Eating disorders and insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Marfan syndrome (MFS) is a rare, heritable disorder that affects connective tissue. Men and women are equally affected. Clinical manifestations involve multiple sites, especially bones and ligaments and heart and blood vessels. OBJECTIVE:Authors sought to investigate quality of life (QoL) in MFS patients, a...

journal_title：Psychosomatics

authors： Fusar-Poli P,Klersy C,Stramesi F,Callegari A,Arbustini E,Politi P

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors aim to facilitate the psychiatric evaluation of death-hastening decisions, such as cessation of life-support treatment or physician-assisted suicide, by deriving principles for evaluating patients from a literature review and a recently completed prospective study on dialysis discontinuation conducted by c...

journal_title：Psychosomatics

authors： Cohen LM,Steinberg MD,Hails KC,Dobscha SK,Fischel SV

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors examined the correlation of subjective body complaints (measured by the Giessen Subjective Complaints List) with sociodemographic data, objective health measures, measures of subjective well-being, and clinicians' ratings of somatization and psychological impairment in 251 cognitively unimpaired general ho...

journal_title：Psychosomatics

authors： Schneider G,Wachter M,Driesch G,Kruse A,Nehen HG,Heuft G

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Even though viral management of HIV infection is now more effective, clinical observations suggest that fatigue remains a problem for a substantial proportion of patients. OBJECTIVE:The authors delineated prevalence and severity of fatigue in HIV patients with psychiatric comorbidities and examined psycholo...

journal_title：Psychosomatics

authors： Paddison J,Fricchione G,Gandhi RT,Freudenreich O

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As clinical ethicists increasingly populate hospital settings, a definition of their roles and responsibilities vis à vis those of consultation-liaison (C-L) psychiatrists remains a matter of both interest and uncertainty. Both fields share certain evolutionary and ideological features, yet until very recently, psychi...

journal_title：Psychosomatics

authors： Youngner SJ

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) can be life-saving in treating depression, even for high-risk cardiac patients. A 56-year-old man with type 2 diabetes and dilated cardiomyopathy, using both a defibrillator and an experimental cardiac contractility modulator, had had episodes of severe depression superimposed...

journal_title：Psychosomatics

authors： Lynch AM,Pandurangi AK,Levenson JL

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Delirium is presumed to be the same syndrome in all ages. Comparing pediatric and adult studies, the authors found many of the same symptoms reported, but often at significantly different rates. Sleep-wake disturbance, fluctuating symptoms, impaired attention, irritability, agitation, affective lability, and confusion...

journal_title：Psychosomatics

authors： Turkel SB,Trzepacz PT,Tavaré CJ

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Biofeedback-assisted relaxation training (BART) can treat several common pediatric presentations, including chronic pain and anxiety. Its effectiveness, applicability to a variety of conditions, and equipment portability make it an ideal treatment approach for use in an inpatient pediatric consultation-liais...

journal_title：Psychosomatics

authors： McKenna K,Gallagher KA,Forbes PW,Ibeziako P

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Fibromyalgia, as defined by the American College of Rheumatology, is characterized by widespread pain lasting for at least 3 months, with pain in at least 11 out of 18 tender points when palpated with digital pressure. OBJECTIVE:The authors investigated the relationship between changes in pain and symptoms ...

journal_title：Psychosomatics

authors： Arnold LM,Leon T,Whalen E,Barrett J

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Delirium is a common complication of myeloablative hematopoietic stem-cell transplantation (HSCT), yet no studies have explored the later effects of an episode of delirium in this setting on patients' decision-making capacity after the acute symptoms of delirium have resolved. OBJECTIVE:The authors assessed...

journal_title：Psychosomatics

authors： Zaubler T,Fann JR,Roth-Roemer S,Katon WJ,Bustami R,Syrjala KL

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Psychiatric admissions of patients infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) over a 5-year period (1986-1991) are reviewed. Ninety-one patients were studied. Suicidal thoughts/attempt was the most common reason for hospital admission. The two most common diagnostic categories were 1) organic mental syndrome...

journal_title：Psychosomatics

authors： Wiener PK,Schwartz MA,O'Connell RA

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although physical restraint is still used in psychiatric inpatient settings, it sometimes causes serious side effects, including deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and resulting pulmonary embolism. OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to investigate the incidence of the DVT in restrained patients who were receiving ...

journal_title：Psychosomatics

authors： Ishida T,Katagiri T,Uchida H,Takeuchi H,Sakurai H,Watanabe K,Mimura M

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Poor health-related quality of life (HRQL) is associated with mortality in cardiac patients. Patients (N=667) with poor HRQL after percutaneous coronary intervention had a higher incidence of early (< or =6 months) major adverse cardiac events (MACE) than did patients with good HRQL, whereas there was no difference fo...

journal_title：Psychosomatics

authors： Pedersen SS,Martens EJ,Denollet J,Appels A

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Medical records were reviewed for 94 consecutive inpatients diagnosed with nonepileptic seizures. A 122-item follow-up questionnaire was returned by 71 patients (76%). The majority of the subjects reported fewer seizures (73%), their general health as "very good" (20%) or "good" (37), and "improved" quality of life (5...

journal_title：Psychosomatics

authors： Krahn LE,Reese MM,Rummans TA,Peterson GC,Suman VJ,Sharbrough FW,Cascino GD

更新日期：1997-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The contributions of consultation-liaison psychiatrists have significantly influenced the practice of medicine. The author reviews the pertinent literature that substantiates this observation as well as suggests areas that hold promise for such contributions in the future. ...

