Table 2.

Means (SD) of self-reported measures of risk factors for psychogenic illness by experimental group

Measures of psychosocial risk factors	Pill (n = 13)	Pill + Media (n = 15)	Control (n = 10)
NEO-PI Neuroticism Scale	41.6 (13.4)	40.7 (14.4)	38.6 (9.0)
Traumatic Life Events Questionnaire
Count of events	5.1 (2.6)	7.4 (5.6)	3.5 (1.8)
Count of events with fear or helplessness	2.7 (2.2)	3.9 (4.6)	1.8 (1.8)
Number of total occurrences	14.2 (9.7)	21.7 (23.7)	7.7 (4.7)
Perceived Stress Scale	10.0 (7.0)	13.3 (6.7)	8.5 (5.2)
Symptom Checklist-90-R
Somatization	46.5 (10.1)	44.1 (10.1)	44.7 (8.8)
Interpersonal sensitivity	49.9 (11.9)	54.6 (12.3)	45.5 (8.5)
Anxiety	44.6 (10.2)	46.8 (11.9)	45.4 (11.0)
Depression	51.3 (10.1)	51.8 (14.1)	45.0 (13.1)
Phobic anxiety	46.5 (6.6)	50.4 (10.5)	47.3 (7.4)
Paranoid ideation	50.5 (9.5)	53.9 (13.1)	46.9 (6.7)