Denial in Munchausen syndrome by proxy: the consulting psychiatrist's dilemma.

abstract：:The prescription of medications for a patient with kidney failure requires special consideration since the kidneys are major organs of excretion and regulator the body's fluid environment. Physicians need to have a working knowledge of the pharmacokinetics of the medications they intend to prescribe. Protein binding o...

journal_title：International journal of psychiatry in medicine

authors： Levy NB

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The development of instruments to measure emotional maladjustment in diabetic Hispanic populations has received little attention. We present the development and validation of the Diabetes Emotional Adjustment Scale in Spanish. METHOD:An eighteen-item self-administered scale was construed to assess emotional ...

journal_title：International journal of psychiatry in medicine

authors： De León OA

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pérez-San-Gregorio M. A., Fernández-Jiménez E., Luque-Budia A., Martín-Rodríguez A. (2015). Anxiety and concerns in Spanish living kidney donor candidates. The International Journal of Psychiatry in Medicine, 50, 163-177. ...

journal_title：International journal of psychiatry in medicine

authors：

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty-one individuals underwent extensive psychological evaluation before, and four months after, coronary bypass surgery, that examined: defensive mechanisms; fantasies and distortions; subjective meaning of the procedure; and transference and projections. Patients showed a significant improvement in their physical ...

journal_title：International journal of psychiatry in medicine

authors： Thurer S,Levine F,Thurer R

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in German men and associated with various physical and psychosocial problems. This study investigated the association between mental distress and the subjective need for psychosocial support comparing subgroups of patients with different treatments and disease stages....

journal_title：International journal of psychiatry in medicine

authors： Baba N,Schrage T,Hartmann A,Baba K,Wuensch A,Schultze-Seemann W,Weis J,Joos A

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Approaching individuals in the emergency situation presenting with medical illness and depression requires an understanding of psychologic, biologic, social, and existential factors that converge to create alterations in mood, thought, and behavior. Clinicians must understand how these same factors may be used in mana...

journal_title：International journal of psychiatry in medicine

authors： Slaby AE

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The rate of smoking is known to be high in patients with schizophrenia. The purpose of this study was to quantitatively examine the relationship between smoking and family history of smoking in patients with schizophrenia. METHODS:The sample consisted of 172 patients (mean age: 54 years, 55% male) hospitali...

journal_title：International journal of psychiatry in medicine

authors： Shinozaki Y,Nakao M,Takeuchi T,Yano E

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) has become a major public health problem with over 12,000 cases and 6,000 deaths reported to date. Although there has been an explosion of knowledge in the virology, immunology and pathology of AIDS, relatively little has been written on the neuropsychiatric aspects. This rep...

journal_title：International journal of psychiatry in medicine

authors： Detmer WM,Lu FG

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Elsewhere, curricula for undergraduate and postgraduate psychiatry have been extended to include the role of spirituality. It has also become important to establish how, within accepted professional boundaries, spirituality should be incorporated appropriately into the current model for South African practice...

journal_title：International journal of psychiatry in medicine

authors： van Rensburg BJ,Szabo CP,Poggenpoel M,Myburgh C

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Background and Objectives This pilot study provides a description and evaluation of process-oriented dynamic group psychotherapy for depression as a teaching modality for family medicine residents. The main purpose of using this modality was to teach family medicine residents a variety of psychological clinical skills...

journal_title：International journal of psychiatry in medicine

authors： Simon EP,McClaflin R,Zonca R,Mikuni K,Chung W,Etnyre E,Faucette L,Oates D,Merrill C

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To propose an answer to Medicine's confusion about what Type A Behavior is. METHOD:To critically review early writings about Type A as well as current literature with a focus on five key articles which are frequently mentioned in medical and lay literature as containing relevant data undermining the Type A h...

journal_title：International journal of psychiatry in medicine

authors： Larson JA

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Psychosocial associations have been observed with level of cervical dysplasia or "pre-cancer" and invasive cervical cancer [related to human papillomavirus (HPV) infection]. Psychoneuroimmunological relationships have been observed in human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) infection, which is being descr...

journal_title：International journal of psychiatry in medicine

authors： Goodkin K,Antoni MH,Helder L,Sevin B

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Motherhood is a critical situation characterized by role conflicts. These conflicts between the roles of mother, worker, and wife are the norm in the postpartum period and may jeopardize a mother's well-being. The purpose of this study was to explore the relationships between postpartum adaptation and depres...

journal_title：International journal of psychiatry in medicine

authors： Ho CL,Chang LI,Wan KS

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Across the lifespan, alcohol misuse affects a large percentage of patients seen in primary care clinics. It can lead to alcohol use disorders, ranging from risky use to alcohol dependence. Alcohol use disorders frequently complicate acute and chronic illnesses of patients seen in FM clinics. Screening patients for alc...

journal_title：International journal of psychiatry in medicine

authors： Rule JC,Samuel P

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE:Depression is a common mental disorder that leads to undesirable consequences. The study of the role of depression in disability pension can provide valuable insights. This study was conducted with the goal of systematic review and meta-analysis of the relationship between depression and disabi...

journal_title：International journal of psychiatry in medicine

authors： Amiri S,Behnezhad S

更新日期：2019-05-06 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Recent genome wide association studies (GWASs) assessing the relationship between schizophrenia (SZ) and the ZNF804A gene, particularly the single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) rs1344706, have yielded conflicting results. Schizophrenia is a heterogeneous disorder, so it is possible that an association may be ...

