Psychological correlates of myasthenia gravis: a brief report |
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| Authors: | C Tennant J Wilby G A Nicholson |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Academic Department of Psychiatry, Royal North Shore Hospital, St. Leonards, 2065 N.S.W., Australia;2. Department of Medicine, Repatriation General Hospital, Concord, 2139 N.S.W., Australia;1. Department of Anatomic Pathology, Cleveland Clinic, Level 25, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA;2. Stritch School of Medicine, Loyola University Chicago, Maywood, IL, USA;1. Harvard Celiac Disease Research Program, Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, 330 Brookline Avenue, Boston, MA 02215, USA;2. Harvard Celiac Disease Research Program, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, 330 Brookline Avenue, Boston, MA 02215, USA;3. Division of Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Boston Children’s Hospital, 300 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02215, USA;4. Gastroenterology Therapeutic Area Research and Development, Takeda Pharmaceuticals, 40 Landsdowne Street, Boston, MA 02139, USA |
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| Abstract: | Myasthenia gravis patients and matched normal controls were assessed on a range of psychological indices; myasthenic patients had higher scores on trait anxiety and suppression of anger. There were no other significant differences between the groups on psychological symptom measures (anxiety, depression or anger) or other trait measures (anger, suppression of anxiety and suppression of depression). It is concluded that trait anxiety and suppression of anger may predispose to myasthenia gravis. |
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