Depressive disorders in the medically ill. An overview.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Consultation-liaison (C-L) psychiatry clerkship rotations may improve medical students' understanding of psychiatric principles relevant to the settings in which they will ultimately practice. This study aimed to characterize students' experiences on C-L rotations. METHODS:This cross-sectional survey study,...

journal_title：Psychosomatics

authors： Meyer F,Abbasi O,Kasick D,Lee K,Pelic C,Zinser J,Harris T,Funk M,Academy of Psychosomatic Medicine’s Medical Student Education Subcommittee.

更新日期：2018-01-01 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:Adolf Meyer, the first Professor of Psychiatry at Johns Hopkins, and Chief of the Phipps Clinic, brought a bevy of new ideas to clinical practice and to medical education. He used the word "psychobiology," which helped to establish psychosomatic medicine and formed the basis for Engel's "biopsychosocial" con...

journal_title：Psychosomatics

authors： Karl SR,Holland JC

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Constant observation (CO) is a technique in which continuous one-to-one monitoring is used to assure the safety and well-being of an individual patient or others. This study reviewed 115 patient charts in a tertiary-care hospital to determine the correlates and predictors of the financial cost of CO. The mean duration...

journal_title：Psychosomatics

authors： Blumenfield M,Milazzo J,Orlowski B

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Falls and delirium in general-hospital inpatients are related to increases in morbidity, mortality, and healthcare costs. Patients fall despite safeguards and programs to reduce falling. OBJECTIVE:The authors sought to determine the prevalence of diagnosed and undiagnosed delirium in patients who fell durin...

journal_title：Psychosomatics

authors： Lakatos BE,Capasso V,Mitchell MT,Kilroy SM,Lussier-Cushing M,Sumner L,Repper-Delisi J,Kelleher EP,Delisle LA,Cruz C,Stern TA

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The implementation of emergency codes has become standard practice in hospitals to provide system-wide preparedness for the early detection and prevention of crises. Psychiatric emergencies in medical/surgical locations, however, are not typically regarded as distinct entities from general security threats. ...

journal_title：Psychosomatics

authors： Parker CB

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors investigated long-term outcome and treatment strategy of corticosteroid-induced psychotic and mood disorders as defined by DSM-IV. Review of medical records of 2,069 referral patients revealed 18 applicable patients. Their clinical characteristics, longitudinal courses, and treatments were studied. The aut...

journal_title：Psychosomatics

authors： Wada K,Yamada N,Sato T,Suzuki H,Miki M,Lee Y,Akiyama K,Kuroda S

更新日期：2001-11-01 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:Provision of palliative care is part of the standard of care for patients with serious, life-limiting medical illnesses. Patients in the palliative care setting have high rates of psychiatric co-morbidity. However, integration of mental health care into palliative care remains a significant gap. With appropr...

journal_title：Psychosomatics

authors： Shalev D,Nash SS,Levenson JA,Shapiro PA

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

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：OBJECTIVE:This study longitudinally profiled anxiety and depressive symptoms of daughters of patients with breast cancer and examined the mother׳s survival status, the daughter׳s age at the time of mother׳s diagnosis, and the style of family communication about breast cancer as moderators of change in symptomatology ac...

journal_title：Psychosomatics

authors： Wellisch DK,Ormseth SR,Aréchiga AE

更新日期：2015-09-01 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：:Psychosocial assessments of candidates for organ transplant surgery are conducted to ascertain that potential patients are likely to benefit from the surgery through adequate coping, good compliance, and commitment to rehabilitation. Such assessments must be based on a realistic analysis of the behavioral demands of t...

journal_title：Psychosomatics

authors： Olbrisch ME,Levenson JL

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study identifies characteristics associated with problem substance use among 1,187 patients with either depressive symptoms (44%) or depressive disorders (56%) in primary care clinics of six managed care organizations. Sedative misuse (reported by 14% of all patients) was associated with greater wealth, social ph...

journal_title：Psychosomatics

authors： Roeloffs CA,Wells KB,Ziedonis D,Tang L,Unützer J

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The eosinophilia-myalgia syndrome (EMS) is a rare systemic disease caused by presumably contaminated L-tryptophan. Thirteen outpatients with EMS were found to have a high degree of depression, anxiety, and difficulty adjusting to illness. Pre-EMS history of major depression but not EMS severity predicted poor adjustme...

journal_title：Psychosomatics

authors： Epstein SA,Krahn L,Clauw DJ,Gomes AP,Weigert S,Goldberg RL

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Delusional parasitosis is an uncommon psychiatric condition in which patients have the immutable conviction that small, living organisms, such as worms, insects, or larvae infest their skin or other organs. OBJECTIVE/METHOD:The authors describe a case of an unusual association of delusional parasitosis and ...

