Instruments in the assessment of psychosomatic and neurotic disorders.

abstract：:The occurrence of the hyperventilation syndrome (HVS) has often been associated with stress. In this experiment with normal subjects responses of PACO2, respiration rate, heart rate and checklist measures were registered in a stressful, real-life situation, namely waiting for an examination. Heart rate and one checkli...

journal_title：Psychotherapy and psychosomatics

authors： Garssen B

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Compliance is an ancient topic subjected to intense recent scrutiny as a result of scientific and social changes which focus on lifestyle adjustment to chronic illness and emphasize increasing patient involvement in self-care. Difficulties in definition, measurement and research design as well as the complexity of the...

journal_title：Psychotherapy and psychosomatics

authors： Blackwell B

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Psychotic depression was initially considered to be at one end of a continuum of severity of major depression. Subsequent experience demonstrated that psychosis is an independent trait that may accompany mood disorders of varying severity. While much has been learned about the impact of severe mood congruent delusions...

journal_title：Psychotherapy and psychosomatics

authors： Dubovsky SL,Ghosh BM,Serotte JC,Cranwell V

更新日期：2020-11-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Antidepressant use is highly prevalent. Research has mainly focused on efficacy during short periods of use for depression and anxiety. There is a relative paucity of data regarding the frequency of long-term use. METHODS:To determine the prevalence and possible increase of long-term use of antidepressants ...

journal_title：Psychotherapy and psychosomatics

authors： Huijbregts KM,Hoogendoorn A,Slottje P,van Balkom AJLM,Batelaan NM

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Despite evidence that cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) is effective for rheumatoid arthritis (RA), little is known about which components of therapy are most efficacious. The present study compared the efficacy of CBT with cognitive therapy (CT) and behavioral therapy (BT) for patients with RA. We hypothes...

journal_title：Psychotherapy and psychosomatics

authors： Sharpe L,Schrieber L

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In the present study the authors evaluated the relationship between personality traits (according to DSM-III-R) and poor metabolic control in an adult onset insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus sample (n = 77). METHODS:Personality traits were assessed with the Personality Diagnostic Questionnaire--Revised. M...

journal_title：Psychotherapy and psychosomatics

authors： Orlandini A,Pastore MR,Fossati A,Clerici S,Sergi A,Balini A,Maffei C,Secchi A,Pozza G

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An approach to the psychotherapy of ego-depleted states or with morbid disease involves the commitment of the therapist far beyond a distant psychoanalytic stance. Engagement must occur before a therapeutic alliance and exploration of underlying issues can begin. The patient in a helpless state needs the therapist's c...

journal_title：Psychotherapy and psychosomatics

authors： Nadelson T

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thirteen alexithymic patients and 13 panic disorder patients were compared with matched controls regarding their use of self-solacing strategies. Whereas the panic disorder group used significantly more (p less than 0.001) solacing objects, activities and sounds than normals, the alexithymic subjects used significantl...

journal_title：Psychotherapy and psychosomatics

authors： Horton PC,Gewirtz H,Kreutter KJ

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Metatherapy (a psychotherapeutic procedure based upon parental couple collaboration) is a technique useful for working with severely disorganized family contexts, in which psychopathological diseases (such as psychotic or psychosomatic disorders, suicide attempts of the children etc.) can appear. The management of the...

journal_title：Psychotherapy and psychosomatics

authors： Vaz-Leal FJ

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Not all adults with chronic insomnia respond to the recommended therapeutic options of cognitive behavioral therapy and approved hypnotic drugs. Transcranial alternating current stimulation (tACS) may offer a novel potential treatment modality for insomnia. OBJECTIVES:This study aimed to examine the efficac...

