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2003-11Zeitschriftenartikel DOI: 10.18452/21815
Kinematical analysis of emotionally induced facial expressions in patients with obsessive–compulsive disorder
dc.contributor.authorMergl, Roland
dc.contributor.authorVogel, M.
dc.contributor.authorMavrogiorgou, P.
dc.contributor.authorGöbel, Claus
dc.contributor.authorZaudig, Michael
dc.contributor.authorHegerl, Ulrich
dc.contributor.authorJuckel, G.
dc.date.accessioned2020-08-26T12:35:03Z
dc.date.available2020-08-26T12:35:03Z
dc.date.issued2003-11none
dc.identifier.issn0033-2917
dc.identifier.urihttp://edoc.hu-berlin.de/18452/22519
dc.descriptionThis publication is with permission of the rights owner freely accessible due to an Alliance licence and a national licence (funded by the DFG, German Research Foundation) respectively.none
dc.description.abstractBackground: Motor function is deficient in many patients with obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD), especially in the face. To investigate subtle motor dysfunction, kinematical analysis of emotional facial expressions can be used. Our aim was to investigate facial movements in response to humorous film stimuli in OCD patients.; Method: Kinematical analysis of facial movements was performed. Ultrasound markers at defined points of the face provided exact measurement of facial movements, while subjects watched a humorous movie (‘Mr Bean’). Thirty-four OCD patients (19 male, 15 female; mean (S.D.) age: 35·8 (11·5) years; mean (S.D.) total Y-BOCS score: 25·5 (5·9)) were studied in unmedicated state and after a 10-week treatment with the SSRI sertraline. Thirty-four healthy controls (19 male, 15 female; mean (S.D.) age: 37·5 (13·1) years) were also investigated.; Results: At baseline, OCD patients showed significantly slower velocity at the beginning of laughing than healthy controls and a reduced laughing frequency. There was a significant negative correlation between laughing frequency and severity of OCD symptoms. Ten weeks later a significant increase of laughing frequency and initial velocity during laughing was found.; Conclusions: Execution of adequate facial reactions to humour is abnormally slow in OCD patients. Susceptibility of OCD patients with regard to emotional stimuli is less pronounced than in healthy subjects. This phenomenon is closely correlated to OCD symptoms and is state-dependent.eng
dc.language.isoengnone
dc.publisherHumboldt-Universität zu Berlin
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
dc.subject.ddc610 Medizin und Gesundheitnone
dc.subject.ddc150 Psychologienone
dc.titleKinematical analysis of emotionally induced facial expressions in patients with obsessive–compulsive disordernone
dc.typearticle
dc.identifier.urnurn:nbn:de:kobv:11-110-18452/22519-0
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.18452/21815
dc.type.versionpublishedVersionnone
local.edoc.pages10none
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local.edoc.container-typeperiodical
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dc.description.versionPeer Reviewednone
dc.identifier.eissn1469-8978
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.doi10.1017/S0033291703008134
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.journaltitlePsychological Medicinenone
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.volume33none
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.issue8none
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.originalpublishernameCambridge Univ. Pressnone
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.originalpublisherplaceCambridgenone
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.pagestart1453none
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.pageend1462none
bua.departmentCharité - Universitätsmedizin Berlinnone

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