journal_title：Psychosomatics

authors： Hanihara T,Takahashi T,Washizuka S,Ogihara T,Kobayashi M

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Authors evaluated the sensitivity and specificity of DSM-IV and ICD-10 criteria and the cutoff value of the Memorial Delirium Assessment Scale (MDAS) in diagnosing postoperative delirium in 260 cardiac surgery patients. Incidence of delirium diagnosed on the basis of DSM-IV and ICD-10 criteria, and with the use of the...

journal_title：Psychosomatics

authors： Kazmierski J,Kowman M,Banach M,Fendler W,Okonski P,Banys A,Jaszewski R,Sobow T,Kloszewska I

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Bell's mania (mania with delirium) is an acute neurobehavioral syndrome of unknown etiology that is characterized by the rapid onset of grandiosity, psychomotor excitement, emotional lability, psychosis, and sleep disruption consistent with mania, coupled with alterations in sensorium, and disorientation cha...

journal_title：Psychosomatics

authors： Bobo WV,Murphy MJ,Heckers SH

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Mental illness is associated with an increased risk for medical hospitalizations. OBJECTIVE:This study investigates the degree to which nonpsychiatric factors account for these hospitalizations. METHODS:Using National Veterans Health Administration (VHA) fiscal year 2012 data for 2 million veterans under t...

journal_title：Psychosomatics

authors： Moore DT,Rosenheck RA

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Psychiatric consultations involving the evaluation of patients' medical decision-making capacity often seem to have little to do with truly compromised patient autonomy. OBJECTIVE:The authors seek to examine hidden ethical dilemmas that lead to capacity evaluation requests. METHOD:The authors utilize the "...

journal_title：Psychosomatics

authors： Kontos N,Freudenreich O,Querques J

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examined the Millon Behavioral Health Inventory Life Threat Reactivity Scale (LTRS) as a predictor of mortality in patients awaiting heart transplantation. The one-year mortality while awaiting cardiac transplantation was more than double for the high-risk group based on the LTRS scores. The high-risk group...

journal_title：Psychosomatics

authors： Coffman KL,Brandwin M

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fourteen videotaped family interviews of patients with diagnosed pseudoseizures were studied to determine the relationship of the symptoms to unspeakable dilemmas as forced choices imposed by family or social circumstances under conditions that also require the ensuing distress to be hidden. An unspeakable dilemma was...

journal_title：Psychosomatics

authors： Griffith JL,Polles A,Griffith ME

更新日期：1998-03-01 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 relationship between life satisfaction and alexithymia was studied in a sample of 229 patients as a part of a naturalistic follow-up study of depression in Finnish primary health care. The measures were the abbreviated Life Satisfaction Scale and the 20-item Toronto Alexithymia Scale. Depression was assessed by te...

journal_title：Psychosomatics

authors： Mattila AK,Poutanen O,Koivisto AM,Salokangas RK,Joukamaa M

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and risk factors for recurrent ischemia were evaluated in 65 survivors of a myocardial infarction (MI) at baseline and 6 months afterward. PTSD patients had more uncontrolled cardiovascular risk factors at baseline. Patients with PTSD (N=14) were offered trauma-focused ...

journal_title：Psychosomatics

authors： Shemesh E,Koren-Michowitz M,Yehuda R,Milo-Cotter O,Murdock E,Vered Z,Shneider BL,Gorman JM,Cotter G

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The motivation of patients with functional gastrointestinal disorders to accept psychotherapy (PT) as a treatment option is not known. OBJECTIVE:The authors investigated motivation for patients' refusal to participate and dropout from PT/medical management programs. METHOD:Consecutive patients with symptom...

journal_title：Psychosomatics

authors： Martens U,Enck P,Matheis A,Herzog W,Klosterhalfen S,Rühl A,Zipfel S,Sammet I

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The psychological status and quality of life of 70 stable patients with asthma age > or =60 years and 40 age-matched comparison subjects were examined. The patients with long-standing asthma (duration > or = 8 years) had lower quality-of-life scores than those with recent-onset asthma (duration < 8 years). In multivar...

journal_title：Psychosomatics

authors： Oğuztürk O,Ekici A,Kara M,Ekici M,Arslan M,Iteginli A,Kara T,Kurtipek E

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In spite of its global importance, the interaction between depression and chronic comorbid diseases remains incompletely understood with regard to prevalence, severity of disease, and potential causative factors mediating this interaction. OBJECTIVE:The authors sought to compare overall medical costs in non...

journal_title：Psychosomatics

authors： Welch CA,Czerwinski D,Ghimire B,Bertsimas D

更新日期：2009-07-01 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：BACKGROUND:Although it is widely believed that women with heart disease have poorer adjustment than men, the term 'adjustment' has typically been narrowly defined as depression. Gender differences in adjustment more broadly defined to encompass functional limitations in addition to depression have seldom been investiga...

journal_title：Psychosomatics

authors： Scott KM,Collings SC

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00