journal_title：International journal of psychiatry in medicine

authors： Yang Y,Li W,Yang G,Xiao B,Wang X,Ding M,Zhao J,Song X,Yue W,Zhang D,Zhang H,Lv L

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Depression has been found to impede several health outcomes among people living with HIV, but little research has examined whether depression treatment mitigates this influence. We assessed the impact of antidepressant therapy on measures of work, condom use, and psychosocial well-being among depressed HIV cl...

journal_title：International journal of psychiatry in medicine

authors： Wagner GJ,Ngo VK,Nakasujja N,Akena D,Aunon F,Musisi S

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:A modified version of the Mental Adjustment to Cancer Scale (The Mental Adjustment to HIV Scale--MAHIVS) was used to evaluate patterns of psychological adjustment in response to HIV infection. METHODS:A sample of 164 HIV positive homosexual/bisexual men were recruited across three Australian centers (79 asymptoma...

journal_title：International journal of psychiatry in medicine

authors： Kelly B,Raphael B,Burrows G,Judd F,Kernutt G,Burnett P,Perdices M,Dunne M

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The authors review the evaluation and treatment of anxiety symptoms in elderly patients, with particular emphasis on elderly patients with chronic medical illness. METHODS:A computer search for articles addressing anxiety symptoms in patients sixty-five and older was supplemented by the authors' clinical exp...

journal_title：International journal of psychiatry in medicine

authors： Hocking LB,Koenig HG

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The dexamethasone suppression test (DST) appears to be a sensitive and specific biological marker for endogenous depression that can have important diagnostic and treatment implications. The authors present three case studies of patients treated on a combined medicine-psychiatric inpatient unit, and who presented with...

journal_title：International journal of psychiatry in medicine

authors： Nelson WH,Orr WW Jr,Sullivan CR

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Olanzapine, an atypical antipsychotic, is often regarded as a safe choice for psychosis management. We hereby report an aged case that presented with conscious depression, bradycardia, hypotension, miosis and hypothermia. Olanzapine was thought to be the offending agent. His condition improved with supportive therapy....

journal_title：International journal of psychiatry in medicine

authors： Lee TW,Tsai SJ,Hwang JP

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A prospective study over three months explored whether measures of response "qualities" of life change events (e.g., whether the event was positive or negative in its subjective impact) enhance the ability of a simple counting of recent life change events to predict near future illness rates. Thirty-four nursing stude...

journal_title：International journal of psychiatry in medicine

authors： Sheehan DV,O'Donnell J,Fitzgerald A,Hervig L,Ward H

更新日期：1978-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article challenges the belief that depression and anxiety are the inevitable consequences of medical illness. The authors describe how cognitive behavioral therapy can help individuals accept their disabilities and modify the distorted thinking patterns which may compound their suffering. Three case studies demon...

journal_title：International journal of psychiatry in medicine

authors： Bates A,Burns DD,Moorey S

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clonazepam, a unique benzodiazepine with anticonvulsant and serotonin enhancing capacity, can be used in conjunction with conventional psychopharmacologic agents to treat a variety of psychiatric conditions including schizophrenia, borderline personality disorder, and psychotic mania. Three representative case studies...

journal_title：International journal of psychiatry in medicine

authors： Freinhar JP,Alvarez WA

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is the most common psychotherapy approach for the treatment of PTSD. Nevertheless, previous reviews on the efficacy of several types of psychotherapy were unable to detect differences between CBT and other psychotherapies. The purpose of this study was to conduct systematic ...

journal_title：International journal of psychiatry in medicine

authors： Mendes DD,Mello MF,Ventura P,Passarela Cde M,Mari Jde J

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Balint groups are a structured group process designed for physicians and other helping professionals to provide feedback to each other concerning troublesome patient encounters. The process of Balint groups has survived and even thrived for more than a half century since their inception, suggesting their inherent valu...

journal_title：International journal of psychiatry in medicine

authors： Sternlieb JL

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Mania and other mood changes are known to be associated with various organic etiologies. This article documents a case of organic mania associated with hyponatremia, a phenomenon which has not been previously reported, and reviews the pertinent medical literature. METHOD:The mental status of a patient with e...

journal_title：International journal of psychiatry in medicine

authors： Baar JM

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article describes a novel inter-professional curriculum designed to address the needs of homeless patients in a Midwestern region of the United States which has high rates of poverty. The curriculum is intended for healthcare trainees coming from undergraduate pre-medical programs, nursing, pharmacy, social work,...

journal_title：International journal of psychiatry in medicine

authors： Chrisman-Khawam L,Abdullah N,Dhoopar A

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The prevalence of alcohol related admissions to hospitals in Manitoba was examined in an investigation limited to the general medicine units of four representative hospitals within the province. All admissions during one-month periods were closely examined. In order to determine if an admission was related to alcohol,...

journal_title：International journal of psychiatry in medicine

authors： Lange DE,Schacter B

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is rising evidence of patients' use of alternative and complementary medicine. The percentage of the U.S. population who used at least one dietary supplement increased from 42% in 1988-1994 to 53% in 2003-2006. We present a case of an Asian female in her 40s, with no previous psychiatric illness, who presented t...

journal_title：International journal of psychiatry in medicine

authors： Yadav P,Stigall K,Johnson HE,Rayapati AO,Chopra N

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00