Myocardial infarction patients during the prodromal and acute phase: a comparison with patients with a diagnosis of 'noncardiac chest pain'.

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：BACKGROUND:The management of suicidal crisis remains a major issue for clinicians, driving the development of new strategies to improve suicide prevention. METHODS:We conducted a randomized controlled trial comparing a 7-week acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) versus relaxation group, as adjunct to treatment as u...

journal_title：Psychotherapy and psychosomatics

authors： Ducasse D,Jaussent I,Arpon-Brand V,Vienot M,Laglaoui C,Béziat S,Calati R,Carrière I,Guillaume S,Courtet P,Olié E

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patients with medically unexplained symptoms (MUS) are difficult to treat and cause high health-care costs. Psychological interventions might be a beneficial option for treating patients with MUS, but evidence is inconsistent. This meta-analysis compares the effectiveness of psychological interventions for M...

journal_title：Psychotherapy and psychosomatics

authors： Gerger H,Hlavica M,Gaab J,Munder T,Barth J

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with hyperprolactinemia often present with emotional difficulties. These occasionally persist even after successful treatment. Insight into the roots of their diseased state makes a difference in the handling of all cases, but becomes crucial in the not-so-rare situations in which the normalization of hormona...

journal_title：Psychotherapy and psychosomatics

authors： Sobrinho LG

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A special strategy of psychotherapeutic approach to psychosomatic patients is described including a 3-month period of inpatient and a 2-year period of outpatient group psychotherapy. Additional therapeutic procedures applied during the time of hospitalization are a special kind of sensitivity training ('sensual awaren...

journal_title：Psychotherapy and psychosomatics

authors： von Rad M,Rüppell A

更新日期：1975-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clinical and laboratory observations of alexithymia suggest that a neurophysiologic hypothesis may be more useful than the traditional psychodynamic explanations for understanding psychosomatic processes. Current data support the concept of a functional disconnection between the two cerebral hemispheres. A mechanism f...

journal_title：Psychotherapy and psychosomatics

authors： Shipko S

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:: Previous studies of cancer patients investigated the effect of psychological treatment on basal endocrine and immune values. Using a randomized experiment, we explored the effect of a 13-week experiential-existential group psychotherapy (EEGP) program on the reactivity to a speech task in breast cancer pat...

journal_title：Psychotherapy and psychosomatics

authors： van der Pompe G,Antoni MH,Duivenvoorden HJ,de Graeff A,Simonis RF,van der Vegt SG,Heijnen CJ

更新日期：2001-11-01 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：:It used to be fashionable to begin consideration of psychosomatics about philosophy of mind and body. Nowadays it is a topic about health and practical care of patients--principally about the psychological aspects of any illness. Pathogenesis is becoming understood with some risk factors clearly identifiable. The high...

journal_title：Psychotherapy and psychosomatics

authors： Aitken C

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nurses make up a considerable proportion of the Swedish health care staff. Few nationally representative studies of their work environment and health, however, have been published. The present questionnaire study on work conditions, skill utilization, health and well-being of a national representative sample of 3,500 ...

journal_title：Psychotherapy and psychosomatics

authors： Petterson IL,Arnetz BB,Arnetz JE,Hörte LG

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Families can have considerable influence on the health of a patient with a chronic physical disease, and attempts have been made to optimise treatment by involving family members. This meta-analysis aimed to systematically assess the effects of family-oriented interventions on adults with chronic physical di...

journal_title：Psychotherapy and psychosomatics

authors： Hartmann M,Bäzner E,Wild B,Eisler I,Herzog W

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:According to Grawe's psychological therapy approach, conflict reduction can be expected not only in psychodynamic, but also in cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT). This was tested in an effectiveness study. Changes in cognitive conflicts, along with those of symptom severity and well-being were analyzed durin...

journal_title：Psychotherapy and psychosomatics

authors： Hoyer J,Fecht J,Lauterbach W,Schneider R

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The present study is part of a longitudinal study of recently resettled refugees with the aim of learning which factors in their daily life influence health as measured by self-report and stress-responsive hormones. METHODS:In a group of recently resettled refugees with a high incidence of posttraumatic str...

