Thematic Correlations of the Patients with Severe Depressive Episode. A Case Study. (13th May 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Mihai, Sumedrea Cristian; Corneliu, Mosoiu
• Is Part Of: Procedia--social and behavioral sciences. Volume 187(2015)
• Page Start: 163
• Page End: 167
• Publication Date: 2015-05-13
• Subjects: latent semantic analysis -- life themes -- psychological resources -- psychological states -- thematic correlations; Social sciences -- Periodicals; Social sciences -- Congresses; Arts -- Periodicals; Arts -- Congresses; Humanities -- Periodicals; Humanities -- Congresses; 300
• DOI: 10.1016/j.sbspro.2015.03.031
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1877-0428

Abstract

Abstract: The paper presents a case study having as a purpose the identifying of the thematic correlations of a patient diagnosed with severe depressive episode that determine an increased consumption of psychological resources. The correlations are computed as dot products of the vectors containing the patient's psychological states. Seven such psychological states were identified. The significant correlations offer important information in the psychotherapeutic approach of the patient. To describe these aspects the study uses the method of latent semantic analysis.