Patients' fantasies about physical illness.

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：: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：:A retrospective chart review of 600 general hospital patients, of whom 200 had been admitted to a medical-psychiatric unit, 200 to a conventional psychiatric unit and 200 to medical-surgical units, and for whom psychiatric consultation had been requested, disclosed significant differences in the patient populations of...

journal_title：Psychotherapy and psychosomatics

authors： Fava GA,Wise TN,Molnar G,Zielezny M

更新日期：1985-01-01 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：: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：:Adolescents are frequently entangled in a web of transitions during their developmental journey from child to adult. These modulations include physiological and psychological changes: individual, familial and social readjustments, and alterations in the evolving family group. Psychosomatic manifestations are often tar...

journal_title：Psychotherapy and psychosomatics

authors： Rubinstein D

更新日期：1980-01-01 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：BACKGROUND:Depressive syndromes that do not comply with the diagnostic criteria for specific depressive disorders are designated as 'subclinical' or 'subsyndromal' depressive syndromes. Using our own data from a clinical study, this paper outlines the significance of subclinical depressive syndromes and demonstrates th...

journal_title：Psychotherapy and psychosomatics

authors： Schneider G,Kruse A,Nehen HG,Senf W,Heuft G

更新日期：2000-09-01 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: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：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：: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：OBJECTIVE:To study the effects of symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), depression and dissociation as well as cumulative symptom load on language learning during the introduction phase in re-settled refugees. METHOD:Participants were re-settled refugees of Iraqi origin. They were assessed by means of a st...

journal_title：Psychotherapy and psychosomatics

authors： Söndergaard HP,Theorell T

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is generally conceded that allergic disorders occur in individuals who have a hereditary or congenital allergic constitution. Clinical symptoms of allergic disorders, however, often disappear due to changes of the individuals' life situations and/or their adaptive patterns. In a comparative study of allergic predis...

journal_title：Psychotherapy and psychosomatics

authors： Agõ Y,Teshima H,Nagata S,Inoue S,Ikemi Y

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Previous research reveals an association between traumatic stress and an increased risk for numerous diseases, including cancer. At the molecular level, stress may increase carcinogenesis via increased DNA damage and impaired DNA repair mechanisms. We assessed DNA breakage in peripheral blood mononuclear cel...

journal_title：Psychotherapy and psychosomatics

authors： Morath J,Moreno-Villanueva M,Hamuni G,Kolassa S,Ruf-Leuschner M,Schauer M,Elbert T,Bürkle A,Kolassa IT

更新日期：2014-01-01 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：: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 archetypal test with 9 elements (AT9), a tracer of symbolic function, was completed by 30 pain patients in whom alexithymia had been measured by two means: the Beth Israel psychosomatic questionnaire (BIQ) and the Minnesota multiphasic personality inventory (MMPI) alexithymia scale. Results show a correlation of a...

journal_title：Psychotherapy and psychosomatics

authors： Demers-Desrosiers LA,Cohen KR,Catchlove RF,Ramsay RA

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The consultation-liaison (C-L) psychiatrist is in an opportune position to undertake the tasks of education, training and assessment of performance as regards future physicians, psychiatrists, specialists in other branches and nurses. This paper describes the education and training programme in the Psychiatr...

journal_title：Psychotherapy and psychosomatics

authors： Rigatelli M,Ferrari S,Uguzzoni U,Natali A

更新日期：2000-07-01 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：:The relationship between psychological variables, particularly depressed mood and anxiety, and pain has received a good deal of attention. In this study, 16 chronic pain patients rated their mood, anxiety level, pain, muscle tension, and reclining time daily over a period of about 6 weeks. Correlations were calculated...

journal_title：Psychotherapy and psychosomatics

authors： Linton SJ,Götestam KG

更新日期：1985-01-01 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：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：: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：:The information on the psychodynamics of monosymptomatic functional sexual disorders in men obtained so far from individual psychoanalytical investigations were tested on a large body of patients. In 74 men with psychogenic monosymptomatic primary or secondary potency disorders, several psychoanalytical interviews and...

journal_title：Psychotherapy and psychosomatics

authors： Janssen PL

更新日期：1985-01-01 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：BACKGROUND:Psychiatric disorders are frequent in dermatology patients, and many studies pointed out complex, mutual relationships between psyche and skin. Our aim was to provide a systematic psychosocial evaluation of a large and heterogeneous population of patients with skin diseases, including assessments of quality ...

journal_title：Psychotherapy and psychosomatics

authors： Picardi A,Pasquini P,Abeni D,Fassone G,Mazzotti E,Fava GA

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Worries about the immediate and long-term consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic may for some individuals develop into pervasive worry that is disproportionate in its intensity or duration and significantly interferes with everyday life. OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to investigate if a brief self-gu...

journal_title：Psychotherapy and psychosomatics

authors： Wahlund T,Mataix-Cols D,Olofsdotter Lauri K,de Schipper E,Ljótsson B,Aspvall K,Andersson E

更新日期：2020-11-19 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:Over the last years the way in which patients with chronic physical illness respond to their illness (illness behavior) has been explored by several studies. This study sought to examine characteristics of illness behavior and to investigate the association between illness behavior and psychosocial and clini...

journal_title：Psychotherapy and psychosomatics

authors： Grassi L,Righi R,Makoui S,Sighinolfi L,Ferri S,Ghinelli F

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00