title: Similarities and differences on five inventories among mood and anxiety disorder patients.
abstract: The Eysenck Personality Questionnaire (EPQ), BAROMAS, Leisure Interests Checklist (LIC), Mental Health Inventory (MHI) and a one-page checklist of Body Problems were given to 128 outpatients with serious mood or anxiety disorders. Compared to normative data published on the first four devices, the combined patients were far 'sicker' in nearly all comparisons (P less than or equal to 0.01). However, anxiety and mood patients did not differ on the EPQ, BAROMAS, or LIC. On Body Problems, strong contrasts emerged (P less than 0.04), especially when 'fringe' cases were excluded (e.g. dysthymics from mood, and obsessives from anxiety disorder diagnoses). Small anxiety subtype groups also differed (P less than 0.05). On the MHI, both global and core groups of mood--especially unipolar (depressed)--patients differed from the anxiety disorders (P less than 0.04).
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, University of Tennessee, Memphis College of Medicine 38105.
authors.forename: T L
authors.initials: TL
authors.lastname: Rosenthal
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Downs
authors.forename: K L
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Arheart
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Deal
authors.forename: A F
authors.initials: AF
authors.lastname: Downs
authors.forename: R H
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Rosenthal
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001008:Anxiety Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010555:Personality Inventory / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011594:Psychometrics; D013001:Somatoform Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology