title: Life events and difficulties preceding the onset of functional dysphonia.
abstract: The Bedford College Life Events and Difficulties Schedule was used to determine the experiences of 56 women and 9 men who were interviewed about the 12 months before the onset of functional dysphonia. Thirty (54%) of the women had experienced a difficulty or event which involved conflict over speaking out (CSO), a dimension developed during the course of the study. Only 16% of a comparison group had such experiences. Other types of event and difficulty were no commoner in the dysphonic women than in the comparison group.
authors.affiliation: University Department of Psychiatry, Nottingham, U.K.
authors.forename: A O
authors.initials: AO
authors.lastname: House
authors.forename: H B
authors.initials: HB
authors.lastname: Andrews
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003220:Conflict, Psychological; D003291:Conversion Disorder / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008016:Life Change Events; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013060:Speech; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000150:complications; D014832:Voice Disorders / Q000523:psychology*