On Tue, 05 Feb 2008 23:24:07 -0600, Terry Dactille©~®
<pterry@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>On Sun, 10 Feb 2008 19:15:25 -0800, "Superman Hughes TrollKiller of
>s*** 24bit & squarewheel" <BillHughes@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
>Speech patterns offer window into psychiatric disorders
>It's a scene typical of daytime talk shows, America's showcase for
>dysfunctional living. The woman who fell for her jailed pen pal is
>talking at length with no obvious purpose. The host prods for details
>of the romance, but every answer is exasperatingly vague. "I just love
>him. He's so nice to me. I like to get his letters. I like to see the
>mailman."
>
>Shows like this might not seem intellectually stimulating, but listen
>closely to those arguments, taunts and teary confessions and you might
>hear a perfect illustration of a breakthrough in psychiatry. School of
>Medicine researchers have discovered that people with certain
>psychiatric disorders also have distinctive language patterns that
>seem to reflect fundamental problems in thinking. The speakers use
>vague words and usually meander through conversations as if unable to
>focus on the main point.
>
>These odd speech patterns, common on daytime talk shows, provide
>direct evidence that many people with antisocial personality disorder
>and somatization disorder (once called hysteria) also have imbalances
>in the brain.
>
>"Psychiatrists suspect these disorders are linked to brain chemistry,
>but it hasn't been proven," said Carol North, M.D., an associate
>professor of psychiatry and lead author of a paper in a recent issue
>of Comprehensive Psychiatry. "This study is one of the first to link
>the disorders to the functioning of the brain."
>
>People with somatization disorder, almost always women, have
>never-ending complaints -- ranging from vomiting to paralysis --that
>can't be linked to physical illness. People with antisocial
>personality disorder might lie, steal and commit vandalism in
>childhood and progress to more serious offenses such as burglary and
>dealing drugs. Both disorders also seem to encourage poor decisions in
>friends, mates and lifestyles. A woman who marries a known wife-beater
>may well have one of the disorders, North said.
>
>One or both of these disorders afflict about 8 million Americans -- 3
>percent of the population. Both tend to run in families, and men with
>antisocial personality disorder often have female relatives with
>somatization disorder and vice versa.
>
>Researchers compared the speech of 15 men and women diagnosed with one
>or both disorders with 10 men and women of similar ages and
>backgrounds who worked at a medical clinic. All of the subjects were
>interviewed about topics such as the weather and news of the day.
>North played audiotapes of the interviews to psychiatrists who didn't
>know the subjects or their mental-health status.
>
>She trained the psychiatrists to keep score of different speech
>patterns, including vagueness and meandering sentences. A subject
>would earn "vague points" by saying something like "Clinton's a good
>guy. He does good things." If asked about the weather, a meanderer
>might mention his dog, his breakfast and his dentist before getting to
>the humidity.
>
>The scorekeepers were able to see many real-life examples of these
>speech patterns before the study began. They all watched and listened
>to daytime talk shows as part of their preparation.
>
>Women in the study showed strong differences in speech. Those with
>either antisocial disorder or somatization disorder were much more
>likely to use vague or meandering language. These language patterns
>were even more pronounced in women with both disorders.
>
>The scorekeepers found no difference in speech patterns among the men
>in the study, and there was a good reason why. The men in the control
>group showed strong signs of antisocial personality disorder
>themselves, and two out of the five were actually diagnosed. "We still
>suspect that men with antisocial personality disorder do speak
>differently than other men," North said.
>
>
>Malfunctioning mind
>Researchers have long known that brain imbalances can alter language.
>People with psychoses such as schizophrenia may sound as though their
>sentences have been run through a blender. The jumbled speech,
>sometimes called "word salad" at its most extreme, clearly reflects
>problems with brain chemistry and thinking. North believes vague,
>wandering speech also indicates a malfunctioning mind, and she coined
>the term "nonpsychotic thought disorder" to describe the distinct
>language patterns of people with antisocial personality and
>somatization disorders. It is the first time that anyone has formally
>linked unusual thought processes to nonpsychotic psychiatric
>disorders.
>"Dr. North has made a real contribution to the field," said Richard
>Wetzel, Ph.D., professor of neurology, of neurological surgery and of
>psychiatry and co-author of the study. "These are people who think
>things through in ways that aren't very helpful to themselves or
>society, and Dr. North has found a way to identify the kinds of
>problems they have with their thinking."
>
>North and Wetzel hope the recognition of distinct speech patterns will
>help mental health specialists diagnose personality and somatization
>disorders. Too many people with the disorders are either labeled
>psychotic or aren't diagnosed at all, North said.
>
>Paying attention to the speech of these people might even lead to
>better treatment, she added.
>
>-- Chris Woolston
>
>
>
>
>> I bet you're dreaming of sucking my *****, that's the only reason a
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>> Today, 24bit/terryWimp wrote "nothing" under it's faggot buddy's
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>>in the moral majority to squash kooks like you.
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>>"Terry Dactille©~®" <pterry@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>>
>>> Interesting image, put a big red X on the one who isn't you so I can
>>> be sure, thanks.
>>>
>>>
>>> "A winner makes commitment. A loser makes promises."
>>>
>>> "The path of least resistance is the path of the loser."
>>
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