@article{Ellgring1989, author = {Ellgring, Johann Heinrich}, title = {Facial expression as a behavioral indicator of emotional states}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-58753}, year = {1989}, abstract = {This article gives an overview of possibilities for the assessment offacial behavior. With regard to validity, results from a longitudinal study of 36 depressed patients and nine controls as weil as often schizophrenic patients and their relatives will be referred to. These results are used to illustrate the following principles which have to be taken into account when studying facial behavior: a) communication strongly facilitates facial expression, b) activation of facial behavior follows the "principle of least effort", and c) the principle of individual specificity applies to the association of nonverbal behavior and mood states. Making allowance for these principles has, among others, consequences a) for situations or conditions under which to asses behavior (specifically conditions of communication), b) for data analysis (e.g., dealing with frequent and rare events), and c) for empirical or experimental strategies (e.g., aggregation of single-case longitudinal comparisons). From the results on facial behavior during depression it can be concluded that the nonverbal reaction tendencies of endogenous and neurotic depressed patients differ. Moreover, the differential behavioral pattems observed cast doubt on the assumption of a homogeneity of affects in depression. Taking into account the conditions which govern it, facial behavior has proved to be a valid and, especially, a differential indicator for pathoIogic affective states and their changes. Given the fact that a psychiatric illness generally incorporates emotional problems it is more than surprising that little attention has been paid to the systematic study of emotional behavior. Some of the reasons for this will be clarified in the following.}, subject = {Psychologie}, language = {en} } @article{EllgringSeilerPerlethetal.1990, author = {Ellgring, Johann Heinrich and Seiler, S. and Perleth, B. and Gasser, T. and Oertel, W.}, title = {An integrated approach for the neurological and psychological support of Parkinson patients}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-42456}, year = {1990}, abstract = {Introduction Although symptomatic therapy is available for Parkinson's disease, patients and relatives are faced with continuous severe psychological problems. These psychological problems include: 1. lack of emotional expression, 2. bradephrenia, 3. depression, 4. lack of motivation,S. social anxiety, 6. stress induced increase of symptoms. The first four of these may be at least in part due to the dopamine deficiency. However, even as part of the primary symptoms they have social and communicative impact for patients and relatives. Social anxiety and stress induced increase of symptoms on the other hand clearly result from an interaction of somatic and psychological factors. Social anxiety mainly develops in Parkinson I s disease as an indirect consequence of the motor symptoms. Patients are afraid of being negatively evaluated in the public, of receiving negative comments etc. Thus r social withdrawal increases and the improvement of neurological symptoms following drug treatment may not be fully exploited on the psychosocial level. Stress induced increase of motor symptoms is a commonly observed phenomenon in Parkinson's disease. Even minor stressors, mainly social in nature, can have extreme effects and may elicit or increase tremor or rigidity. A patient can be well in one moment, but unable to move in the next when being aware that he has to leave the house in an hour. Given this situation, patients and relatives have to develop strategies fo~ an emotional balance in the presence of a continuous confrontation with the direct and indirect consequences of the disease. A precondition for developing new psychologically based strategies is an optimwn medical treatment. The integrated approach for neurological and psychological support has the following goals: 1. improving medical treatment for the individual patient, 2. improving psychological coping and psychosocial adaptation for patients and relatives, and 3. evaluating and improving medical and psychological therapy. CONCLUSION Psychological intervention can provide considerable help for a substantial part of Parkinson patients. The main target is coping with stressful social situations. Relaxation and cognitive restructuring together with situational behavioral analysis and training of social skills specifically adapted to the disease are" the main strategies. Various problems remain open at the moment, like the maintenance of motivation which is especially critical for Parkinson patients. Parkins on 's disease is a neurological disease with a known pathological substrate and a therapy which is effective at least for several years on a symptomatic level. The symptoms are tightly connected with psychological emotional and cognitive processes. Moreover, patients and relatives have to cope with symptoms which strongly influence social interaction. And they have to cope together with this situation over a period of ten or twenty years. Thus not only for the patient but also for the health of the relatives, psychological aid is urgently needed. We suggest to integrate psychological approach into the neurological diagnosis and treatment.}, language = {en} } @article{EllgringClarke1977, author = {Ellgring, Johann Heinrich and Clarke, Andrew H.}, title = {A video protocolling and retrieval system for the analysis of behaviour}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-42537}, year = {1977}, abstract = {A video protocolling and retrieval system for the analysis of behaviour. Rec~nt developments in the data processing and video technologies have enabled the desIgn of automatic systems for the handling of video software. The system for the protocoIling and retrieval of audiovisual data (PRA VDA) described here has been developed for applications in behavioural observation and analysis. The facilities available, including time coding, search routines and automatic editing are explained and the advantages of computer aided operation are dealt with. Current applications of the system are briefly discussed.