[Psychic symptoms and personality of 50 patients with Cushing's syndrome (author's transl)].
To determine whether patients with hypothalamo-pituitary Cushing's disease (HPC-D) can be distinguished on psychological grounds from these presenting with adrenal Cushing's syndrome (AC-S) or with ectopic ACTH syndrome, an in-depth psychological study including full personal, family and socio-professional history and a psychological interview was carried out in 50 patients with endogenous hypercortisolism. The results showed that psychiatric symptoms, such as anxiety and depression, are virtually constant in patients with either HPC-D or AC-S. They are, however, more pronounced in patients with HPC-D, and the latter condition is more likely to develop in subjects with either "psychosomatic" or pre-morbid depressive neurotic personality.
D000328:Adult; D003480:Cushing Syndrome / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010551:Personality; D011602:Psychophysiologic Disorders; D013997:Time Factors
Syndrome de Cushing: symptomatologie psychique et personnalité de 50 malades.