Do low cholesterol levels slow mental processing?

abstract：:Social support is defined as information leading the subject to believe that he is cared for and loved, esteemed, and a member of a network of mutual obligations. The evidence that supportive interactions among people are protective against the health consequences of life stress is reviewed. It appears that social sup...

journal_title：Psychosomatic medicine

authors： Cobb S

更新日期：1976-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine the relationship between hostility and biological risk factors for coronary heart disease (CHD) in a population of white European and South Asian men and women living in the United Kingdom. METHODS:This cross-sectional study involved a community-based sample of 1,757 healthy white and South Asian ...

journal_title：Psychosomatic medicine

authors： Williams ED,Steptoe A,Chambers JC,Kooner JS

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examines the effectiveness of an intervention for minor depression in primary care patients. One hundred fifty public care medical patients were randomly assigned to either an 8-week cognitive-behavioral course intended to help them use pleasant activities, constructive thinking, and interpersonal relations...

journal_title：Psychosomatic medicine

authors： Miranda J,Muñoz R

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Although the association between depression and the incidence of coronary heart disease has been established in many studies, the impact of depression on the incidence of heart failure has not been previously investigated. METHODS:We examined the effect of depression (assessed by means of the Center for Epid...

journal_title：Psychosomatic medicine

authors： Williams SA,Kasl SV,Heiat A,Abramson JL,Krumholz HM,Vaccarino V

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sixty women attending a family planning clinic completed assessments of their attributions for negative and positive mood states for an individual at different menstrual cycle stages. Negative moods occurring premenstrually were almost invariably viewed as related to health factors. Positive moods tended to be attribu...

journal_title：Psychosomatic medicine

authors： Bains GK,Slade P

更新日期：1988-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:In this article, we evaluated the prospective association between measures of trait anger, hostility, and anxiety and indices of carotid atherosclerosis in 200 healthy middle-aged postmenopausal women. METHODS:Starting in 1983, 541 premenopausal women were evaluated for their levels of standard cardiovascula...

journal_title：Psychosomatic medicine

authors： Matthews KA,Owens JF,Kuller LH,Sutton-Tyrrell K,Jansen-McWilliams L

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To evaluate whether phobic anxiety is associated with increased risk of cardiac mortality in individuals with established coronary heart disease (CHD) and to examine the role of reduced heart rate variability (HRV) in mediating this risk. Previous findings suggest that phobic anxiety may pose increased risk ...

journal_title：Psychosomatic medicine

authors： Watkins LL,Blumenthal JA,Babyak MA,Davidson JR,McCants CB Jr,O'Connor C,Sketch MH Jr

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Seventy-two healthy males were divided into Type A and Type B groups using the Jenkins Activity Survey. Subjects were subdivided further into high and low self-awareness categories on the private self-consciousness factor of the Self-Consciousness Scale. After random assignment to consume alcohol (0.85 g/kg) or a plac...

journal_title：Psychosomatic medicine

authors： Niaura R,Wilson GT,Westrick E

更新日期：1988-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Major depressive disorder (MDD) is associated with more pain complaints and an altered pain perception. Studies regarding the longitudinal relationship between depressive symptoms and pain processing have rarely been performed and have produced inconsistent results. To clarify how short-term alleviation of de...

journal_title：Psychosomatic medicine

authors： Kundermann B,Hemmeter-Spernal J,Huber MT,Krieg JC,Lautenbacher S

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty young male coffee-drinkers consumed 150 mg of caffeine in decaffeinated coffee three times a day for 8 days. On days 3, 4, 7, and 8, caffeine or a placebo was administered in the laboratory at 11 A.M., 8 A.M., 11 A.M., and 8 A.M., respectively, in a randomized double-blind crossover design. There was a blood pr...

journal_title：Psychosomatic medicine

authors： Goldstein IB,Shapiro D,Hui KK,Yu JL

更新日期：1990-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To test the hypothesis that perfectionism is an important moderator of the neuroendocrine stress response, with higher perfectionism predicting increased neuroendocrine activation. METHODS:A total of 50 middle-aged men underwent an acute standardized psychosocial stress task (Trier Social Stress Test). Perfe...

journal_title：Psychosomatic medicine

authors： Wirtz PH,Elsenbruch S,Emini L,Rüdisüli K,Groessbauer S,Ehlert U

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine whether increased sleep during viral or bacterial infections supports host defense mechanisms. METHODS:To test this assumption in humans, healthy male subjects were assigned either to sleep from 2300 to 0700 hours (n = 10) or to stay awake through the night (n = 10). In the sleeping subjects Salmo...

journal_title：Psychosomatic medicine

authors： Haack M,Schuld A,Kraus T,Pollmächer T

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate whether worries about work are linked to people's own cortisol levels and their spouses' cortisol levels in everyday life and whether marital factors may moderate these links. Although research has shown that satisfying marriages can buffer the physiological effects of everyday stress, the spec...

journal_title：Psychosomatic medicine

authors： Slatcher RB,Robles TF,Repetti RL,Fellows MD

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Patients with recurrent chest pain but no evidence of coronary artery disease often meet diagnostic criteria for panic disorder (PD). However, it can be argued that the phenomenological diagnosis of PD may not be valid in these normal coronary chest pain (NCCP) patients. The purpose of this study is to additi...

journal_title：Psychosomatic medicine

authors： Maddock RJ,Carter CS,Tavano-Hall L,Amsterdam EA

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To test the reactivity hypothesis using blood pressure data collected 12 years after baseline. This study examined whether blood pressure reactions to acute mental stress predicted future blood pressure resting levels, as well as the temporal drift in resting blood pressure, and whether the prediction was aff...