journal_title：Psychosomatics

authors： Kornfeld DS

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors assessed, in an adolescent population sample, the internal consistency, test-retest stability, and factor structure of the Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS-20) and established the frequency of alexithymia in this age-group. Pupils (N=882; age-groups: 14-, 15-, and 16-year-olds) from two secondary schools com...

journal_title：Psychosomatics

authors： Säkkinen P,Kaltiala-Heino R,Ranta K,Haataja R,Joukamaa M

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study examines the use of substance abuse and mental health services among older adults with substance use disorders. METHODS:Participants were members of Humana Cares, a subsidiary of Humana, Inc., a care management program for chronically ill Medicare Advantage members, between 2008 and 2010. All adul...

journal_title：Psychosomatics

authors： Huang H,Chan YF,Bauer AM,Suzuki J,Katon W,Russo J,Hogan D,Unützer J

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article characterizes the academic, administrative, clinical service, and fiscal characteristics of departments of psychiatry in traditional children's hospitals to determine the characteristics of fiscally successful programs. A survey of chairs of psychiatry from short-term general children's hospitals was cond...

journal_title：Psychosomatics

authors： Campo JV,Kingsley RS,Bridge J,Mrazek D

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Few studies have documented the extent and nature of sexual abuse among women who later come to treatment for anorexia nervosa or bulimia. This comparison study reports on a sample of 158 patients admitted to an eating-disorder unit, of whom 60 gave a history of sexual abuse, compared to 98 with no history of abuse. F...

journal_title：Psychosomatics

authors： Hall RC,Tice L,Beresford TP,Wooley B,Hall AK

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Scurvy is a disease with well-known peripheral symptoms, such as bleeding and pain. METHODS:The clinical and historical evidence for a distinct form of scurvy affecting the central nervous system, called neuropsychiatric scurvy, is reviewed. Pathophysiologic factors are described, as well as its diagnosis a...

journal_title：Psychosomatics

authors： Brown TM

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A study was conducted on a group of chronically hospitalized, brain-damaged male patients to assess the effectiveness of treatment with pindolol on behavioral problems. The study was conducted in two parts. The first was a double-blind, placebo-controlled analysis of the effect of pindolol on assaultive behavior, both...

journal_title：Psychosomatics

authors： Greendyke RM,Berkner JP,Webster JC,Gulya A

更新日期：1989-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Comorbidity between vestibular and psychiatric disorders in predisposed individuals is underestimated, untreated, and may result in chronicization and poor quality of life. There are few studies concerning the type and the prevalence of psychiatric-psychosomatic distress in patients with benign paroxysmal po...

journal_title：Psychosomatics

authors： Ferrari S,Monzani D,Baraldi S,Simoni E,Prati G,Forghieri M,Rigatelli M,Genovese E,Pingani L

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors evaluated 50 Korean immigrants who had chronic viral hepatitis or who were healthy carriers for the hepatitis B virus in terms of the relationships between their depression scores, psychosocial stressors, social support, and biological markers of dysfunction. All participants completed a questionnaire, des...

journal_title：Psychosomatics

authors： Kunkel EJ,Kim JS,Hann HW,Oyesanmi O,Menefee LA,Field HL,Lartey PL,Myers RE

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We investigated the prevalence and incidence of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) among patients with schizophrenia in Taiwan. METHODS:From the database provided by the National Health Research Institute, we obtained a random sample of 766,427 subjects aged ≥18 years in 2005. Subjects with a prima...

journal_title：Psychosomatics

authors： Hsu JH,Chien IC,Lin CH,Chou YJ,Chou P

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors developed a screening instrument to detect patients in need of complex care coordination at admission to a general hospital. On the basis of a series of risk factors for care complexity, the authors constructed a short, care complexity prediction instrument (COMPRI) and assessed its qualities. The COMPRI i...

journal_title：Psychosomatics

authors： Huyse FJ,de Jonge P,Slaets JP,Herzog T,Lobo A,Lyons JS,Opmeer BC,Stein B,Arolt V,Balogh N,Cardoso G,Fink P,Rigatelli M

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the treatment of psychiatric patients with complicating medical illness, clinicians may encounter patients who cannot take oral medications. This review will acquaint the practicing clinical psychiatrist with psychotropic medications available by nonenteral routes of administration. A computerized MEDLINE search wa...

journal_title：Psychosomatics

authors： Thompson D,DiMartini A

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors previously reported four clinical cues that predicted a subgroup of ambulatory patients likely to have depressive and anxiety disorders. The authors' purpose in this study was to validate this model in another cohort of 185 consecutive adult referrals to a rheumatology clinic. The authors found 4 variables...

journal_title：Psychosomatics

authors： Jackson JL,O'Malley PG,Kroenke K

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Depression is commonly reported in patients after cardiac surgery and increases the risk of postoperative cardiac morbidity or mortality or both. Although preoperative depression has been implicated as the strongest predictor of depression after surgery, the characteristics thought to influence reactive or p...

journal_title：Psychosomatics

authors： Patron E,Messerotti Benvenuti S,Palomba D

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A study of 260 patients was conducted in 1990 using a questionnaire that was designed to measure and assess their recall of symptom patterns, symptom distress levels, symptom interpretation, and physician-recommended treatment plans. The questionnaire was mailed 6-18 months after they had undergone a gastrointestinal ...

journal_title：Psychosomatics

authors： Harper RG,Kane FJ,Stroehlein J

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Conflicts among consultants are frequent in general hospitals. Unfortunately, such disputes are rarely resolved to the satisfaction of all concerned. The authors discuss the conflicts that may arise among consultants and review techniques that can lead to more effective collaboration. Authors review the literature on ...

journal_title：Psychosomatics

authors： Caplan JP,Epstein LA,Stern TA

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00