title: Psychological assessment in patients with phobic postural vertigo.
abstract: Phobic postural vertigo (PPV) is a frequent diagnosis which can be challenging to treat.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the presence of psychiatric disturbances in patients with PPV; to assess the psychological status of patients using adaptive diagnosis; to verify possible correlations between severity of psychiatric disturbance and adaptive efficacy.
  
  
  METHODS
  A total of nineteen subjects were assessed and two instruments applied: the Primary Care Evaluation of Mental Disorders Questionnaire (PRIME-MD) and the Adaptive Operationalized Diagnostic Scale (AODS), and results from both tests were compared.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Fourteen patients presented with mood disorder and thirteen with anxiety. All patients presented compromised adaptive efficacy. Correlation was found between overall outcome on the PRIME and the AODS (tau= -0.42, p=0.027), Separate analysis revealed correlation between results of the AODS and anxiety disorders (tau= -0.45, p=0.018) but not with mood disorders (tau= -0.36, p=0.054).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Adaptive compromise was observed in individuals with PPV which was shown to be associated to psychiatric disorders.
authors.affiliation: Hospital das Clinicas, School of Medicine, São Paulo University, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Liliani Souza Dos Santos
authors.initials: LS
authors.lastname: Ferreira
authors.forename: Cristiana Borges
authors.initials: CB
authors.lastname: Pereira
authors.forename: Sueli
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rossini
authors.forename: Aline Mizuta Kozoroski
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Kanashiro
authors.forename: Carla Cristina
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Adda
authors.forename: Milberto
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Scaff
mesh_terms: D000222:Adaptation, Physiological; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001008:Anxiety Disorders / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019964:Mood Disorders / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology*; D010698:Phobic Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D004856:Postural Balance; D014717:Vertigo / Q000150:complications / Q000523:psychology*; D055815:Young Adult