journal_title：Psychosomatic medicine

authors： Carroll D,Phillips AC,Der G,Hunt K,Benzeval M

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Ambulatory saliva collections for subsequent analysis of free cortisol levels are now frequently applied to measure adrenocortical activity in healthy subjects and patient populations. Despite the prime importance of accurate timing of saliva collection outside the laboratory, no data are available on the com...

journal_title：Psychosomatic medicine

authors： Kudielka BM,Broderick JE,Kirschbaum C

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Little is known about how patients who seek medical help for benign palpitations can be distinguished from those with clinically significant arrhythmias. This study tested whether patients with arrhythmia can be distinguished from those who are aware of sinus rhythm or extrasystoles on the basis of sex, preva...

journal_title：Psychosomatic medicine

authors： Ehlers A,Mayou RA,Sprigings DC,Birkhead J

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the association of baseline anxiety with depression persistence and change in depressive symptoms 6 months after cardiac hospitalization. METHODS:Data were analyzed from 137 depressed patients hospitalized on inpatient cardiac units for acute coronary syndrome, decompensated heart failure, or arrhy...

journal_title：Psychosomatic medicine

authors： Celano CM,Mastromauro CA,Lenihan EC,Januzzi JL,Rollman BL,Huffman JC

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Psychological factors such as depression affect recovery after whiplash-associated disorders. This study examined the prevalence of pain-related emotions, such as frustration, anger, and anxiety, and their predictive value for postcrash pain recovery during a 1-year follow-up. METHODS:A population-based pros...

journal_title：Psychosomatic medicine

authors： Carroll LJ,Liu Y,Holm LW,Cassidy JD,Côté P

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was conducted to test the hypothesis that patients with MI are distinguished from persons with a less serious illness, more by subjective interpretations of the emotional impact of life events than by exposure to a surfeit of life events that purportedly representative samples of the population have judged ...

journal_title：Psychosomatic medicine

authors： Byrne DG,Whyte HM

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine the association of psychosocial factors with heart rate (HR) and its variability across multiple ethnic groups and by gender. Increased HR and reduced HR variability are markers of increased cardiovascular risk. METHODS:Between 2000 and 2002, 6814 men and women (2624 Whites, 1895 African-Americans...

journal_title：Psychosomatic medicine

authors： Ohira T,Diez Roux AV,Prineas RJ,Kizilbash MA,Carnethon MR,Folsom AR

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This review examines the relationship between depression and smoking in coronary heart disease (CHD). It summarizes relevant findings from general population and smoking cessation studies and discusses the few studies that have investigated whether smoking confounds, mediates, or moderates the effect of depre...

journal_title：Psychosomatic medicine

authors： Freedland KE,Carney RM,Skala JA

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To explore whether primary school entry is associated with changes in immune system parameters in HIV-affected children. HIV-affected children are vulnerable to psychosocial stressors, regardless of their own HIV serological status. METHODS:Data from 38 HIV-positive and 29 HIV-negative children born to serop...

journal_title：Psychosomatic medicine

authors： Thomas MR,Wara D,Saxton K,Truskier M,Chesney MA,Boyce WT

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study assessed the relation of stressful life events with survival after breast cancer. METHODS:This study was based on women with histologically confirmed, newly diagnosed, localized or regional stage breast cancer first treated in 1 of 11 Quebec City (Canada) hospitals from 1982 through 1984. Among 76...

journal_title：Psychosomatic medicine

authors： Maunsell E,Brisson J,Mondor M,Verreault R,Deschcnes L

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The objectives of this study were to test the hypothesis that high job demands and low job control (job strain) are associated with elevated free cortisol levels early in the working day and with reduced variability across the day and to evaluate the contribution of anger expression to this pattern. METHODS:...

journal_title：Psychosomatic medicine

authors： Steptoe A,Cropley M,Griffith J,Kirschbaum C

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine if depression contributes to incident heart disease after accounting for genetic, behavioral, and medical factors associated with both conditions. METHODS:We used a prospective twin study with a 12-year follow-up. In 1992, lifetime diagnosis of depression was assessed in 1159 male-male twins and...

journal_title：Psychosomatic medicine

authors： Xian H,Scherrer JF,Franz CE,McCaffery J,Stein PK,Lyons MJ,Jacobsen K,Eisen SA,Kremen WS

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We sought to determine whether irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) was associated with attentional bias toward symptom-related cues in IBS patients versus healthy controls, using a modified Stroop task to measure selective processing of gastrointestinal symptom-related cues. METHODS:Fifteen patients with a clini...

journal_title：Psychosomatic medicine

authors： Afzal M,Potokar JP,Probert CS,Munafò MR

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the modifying effects of two candidate genes (serotonin transporter gene linked promoter region (5-HTTLPR) and methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) C677T polymorphisms) on the associations between general somatic morbidity and incidence of depression in an East Asian population with high...

journal_title：Psychosomatic medicine

authors： Kim JM,Stewart R,Kim SW,Yang SJ,Shin IS,Yoon JS

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Placebo effects relieve various somatic symptoms, but it is unclear how they can be enhanced to maximize positive treatment outcomes. Oxytocin administration may potentially enhance placebo effects, but few studies have been performed, and they have had conflicting findings. The study aim was to investigate t...

journal_title：Psychosomatic medicine

authors： Skvortsova A,Veldhuijzen DS,Van Middendorp H,Van den Bergh O,Evers AWM

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To investigate the impact of cigarette smoking and oral contraceptive (OC) use on hemodynamic stress responses of women. Also, to examine gender differences in stress reactivity as a function of smoking status and acute nicotine administration. METHODS:Thirty men and 46 women, differing in smoking status an...

journal_title：Psychosomatic medicine

authors： Girdler SS,Jamner LD,Jarvik M,Soles JR,Shapiro D

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00