journal_title：Psychotherapy and psychosomatics

authors： Söndergaard HP,Hansson LO,Theorell T

更新日期：2002-09-01 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：:In a small pilot controlled study over 8 weeks, 12 obsessive-compulsive ruminators listened for 2 h daily to their own audiotaped voice either (1) describing their anxiogenic thoughts (exposure) but omitting anxiolytic thoughts (mental/cognitive rituals), or (2) reading neutral prose or poetry. Taking all patients, bo...

journal_title：Psychotherapy and psychosomatics

authors： Lovell K,Marks IM,Noshirvani H,O'Sullivan G

更新日期：1994-01-01 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：: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：:This paper describes a practical working situation for a psychiatrist situated in the northern part of Norway. The psychiatrist is attached to the local hospital on a part time basis and takes care of the psychiatric cases in the medical ward together with somatic cases. In addition, he works in a polyclinical setting...

journal_title：Psychotherapy and psychosomatics

authors： Hartviksen I

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Long-term follow-ups several years after receiving cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) are scarce and most of the existing literature describes follow-up data of randomized-controlled trials. Thus, very little is known about the long-term effects of CBT in routine care. METHODS:We investigated psychological f...

journal_title：Psychotherapy and psychosomatics

authors： von Brachel R,Hirschfeld G,Berner A,Willutzki U,Teismann T,Cwik JC,Velten J,Schulte D,Margraf J

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Noting concerns for the measurement of alexithymia, the present study attempted (1) to provide descriptive data on the Schalling - Sifneos Personality Scale ( SSPS ); (2) to replicate previous factor-analytic findings on the SSPS , and (3) to suggest an alternative to the present method of scoring the SSPS . A sample ...

journal_title：Psychotherapy and psychosomatics

authors： Martin JB,Pihl RO,Dobkin P

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The concept of denial is important for the psychosomatic understanding of cardiovascular disease and treatment. This study evaluated denial using several psychometric assessment scales in patients referred for psychiatric evaluations prior to heart transplantation. Surviving patients who had a mean survival of more th...

journal_title：Psychotherapy and psychosomatics

authors： Young LD,Schweiger J,Beitzinger J,McManus R,Bloedel C,Koob J

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

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：:The political or ecological concept of quality of life refers to irreplaceable aspects of life. The health-related quality of life concept has the same impact of considering the irreplaceable (idiographic) aspects of treatment outcome in patients with chronic disorders. When comparing the different attempts to measure...

journal_title：Psychotherapy and psychosomatics

authors： Bech P

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:All patients with physical illness have an underlying fantasy concerning why they became sick. This fantasy can be elicited by the consulting psychiatrist and the treating physician. The meaning of the fantasy is consistent with the psychodynamic theory of human behavior. Also, once the fantasy is understood, it can b...

journal_title：Psychotherapy and psychosomatics

authors： Blumenfield M

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Insufficient response to monotreatment for depression is a common phenomenon in clinical practice. Even so, evidence indicating how to proceed in such cases is sparse. METHODS:This study looks at the second phase of a sequential treatment algorithm, in which 103 outpatients with moderately severe depression...

journal_title：Psychotherapy and psychosomatics

authors： Dekker J,Van HL,Hendriksen M,Koelen J,Schoevers RA,Kool S,van Aalst G,Peen J

更新日期：2013-01-01 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: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：:Placebo effects are often attributed to clinical interactions and contextual factors that affect expectations of the patient about the treatment and result in symptom changes. The prevailing conceptualization consists of an undifferentiated placebo response that needs to be minimized in controlled investigations and m...

journal_title：Psychotherapy and psychosomatics

authors： Fava GA,Guidi J,Rafanelli C,Rickels K

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The purpose of the present study was to clarify the relationship between the recognition of emotion and physiological response to emotion (i.e. arousal) in alexithymia. METHODS:This study investigated differences in physiological arousal state, as measured by continuous heart rate, electrodermal activity (E...

journal_title：Psychotherapy and psychosomatics

authors： Stone LA,Nielson KA

更新日期：2001-03-01 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