Personality Characteristics of Patients with Myofascial Pain-Dysfunction (MPD) Syndrome Unresponsive to Conventional Therapy
- 1 May 1979
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Journal of Dental Research
- Vol. 58 (5) , 1435-1439
- https://doi.org/10.1177/00220345790580050101
Abstract
The composite MMPI profiles of 42 successfully-treated and 42 unsuccessfully-treated female patients with MPD syndrome were compared statistically. The profiles did not differ in configuration, but that of the unsuccessful patients was significantly higher than that of the successful group, indicating a greater degree of emotional distress. The pattern of deviation from normal for both groups was diagnostic of a psychophysiological disorder marked by repression and somatization.This publication has 3 references indexed in Scilit:
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