title: Psychosomatic assessment of hirsute women.
abstract: Psychiatric illness, psychological distress and illness behavior were investigated in 30 hirsute women and 30 nonhirsute healthy control subjects matched for sociodemographic variables. The majority of patients showed a good psychological adaptation to illness: they did not report significantly more anxiety, depression, and abnormal illness behavior than controls. One-sixth of the patients, however, suffered from a clinically meaningful affective disorder. Further, hirsute patients displayed significantly more hostility and irritable mood than controls (p less than 0.01).
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Bologna, Italy.
authors.forename: G A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Fava
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Grandi
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Savron
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bartolucci
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Santarsiero
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Trombini
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Orlandi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000342:Affective Symptoms / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006628:Hirsutism / Q000523:psychology*; D006791:Hostility; D006801:Humans; D007508:Irritable Mood; D011594:Psychometrics; D011602:Psychophysiologic Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D012803:Sick Role