How are women sicker than men? An overview of psychosomatic problems in women.

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

abstract：:Recognition of the body-mind dilemma goes back to antiquity. Growth in medical knowledge has produced an ever increasing emphasis on physiological deviations and somatic pathology--which too often is not accompanied by sufficient attention to the total patients. Psychosomatics is now the term often used by those who b...

journal_title：Psychotherapy and psychosomatics

authors： Dorfman W

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypnosis as an intrapsychological and interpersonal experience is used as an integrative and amplifying procedure in relation to biofeedback mechanism and behavior therapy. The hypnotic capacity for linking cognitive to affective reactions within a feedback loop of sensory and motor imagery is presented as a dynamic a...

journal_title：Psychotherapy and psychosomatics

authors： Kline MV

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:114 patients with permanent colostomy for carcinoma of the rectum were compared by questionnaire and interview with 110 cancer patients, having undergone colonic resection but not bearing a colostomy. The patients' own assessment of their health was for the colostomy group even better than for the controls. The emotio...

journal_title：Psychotherapy and psychosomatics

authors： Wirsching M,Drüner HU,Herrmann G

更新日期：1975-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relation between personality characteristics and body awareness, defined as the attention paid to different body zones and measured by means of the Fisher Body Focus Questionnaire, is examined in two ways in groups of medical and dental students: (1) Our results replicate fairly well the relation, reported by Fish...

journal_title：Psychotherapy and psychosomatics

authors： Vinck J

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Electromagnetic hypersensitivity (EHS) is a poorly understood condition in which patients report symptoms following perceived exposure to weak electromagnetic fields (EMFs) such as those produced by mobile phones or visual display units. Little is known about the aetiology of the condition although experimen...

journal_title：Psychotherapy and psychosomatics

authors： Rubin GJ,Das Munshi J,Wessely S

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endocrine and metabolic changes, as well as affective functions, were studied in eight healthy volunteers anticipating and executing a prearranged sequence of aerobatic flight. Control measurements were made at complete physical and mental rest. The following were determined: anxiety and hostility levels, blood glucos...

journal_title：Psychotherapy and psychosomatics

authors： Pinter EJ,Peterfy G,Cleghorn JM

更新日期：1975-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prevailing reports on psychological prediction of renal graft integration are rare, mostly based on case studies. Focusing on patients' expectations from the transplantation process before grafting, we investigate the influence of psychological data and statements on the final transplantation results. In the whole gro...

journal_title：Psychotherapy and psychosomatics

authors： Pommer W,Diederichs P,Hummel M,Kratzer P,Offermann G,Molzahn M

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We explored whether medical health workers had more psychosocial problems than nonmedical health workers during the COVID-19 outbreak. METHODS:An online survey was run from February 19 to March 6, 2020; a total of 2,182 Chinese subjects participated. Mental health variables were assessed via the Insomnia Sev...

journal_title：Psychotherapy and psychosomatics

authors： Zhang WR,Wang K,Yin L,Zhao WF,Xue Q,Peng M,Min BQ,Tian Q,Leng HX,Du JL,Chang H,Yang Y,Li W,Shangguan FF,Yan TY,Dong HQ,Han Y,Wang YP,Cosci F,Wang HX

更新日期：2020-01-01 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：:Given the contradictory reports concerning psychophysiological reactivity of hypertensives this issue was reexamined. In contrast to the large majority of studies, the hypertensive sample should not be made up of patients in medical care and the control group should be comparable in all relevant aspects other than blo...

journal_title：Psychotherapy and psychosomatics

authors： Köhler T,Scherbaum N,Ritz T

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:The effectiveness of brief psychotherapy is established, but criteria for the selection of patients remain elusive. This study examines the usefulness of some widely used criteria for the selection of patients for brief psychodynamic therapy (BPT). METHODS:A checklist of 39 criteria often use...

journal_title：Psychotherapy and psychosomatics

authors： Sigal JJ,Paris J,Kardos M,Zimmerman G,Buonvino M

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Derogatis Stress Profile (DSP) is unique among the numerous measures of 'stress' in that it incorporates the interactional model of Lazarus and Folkman in a multidimensional structure. Derogatis has studied the psychometric properties of the DSP but its validity has not been demonstrated in the 'real world' nor ha...

journal_title：Psychotherapy and psychosomatics

authors： Dobkin PL,Pihl RO,Breault C

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is stated that much psychoneuroendocrinological research is carried out that lacks a theoretical framework and therefore adds little to our current knowledge. Therefore, five research issues have been presented which need further exploration: (1) the temporal relation between subjective and biological stress respon...

journal_title：Psychotherapy and psychosomatics

authors： Vingerhoets AJ,Assies J

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to compare hypochondriacal phenomena in patients with generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) and panic disorder (PD), and in order to examine the relationship between worries about illness on one hand, and disease fears/phobias and hypochondriacal beliefs on the other, the authors administered the Illness Attitud...

journal_title：Psychotherapy and psychosomatics

authors： Starcevic V,Fallon S,Uhlenhuth EH,Pathak D

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of short-term dynamic psychotherapy is, through working with a central conflict and transference reactions, to obtain lasting changes based on cognitive and emotional understanding of the main dynamics of the central conflict, called insight. The aim of the present study was to construct a follow-up form that ...

