considered a verification of the nosological hypothesis of schizophrenias.

Brain↗
PubMed1978

[Proskinetic symptoms in motor psychosis as accentuating personality traits].

Proskenetic symptoms have been observed by the authors in a study of motility psychosis. However, these proskinetic symptoms appeared to be a character trait of an infantile personality rather than a condition following as a consequence of psychosis. The question is raised as to whether proskinetic symptoms (and catatonic symptoms) may be considered accentuating personality traits.

Adult↗
PubMed1977

[Structure of the residual syndrome. A controlled 5-year follow-up of schizophrenics].

The spectrum of residual dimension extends from psychopathological symptoms to anthropological characteristics. A controlled, personal 5-year follow-up analysis of schizo-affective (cycloid, as Leonhard has it) and hebephrenic patients was made to scan these two extremes. A clinical defect was found, but in the hebephrenic group. The cycloid patients differ from normal controls only in respect of the insufficiency syndrome and of the anthropological characteristics. As shown by the residual syndrome of the cycloid patients - in contradiction to the present knowledge - a complete restoration to health would not occur in this group. The anthropological characteristic closed limitedness is virtually the amplification of the clinical defect of hebephrenics. However, the closing-up limitedness of cycloids is quasi another side of their insufficiency syndrome. The nosospecificity of the structure of residual syndrome in both groups requires further investigations.

Female↗
PubMed1976

[Residual dimension and defect].

We approached the current problem of the residual dimension of psychoses, a problem of significance from both the psychopathological and social-psychiatric viewpoint by studying two well-matched groups of patients suffering from cycloid (schizo-affective) psychosis and hebephrenia. On the basis of the short-term course of the psychosis, we reached the following conclusions: 1. The residual dimension is not uniform, not homogenous and is not nosologically neutral, but is complex, multifold and nosospecific to a significant extent. 2. Assessment of the residual syndrome on "vorgestalt" level is indispensable for analysis of the residual dimension in cycloid psychotics and is also value in the case of heberphrenics (within the group of systematic schizophrenics). 3. We speak of a clinical defect in the case of a stable link between manifest symptoms which point more towards a disorder in the life functions and symptoms of resocialization more related to the life history; detectable defect is used in referring to a stable link between symptoms which are detectable (by test psychology methods) and disorders in resocialization. It must be stressed that the assessment of the psychiatric defect is a doubly resignated way of knowledge as compared to defects which can be evaluated on the anthropological level; however the empirical value derives precisely from the consciously accepted limitation. 4. We found clinical defects only in the heberphrenics. A cognitive defect was detected in the cycloids and a personally defect in the heberphrenics.

Cognition Disorders↗
PubMed1976

[The nosotropic effects of psychopharmaceuticals].

The spectrum of pharmacogenic pathomorphosis has been found to be also dependent upon the forms of disease, i.e., the special morbogenic factors. Two opposed types of nosotropy of psychopharmaceuticals, namely, protective and nosogenic nosotropy, are considered in dependence on the pharmacotherapeutic effect produced and the mode of clinical action. Protective and nosogenic nosotropy may be observed to be active simultaneously and result in characteristic paradoxes of the psychopharmacotherapy of endogenous psychoses.

Humans↗