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S518 25th European Congress of Psychiatry / European Psychiatry 41S (2017) S465–S520
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Psychotic episode during a travel to
Saint-Petersburg. A variation of
Stendhal Syndrome
I. Rubio Zavala ∗, G. Martínez-Ales García , A. De Diego Cornejo ,
M.P. Sánchez Castro , A. Fraga Domingo , I.I. Louzao Rojas ,
M. Bravo Ortiz
Hospital Universitario La Paz, Psychiatry, Madrid, Spain
∗ Auteur correspondant.
Introduction Journeys have been considered life-changing expe-
riences since the first chronicles of humanity. Interest towards the
relationship between travels andmental illness started off with the
publication, in 1897, of Les aliénés voyageurs.
Case report We report the case of a 52-year-old gentleman, mar-
ried and without children, who works as a couch driver and has
no past medical records. During a holiday trip, at his arrival to
Saint Petersburg, he first experienced haze and cognitive andmem-
ory failures, along with malaise and sweating. The day after, while
visiting the Hermitage museum, he underwent forthright auditive
hallucinations, diffusion of thought phenomena and harm delu-
sions. After ruling out diagnosable organic causes through CT scan,
MRI and blood analyses including immunologic studies, he was put
on olanzapine 10mg/day with total symptomatic remission within
2 weeks.
Discussion Stendhal syndrome, described back in 1989 by Dr.
Magherini, refers to anxious, somatic and psychotic symptoms
affecting tourists who visit Florence. The celebrated author, him-
self, experienced intense emotions due to an overdose of beauty at
the Italian city. Further clinical pictures related to journeys include
Jerusalem Syndrome and Way of Saint James Syndrome. Another
entity, Paris Syndrome, differentially affects Japanese visitors, dis-
appointed with the actual experience of visiting the French city.
Conclusion During journeys, people often abandon everyday life
in order to open up to unknown sights and feelings. These can
eventually, lead to certain sorts of mental illness.
Disclosure of interest The authors have not supplied their decla-
ration of competing interest.
EV0352
Socio-demographic and cognitive
determinants of xenophobia among
the GCC citizens
F. Al-Kubaisi , A. Soliman ∗
Qatar University, Social Sciences Psychology, Doha, Qatar
∗ Corresponding author.
Introduction Xenophobia has been referred to as a global phe-
nomenon, linked to the globalizationprocess andnoted in countries
undergoing transition. It comes from the perceived threat of
foreigners’ impact on the citizens’ identity or individual rights.
Although the Gulf countries host a large number of migrants from
several different cultures and ethnicity, so far no study has exam-
ined the conceptualization and pervasiveness of Xenophobia and
counter strategies to such phenomenon.
Objectives Exploring Xenophobia in the Gulf context. Exploring
socio-demographic and cognitive factors affecting xenophobia.
Aims Validating a measure of Xenophobia in the Gulf cultural
context. Examining the gender differences in Xenophobia among
the GCC individuals. Studying socio-demographic and cognitive
predictors of Xenophobia.
Methods A sample of 513 individuals from the GCC countries
completed several measures of socio-demographic and cognitive
variables. Likert-type scale of xenophobia was developed and vali-
dated on a large sample of Qatari citizens that showed trustworthy
indications of validity and reliability and delivered via internet sur-
vey.
Results The findings showed that Xenophobia negatively corre-
lated with age, parents’ level of education, and varied subject to
the type of father’s job. The females showed Xenophobia more
indications than males. Participants from the six GCC countries
showed different levels of Xenophobia indicators. Bad experience
with expatriates fullymediated the relationship between the socio-
demographic of subjects and the number of Xenophobia indicators.
Cognitive factors were also good predictors of Xenophobia across
all cultures and gender.
Conclusions Xenophobia in the Gulf region is influenced by sev-
eral cognitive and socio-demographic factors that is mediated by,
but not limited to, negative personal experiences and their cultural
backgrounds.
Disclosure of interest The authors have not supplied their decla-
ration of competing interest.
EV0353
Ethno-cultural predictors, which
determine features of cognitive
behavioral therapy of persons with
PTSD
M. Sulaimanova , R. Sulaimanov ∗
1 Kyrgyz-Slavic University, Medical Psychology- Psychiatry- and
Psychotherapy, Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic
2 Osnabrück Universität, Cognitive Science, Osnabrück, Germany
∗ Corresponding author.
Objective Study of the predictors of ethno-cultural adaptation
among male population with PTSD.
Materials and methods We examined 72 males (age: 18–52) with
PTSD (F43.1), acquired in interethnic Kyrgyz-Uzbek conflict. In
the process of CBT 3 psychotherapeutic groups were formed: 1st
(2 homogenous subgroups) included 24 ethnic Kyrgyz, 2nd (2
homogenous subgroups): 24 ethnic Uzbeks, 3rd (2 heterogeneous
subgroups): 12 Uzbeks, 12 Kyrgyz.
Methods Semi-formalized interview, standardized scales for
evaluating PTSD, anxiety, depression, aggression, loneliness.
Results High levels of aggressiveness among Kyrgyz: 52.4, among
Uzbeks: 51.7 (P < 0.05), loneliness among Kyrgyz: 38.9, among
Uzbeks: 46.2 (P < 0.05), anxiety amongKyrgyz: 48.8, amongUzbeks:
52.4 (P< 0.05), depression among Kyrgyz: 57.5, among Uzbeks: 61.1
(P < 0.05) are mutually conditioning factors. In the CBT process,
the values decreased: in 1st group anxiety level to 44.4 (P < 0.05),
depression: 54.2 (P < 0.05); aggressiveness: 48.2 ( P < 0.05), loneli-
ness: 38.4 (P < 0.05); in 2nd: anxiety: 49.4 (P < 0.05), depression:
59.8 (P < 0.05), aggressiveness: 47.3 ( P < 0.05), loneliness: 42.4
(P < 0.05); in 3rd: anxiety: 41,1 ( P< 0.05), depression: 52.2 (P < 0.05),
aggressiveness: 46.5 (P < 0.05), loneliness: 35.5 ( P < 0.05).
Conclusions High levels of aggressiveness and loneliness among
the respondents of both ethnic groups are the predictors of PTSD.
Emphasized anxiety-phobic (group 1) and anxiety-depressive
(group 2) disorders are the activating mechanisms of adaptation
processes in micro-society (psychotherapeutic group). Dominating
anxiety-phobic disorders (group 1), anxiety-depressive disorders
(group 2), and their entanglement with values of aggressiveness
and loneliness determine development and stability of clinical-
psychopathologic manifestations as dysthymic disorders, which
is an indicator for biological treatment. Heterogeneous group, as
a result of CBT, has shown activation of psychological adapta-
tion mechanism by the dissociative type, which is one of the
mechanisms of ethno-cultural adaptation and requires subsequent
research.
Disclosure of interest The authors have not supplied their decla-
ration of competing interest.