A Comparison of the Physiological Functioning of Normals and Psychiatric Patients
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13675811 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Leslie Berger (City College of New York), L L Berger (0000-0002-4905-5307, City College of New York, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1964 |
| Volume | 15 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 183-187 |
| Publication date | 1964-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Psychological Reports (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0033-2941 • E-ISSN: 1558-691X |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2466/pr0.1964.15.1.183 |
| OpenAlex | W2062209481 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 6 |
The present study was undertaken to investigate the relationship between acute severe psychological condition and physiological functioning at rest and during stress. Measures of autonomic functioning were taken at rest and under three experimental stress conditions. Comparing 30 male acute psychotic patients on an open psychiatric ward of a Veterans Administration Hospital with 27 normal male college students, the results show that (a) patients gave evidence of significantly higher heart rate and respiration rate at rest, and (b) students showed significantly greater galvanic skin response during all three stress situations. Respiration rate and heart rate failed to differentiate between the two samples under stress. These results suggest an impairment, in the psychiatric patients, in the physiological mechanism responsible for giving rise to the galvanic skin response
Blood pressure · Heart rate · Psychiatry · Respiration · Rest (music · Skin conductance · Clinical Psychology · Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control · Internal Medicine · Medicine · Mental Health Research Topics · Psychology
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |