[Psychological profile with Cushing disease (author's transl)].
Fifty-six patients with clinically and biologically unequivocal Cushing disease underwent psychological evaluation including at least one interview, a graphological test, a tree test, and a Szondi test. Patients were found to be hyperadapted, with a rigid repressive system, concealing major anxiety. These patients are closely dependent on their familial and professional affective relationships. This probably establishes the intensity of their repressive system. They need approval, appreciation, and recognition. Obsessional features are found (scrupulous conscience, compulsive activity) as well as manic-depressive features (fluctuations between depression and euphoric activity acting as a defense against depression). During the interviews it was established that onset of Cushing disease occurred a few months after prolonged stress; this stress dealt electively with the patients affective relationships.
D000328:Adult; D003480:Cushing Syndrome / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006236:Handwriting; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010551:Personality; D011581:Psychological Tests
Profil psychologique des malades présentant un syndrome de Cushing.