}, language = {en} } @article{EllgringOertelUlmetal.1992, author = {Ellgring, Johann Heinrich and Oertel, W. H. and Ulm, G. and Gasser, T. and Perleth, B. and Seiler, S.}, title = {Partnership and depression in Parkinson's Disease}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-42516}, year = {1992}, abstract = {In this study, the influence of partnership on depression and coping with Parkinson's disease has been investigated. Twentythree single female patients, 46 married patients (23 female, 23 male) with unimpaired partnership and 42 patients (21 female, 21 male) whose partnership had worsened since the onset of disease, were compared with regard to depression and self reported extent of psychosocial distress. Single female patients tended to have higher depression scores than patients in a stable partnership, especially in items concerning personal worthlessness and senselessness of life. Patients differed in the extent of distress concerning social behavior, psychological problems/anxiety and efficiency. Within the group of single female patients two subgroups emerged: (1) patients with low extent of distress in all aspects; (2) patients who were highly distressed by psychological problems and physical disability but weakly distressed from social interaction. Male and female patients living in a stable partnership reported only a generally low to moderate extent of distress. More than half of the male and female patients who reported an impairment of their relationship also had scores of moderate to severe depression. These patients also had the h~ghest extent of distress in each ofthe aspects assessed. The results are dicussed with regard to possible interactive effects ofthe disease, quality of the partnership and availability of coping strategies.}, language = {en} } @article{EllgringClarke1977, author = {Ellgring, Johann Heinrich and Clarke, A. H.}, title = {Event triggered observation as a method for the study of gestural behaviour}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-42491}, year = {1977}, abstract = {No abstract available}, language = {en} } @article{BossertLaessleMeilleretal.1991, author = {Bossert, Sabine and Laessle, Reinhold G. and Meiller, Caroline and Junker, Matthias and Ellgring, Johann Heinrich and Pirke, Karl-Martin}, title = {Visual palatability of food in patients with eating disorders and dieting women}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-42466}, year = {1991}, abstract = {The effects of 19 meals of different caloric content on slides on palatability and hypothetical duration of consumption were investigated in 7 patients with anorexia nervosa, 17 patients with bulimia nervosa at the beginning and after 8 weeks of hospital treatment. Nine healthy females served as controls. At the beginning of treatment, palatability of low caloric food was significantly higher and hypothetical duration of consumption of high caloric food was significantly longer in patients when compared to controls. After 8 weeks, in the patients palatability of low caloric food had decreased. Dislike for high caloric food remained stable in anorexics.}, language = {en} } @article{EllgringSchneiderFriedrichetal.1992, author = {Ellgring, Johann Heinrich and Schneider, F. and Friedrich, J. and Fus, I. and Beyer, T. and Heimann, H. and Himer, W.}, title = {The effects of neuroleptics on facial action in schizophrenic patients}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-43269}, year = {1992}, abstract = {This paper describes the influence of neuroleptic therapy on facial action in drug-naive schizophrenics. In a comparative study of medicated and unmedicated schizophrenic patients, the coordinates of 12 small light-reflecting points, attached to subjects' faces, were computer-recorded and analyzed automatically during a semistandardized clinical interview. In addition, facial activity in videotaped interviews was coded using the Facial Action Coding System (FACS). Each sample group comprised of eight patients with the DSMIII- R diagnostic criteria "schizophrenia" or "schizophreniform disorder". Subjects were studied on two occasions, one shortly after admission to the hospital, the other three weeks later. Group I was unmedicated during the first session, whereas group2 was medicated throughout the study. Three weeks after the start of medication, at the second interview, both recording methods showed a reduction in facial activity and facial expression across all subjects in group 1. The facial action of patients in group2, however, remained unchanged.}, language = {en} } @article{EllgringGaebel1992, author = {Ellgring, Johann Heinrich and Gaebel, W.}, title = {Experimental psychopathology in biological psychiatry and pharmacology}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-43246}, year = {1992}, abstract = {No abstract available}, language = {en} } @article{Ellgring1986, author = {Ellgring, Johann Heinrich}, title = {Nonverbal expression of psychological states in psychiatric patients}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-43179}, year = {1986}, abstract = {Nonverbal behavior, especially facial expression, appears as one of the most important means for communicating affective states. Studies on groups of psychiatric patients and control subjects are reported in which nonverbal behavior is analyzed from videotaped dialogues. Using a quantitative approach, results on facial behavior, speech, and gaze are described, which shed light on the expressive and communicative functions of nonverbal behavior. From longitudinal observations on depressed patients it emerged that individualspecific associations have to be taken into account for the relationship between expressive behavior and mood changes. The predominance of facial behavior in the speaker role of an individual found in patients and control groups points to the integrated communicative function of the verbal and nonverbal elements. However, recovered schizophrenic patients exhibited a dissociation of these elements. Implications for our understanding of nonverbal communications are discussed.}, language = {en} }