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Sedation Threshold, Autonomic Lability and the Excitation-Inhibition Theory of Personality

I. The Cold Pressor Test

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

G. S. Claridge ,
R. J. Wawman  and
M. H. Davies
G. S. Claridge
Affiliation:
Department of Experimental and Clinical Psychology, Barrow Hospital, Barrow Gurney, near Bristol
R. J. Wawman
Affiliation:
The Queen Alexandra Military Hospital, Millbank, London, S.W.1
M. H. Davies
Affiliation:
Royal Victoria Hospital, Netley, near Southampton
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In a previous paper (Claridge and Herrington, 1960) it was demonstrated that by using a modified version of the sedation threshold technique, originally described by Shagass (1954), it was possible to differentiate neurotics diagnosed as hysterics and those diagnosed as anxiety states (dysthymics). In keeping with Eysenck's theory of neurosis (1955) and drug action (1957), it was found that dysthymics had significantly higher thresholds for sodium amylobarbitone than hysterics. In addition, supporting the earlier findings of Claridge (1960) and again Eysenck's theory of personality, dysthymics were found to have significantly longer visual aftereffects to a rotating spiral than did hysterics.

Type
Research Article
Information
The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 109 , Issue 461 , July 1963 , pp. 548 - 552
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1963

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