journal_title：Psychotherapy and psychosomatics

authors： Wang HX,Wang L,Zhang WR,Xue Q,Peng M,Sun ZC,Li LP,Wang K,Yang XT,Jia Y,Zhou QL,Xu ZX,Li N,Dong K,Zhang Q,Song HQ,Zhan SQ,Min BQ,Fan CQ,Zhou AH,Guo XH,Li HB,Liang LR,Yin L,Si TM,Huang J,Yan TY,Cosci F

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The results of several studies on sleep EEG and dreams in patients with eating disorders are presented and compared with the data obtained in patients with a major depression. The sleep pattern, which is characteristic of depression, could not be found in the eating disorder group. Regarding the cholinergic REM induct...

journal_title：Psychotherapy and psychosomatics

authors： Dippel B,Lauer C,Riemann D,Majer-Trendel K,Krieg JC,Berger M

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Evidence suggests substantial comorbidity between symptoms of somatization and depression in clinical as well as nonclinical populations. However, as most existing research has been retrospective or cross-sectional in design, very little is known about the specific nature of this relationship. In particular,...

journal_title：Psychotherapy and psychosomatics

authors： Terre L,Poston WS,Foreyt J,St Jeor ST

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relationship between depressed mood and alexithymia, measured by the Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS) was investigated in a group of psychiatric inpatients (n = 81) and outpatients (n = 97). In both cohorts correlations between the TAS and obsessoid personality style were significant when controlled for mood. The o...

journal_title：Psychotherapy and psychosomatics

authors： Wise TN,Mann LS,Hill B

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many child and adolescent psychotherapists are asked to work in specialized institutions (where the children are either interns or externs), with children presenting behaviour problems, learning difficulties, mental handicap or important psychosocial problems. They learn through diverse treatment forms, or parent acco...

journal_title：Psychotherapy and psychosomatics

authors： Bettschart W

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper presents the Social Phobia Psychotherapy Research Network. The research program encompasses a coordinated group of studies adopting a standard protocol and an agreed-on set of standardized measures for the assessment and treatment of social phobia (SP). In the central project (study A), a multicenter random...

journal_title：Psychotherapy and psychosomatics

authors： Leichsenring F,Hoyer J,Beutel M,Herpertz S,Hiller W,Irle E,Joraschky P,Konig HH,de Liz TM,Nolting B,Pohlmann K,Salzer S,Schauenburg H,Stangier U,Strauss B,Subic-Wrana C,Vormfelde S,Weniger G,Willutzki U,Wiltink J,

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS) offers a reliable method to measure alexithymia, a personality construct describing individuals endorsing the inability to identify and report emotions, processing a minimal fantasy life, utilizing an analytic cognitive style, and tending to somatize. Utilizing four cohorts of both ...

journal_title：Psychotherapy and psychosomatics

authors： Mann LS,Wise TN,Shay L

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The interpersonal model is important for understanding somatizing behavior. According to this model, somatizing behavior is a form of interpersonal communication driven by insecure attachment. Interpersonal psychotherapy (IPT) is a time-limited, manual-based treatment designed to relieve symptoms and improve interpers...

journal_title：Psychotherapy and psychosomatics

authors： Stuart S,Noyes R Jr

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Some patients become grossly disorganized during a hospital stay for medical illness. In the midst of a confusing medical picture, the unpredictable behavior of such patients causes great consternation among the medical or surgical staff. Families also become particularly anxious; their concern about the medical probl...

journal_title：Psychotherapy and psychosomatics

authors： Nadelson T

更新日期：1978-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Psychiatric clinicians frequently prescribe biologic treatments such as antidepressant medication in combination with psychologic treatments such as psychotherapy. In the present article we propose a model integrating antidepressant treatment with Beck's cognitive therapy, a form of psychotherapy with established effi...

journal_title：Psychotherapy and psychosomatics

authors： Pava JA,Fava M,Levenson JA

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this paper is to reflect on and to compare various psychoanalytic models which are used in the conceptualisation of the processes occurring in small psychotherapeutic groups. Three tendencies are roughly differentiated: (1) the tendency to analyse the individual patient in the group (Slavson, Wolfson an...