journal_title：Psychotherapy and psychosomatics

authors： Husby R,Dahl AA,Dahl CI,Heiberg AN,Olafsen OM,Weisaeth L

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Face-to-face psychological treatments have difficulty meeting today's growing mental health needs. For the highly prevalent posttraumatic stress (PTS) conditions, accumulating evidence suggests that writing therapy may constitute an efficient treatment modality, especially when administered through the Inter...

journal_title：Psychotherapy and psychosomatics

authors： van Emmerik AA,Reijntjes A,Kamphuis JH

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Integration of psychodynamic, behavioral and biological perspectives is necessary to fully practice contemporary psychosomatic medicine. This discipline is best exemplified by the activities within consultation-liaison psychiatry. Common clinical tasks within consultation-liaison work are discussed from this integrate...

journal_title：Psychotherapy and psychosomatics

authors： Wise TN

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Research on Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) has supported the utility of the technique in a number of clinical settings. This study explored whether MBSR, used as an adjunct to individual psychotherapy, would result in more rapid alleviation of symptoms, increased achievement of therapeutic goals, ...

journal_title：Psychotherapy and psychosomatics

authors： Weiss M,Nordlie JW,Siegel EP

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The objective of this study was to assess physicians' perception of their work, organisation and professional development. METHODS:All major disciplines at a major regional hospital were studied. Participants responded to a structured questionnaire concerning broad aspects of physicians' work. The response ...

journal_title：Psychotherapy and psychosomatics

authors： Arnetz BB

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Except for 3 case reports of Conn's syndrome presenting as depression, psychosocial factors have not been explored in primary aldosteronism. We investigated psychological correlates in primary aldosteronism using methods that were found to be sensitive and reliable in psychosomatic research. METHOD:Ten cons...

journal_title：Psychotherapy and psychosomatics

authors： Sonino N,Fallo F,Fava GA

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper points out: (1) The fundamental importance, during the patient's first visit, of a shift of the objective involvement on the therapist's person, when a significant real object fails. (2) An initial interpretation, based on understanding this mechanism, is mutational in that it transfers the mourning for rel...

journal_title：Psychotherapy and psychosomatics

authors： Gillieron E

更新日期：1989-01-01 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：:In this article the results of a study to determine the degree of somatopsychic vulnerability in children with encopresis are discussed. A checklist was constructed for the registration of somatic and functional data relevant to encopresis. Twenty-five children with encopresis were compared with a control group. The e...

journal_title：Psychotherapy and psychosomatics

authors： Wolters WH,Wauters EA

更新日期：1975-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The relation between psychosomatic and psychosocial symptoms and blood pressure was studied in Swedish schoolchildren. METHODS:Blood pressure was measured in 122 healthy Swedish schoolchildren, aged 6-16 years. Psychosomatic and psychosocial symptoms, delinquent behaviour, parental health and employment sta...

journal_title：Psychotherapy and psychosomatics

authors： Borres MP,Tanaka H,Thulesius O

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Illness Attitude Scales (IAS) were developed by Robert Kellner as a clinimetric index for measuring hypochondriacal fears and beliefs (worry about illness, concerns about pain, health habits, hypochondriacal beliefs, thanatophobia, disease phobia, bodily preoccupations, treatment experience and effects o...

journal_title：Psychotherapy and psychosomatics

authors： Sirri L,Grandi S,Fava GA

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Bupropion SR (Zyban) has been shown in randomized controlled trials to be an efficacious pharmacological aid for smoking cessation; however, recent reports have raised serious concerns about the breadth of its applicability without complications or contraindications. METHODS:We examined this issue in a well...

journal_title：Psychotherapy and psychosomatics

authors： Kohlenberg BS,Antonuccio DO,Hayes SC,Gifford EV,Piasecki MP

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Ketamine has shown rapid though short-lived antidepressant effects. The possibility of concerning neurobiological changes following repeated exposure to the drug motivates the development of strategies that obviate or minimize the need for longer-term treatment with ketamine. In this open-label trial, we i...

journal_title：Psychotherapy and psychosomatics

authors： Wilkinson ST,Wright D,Fasula MK,Fenton L,Griepp M,Ostroff RB,Sanacora G

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Serious mental illness (SMI) reduces life expectancy, primarily due to somatic comorbidity linked to obesity. Meta-analyses have found beneficial effects of lifestyle interventions in people with SMI and recommended their implementation to manage obesity. OBJECTIVE:The objective of this systematic review wa...

journal_title：Psychotherapy and psychosomatics

authors： Speyer H,Jakobsen AS,Westergaard C,Nørgaard HCB,Jørgensen KB,Pisinger C,Krogh J,Hjorthøj C,Nordentoft M,Gluud C,Correll CU

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Persistent cue reactivity to drug-related stimuli is a well-known phenomenon among abstinent drug users and has been found to be a predictor of relapse. Cue exposure therapy (CET) aims to reduce this cue reactivity by exposing abstinent drug users to conditioned drug-related stimuli while preventing their ha...

journal_title：Psychotherapy and psychosomatics

authors： Marissen MA,Franken IH,Blanken P,van den Brink W,Hendriks VM

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00