Alcohol use disorders in patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder: The importance of appropriate dual-diagnosis

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O corpo na psicanálise contemporânea: sobre as concepções psicossomáticas de Pierre Marty e Joyce McDougall

Este estudo tem como objetivo apresentar algumas considerações a respeito das concepções teóricas de Pierre Marty e Joyce McDougall. Tal propósito justifica-se tendo em vista que os referidos autores se afiguram como dois dos mais importantes expoentes da psicossomática psicanalítica e, assim, oferecem contribuições de grande valor para a compreensão dos determinantes psicológicos das enfermidades orgânicas. Além disso, vale destacar que Marty e McDougall acrescentam à psicanálise conceitos que ainda não foram devidamente incorporados à literatura científica especializada. Conseqüentemente, considerou-se relevante focalizar no presente estudo a discussão de dois desses conceitos, a saber: pensamento operatório e desafetação.

Sleep bruxism: Clinical aspects and characteristics in patients with and without chronic orofacial pain

Objective. Evaluation of long-standing sleep bruxism (SB) patients. Study Design. Descriptive study. Results. One hundred subjects with SB (80 women and 20 men, mean age: 36.1±11.3 years) were evaluated according to the RDC/TMD and a pain questionnaire (EDOF-HC). The patients were divided into 2 groups: Group A-without (30.0%) and Group B-with orofacial pain (70.0%). AM stiffness: 36.4% in Group A and 88.6% in Group B; mean pain duration: 6.92 years; mean intensity of pain: 4.33 (VAS); quality of pain: tightness/pressure (84,3%); 95.7% of Group B had myofascial pain. Depression and somatization levels were different between the groups (p = 0.001). Higher frequency of depression was found with body pain or presence of comorbidities. Conclusion. The data presented in this study showed statistical differences between long-standing bruxism without and with chronic facial pain; the two questionnaires allowed interaction between the chief complaint and the clinical findings; depression levels increased with pain in several regions of the body. © 2006 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.