journal_title：Psychotherapy and psychosomatics

authors： Verhaest S,Pierloot R

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study investigates the possibilities to identify, within a group of acute low-back pain patients, individuals with psychogenic etiology to pain. 26 acute back pain patients and 25 healthy control subjects were tested with the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory Hysteria: (Hs), Hypochondria (Hy), Depressio...

journal_title：Psychotherapy and psychosomatics

authors： Sivik TM

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The functions and dysfunctions of slow wave sleep and of REM sleep and its associated dreams have a tremendous significance in understanding the psychosomatic model of illness and in establishing preventive strategies. Ten patients suffering from a variety of psychosomatic illnessess spent 3-4 nights sleeping at the D...

journal_title：Psychotherapy and psychosomatics

authors： Warnes H

更新日期：1976-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Depression is one of the most frequent and costly mental disorders. While there is increasing evidence for the efficacy of online self-help to improve depression or prevent relapse, there is little evidence in blended care settings, especially combined with inpatient face-to-face psychotherapy. Therefore, we...

journal_title：Psychotherapy and psychosomatics

authors： Zwerenz R,Becker J,Knickenberg RJ,Siepmann M,Hagen K,Beutel ME

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A twelve-session therapy model ad modum James Mann is described. Selection criteria are outlined. The therapies and systematic follow-up data of 4 well-adjusted and 4 less well-adjusted patients are described and compared. Some modifications of technique for the less well-adjusted patients are proposed. ...

journal_title：Psychotherapy and psychosomatics

authors： Høglend P

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Scarce data are available on the influence of psychological aspects on 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure patterns either in normotensive or hypertensive subjects. This study was designed to evaluate the relationship between psychological profile and changes in daytime/nighttime blood pressure rhythm. METHOD...

journal_title：Psychotherapy and psychosomatics

authors： Fallo F,Barzon L,Rabbia F,Navarrini C,Conterno A,Veglio F,Cazzaro M,Fava GA,Sonino N

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The present study compared the efficacy of psychotherapy for childhood anxiety disorders (excluding trials solely treating post-traumatic stress disorder or obsessive-compulsive disorder). METHODS:The meta-analysis included studies that met the basic CONSORT (consolidated standards of reporting trials) crit...

journal_title：Psychotherapy and psychosomatics

authors： In-Albon T,Schneider S

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this investigation was to measure alexithymia in 90 newly abstinent alcoholism treatment candidates and to examine the relationship between alexithymia and depressive symptoms. Subjects completed the Schalling-Sifneos Personality Scale (SSPS) and the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) at the time of applic...

journal_title：Psychotherapy and psychosomatics

authors： Haviland MG,MacMurray JP,Cummings MA

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Adherence to highly active antiretroviral treatment (HAART) is critical to long-term treatment success in patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). However, the relationship between psychological variables and medication adherence is still poorly understood. The aim of this study was to inve...

journal_title：Psychotherapy and psychosomatics

authors： Leombruni P,Fassino S,Lavagnino L,Orofino G,Morosini P,Picardi A

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Verbal affective expression and psychometric variables were studied in a group of 5 duodenal ulcer and 6 irritable bowel patients. The aim was to assess the relevance of the alexithymia contruct to the distinction between both groups. Irritable bowel patients exhibited higher scores on Zung's depressiveness scale. Ale...

journal_title：Psychotherapy and psychosomatics

authors： Heerlein A,De la Parra G,Aronsohn S,Lolas F

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Attention models view attention as having at least two components: endogenous attention defined as executive and directed by voluntary acts, and exogenous attention defined as automatic and directed by external stimulation. METHODS:Three studies (2 of our own) were designed to evaluate the decline of these ...

journal_title：Psychotherapy and psychosomatics

authors： Peretti CS,Ferreri F,Blanchard F,Bakchine S,Peretti CR,Dobrescu A,Chouinard VA,Chouinard G

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00