The medical-psychiatric unit: a novel psychosomatic approach.

abstract：:An overview is presented of psychosomatic problems in women - the epidemiology, physiology and psychology. Surveys of sickness rates in women and psychological studies are used as a basis of speculation about higher female morbidity rates. Theories of psychosomatic illness, the somatic concomitants of hysteria and ale...

journal_title：Psychotherapy and psychosomatics

authors： Apfel RJ

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Developmental trends in type A behavior and somatic risk factors of coronary heart disease were studied in 842 healthy adolescents and young adults. Type A behavior was measured using the AFMS and the somatic risk factors adopted were serum total cholesterol, LDL and HDL cholesterol, systolic blood pressure, diastolic...

journal_title：Psychotherapy and psychosomatics

authors： Keltikangas-Järvinen L,Räikkönen K

更新日期：1989-01-01 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：:Eighty morbidly obese married women and 69 of their husbands completed a self-report measure of personal and marital adjustment before the women proceeded to gastric restriction surgery. Fifty-five women and 41 husbands repeated the measure 12 months after surgery, at which time the women had lost a mean of 35.4 kg. W...

journal_title：Psychotherapy and psychosomatics

authors： Hafner RJ

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study is to compare the psychosomatic symptoms of postmenopausal women who are users of hormonal treatment with the psychosomatic symptoms of nonusers. We studied 68 postmenopausal women receiving estrogen treatment (age range 48-56 years; 51.1 +/- 1.9, mean +/- SD) and 50 postmenopausal women (age...

journal_title：Psychotherapy and psychosomatics

authors： Iatrakis G,Haronis N,Sakellaropoulos G,Kourkoubas A,Gallos M

更新日期：1986-01-01 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：:Based on the situation in the Federal Republic of Germany, this article reviews the development, organization and theoretical framework of in-patient and ward psychosomatic psychotherapy. Indications for treating psychosomatic patients in hospital, the effects of treatment and some results on the process of in-patient...

journal_title：Psychotherapy and psychosomatics

authors： Strauss B,Burgmeier-Lohse M

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was a randomized prospective clinical trial to test the effect of a professionally provided program of social support counselling on newly diagnosed lung cancer patients and their families. Over the 6 months of the intervention there was no differential change by experimental status for either the patients ...

journal_title：Psychotherapy and psychosomatics

authors： Goldberg RJ,Wool MS

更新日期：1985-01-01 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：:The author discusses the development of the psychosomatic asthma theory as a paradigm of theory formation in psychomatic medicine. The first formulation of the theory was based on clinical and psychiatric observations. It was tested by psychological, physiological and experimental methods and as a result was reformula...

journal_title：Psychotherapy and psychosomatics

authors： Groen JJ

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:From the moment Max Hamilton started his psychiatric education, he considered psychometrics to be a scientific discipline on a par with biochemistry or pharmacology in clinical research. His clinimetric skills were in operation in the 1950s when randomised clinical trials were established as the method for the evaluat...

journal_title：Psychotherapy and psychosomatics

authors： Bech P

更新日期：2009-01-01 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 negative effects of vicarious traumatization through trauma work are well known. However, a growing body of evidence testifies to the positive effects that have been reported following trauma. This study explored the potential positive effects of trauma work on therapists, with a focus on the association...

journal_title：Psychotherapy and psychosomatics

authors： Linley PA,Joseph S,Loumidis K

更新日期：2005-01-01 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：BACKGROUND:In open and randomized controlled trials self-exposure therapy reduced the frequency of nightmares but follow-up ceased at 7 months post-entry. METHOD:Ten adults who attended an outpatient clinic and had DSM-IV nightmare disorder were put on a 3-month waiting-list. After 3 months they were given a self-expo...

journal_title：Psychotherapy and psychosomatics

authors： Grandi S,Fabbri S,Panattoni N,Gonnella E,Marks I

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：BACKGROUND:Scarce data are available on the influence of psychological aspects on 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure patterns either in normotensive or hypertensive subjects. This study was designed to evaluate the relationship between psychological profile and changes in daytime/nighttime blood pressure rhythm. METHOD...

journal_title：Psychotherapy and psychosomatics

authors： Fallo F,Barzon L,Rabbia F,Navarrini C,Conterno A,Veglio F,Cazzaro M,Fava GA,Sonino N

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Some patients become grossly disorganized during a hospital stay for medical illness. In the midst of a confusing medical picture, the unpredictable behavior of such patients causes great consternation among the medical or surgical staff. Families also become particularly anxious; their concern about the medical probl...

journal_title：Psychotherapy and psychosomatics

authors： Nadelson T

更新日期：1978-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Psychological debriefing uses brief unsystematic exposure, and is ineffective for posttraumatic stress symptoms and disorder. Systematic exposure alone and cognitive restructuring alone are each effective. Other approaches too may be useful. METHODS:The treatment of 3 posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) pa...

journal_title：Psychotherapy and psychosomatics

authors： Belaise C,Fava GA,Marks IM

更新日期：2005-01-01 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：: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: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

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patients with medically unexplained or functional somatic symptoms (FSS) are prevalent in primary care. In this pragmatic cluster-randomised controlled trial we aimed to test the effect of a training programme (The Extended Reattribution and Management model) for general practitioners (GPs) in the treatment ...

journal_title：Psychotherapy and psychosomatics

authors： Toft T,Rosendal M,Ørnbøl E,Olesen F,Frostholm L,Fink P

更新日期：2010-06-01 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:In an exploratory study, we used a novel computerized battery of neuropsychological tests of attention to assess residual cognitive impairment in marijuana users. METHODS:We compared 25 college students who were heavy marijuana smokers (who had smoked a median of 29 days in the last 30 days) with 30 student...

journal_title：Psychotherapy and psychosomatics

authors： Pope HG Jr,Jacobs A,Mialet JP,Yurgelun-Todd D,Gruber S

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In the present study the authors evaluated the relationship between personality traits (according to DSM-III-R) and poor metabolic control in an adult onset insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus sample (n = 77). METHODS:Personality traits were assessed with the Personality Diagnostic Questionnaire--Revised. M...

journal_title：Psychotherapy and psychosomatics

authors： Orlandini A,Pastore MR,Fossati A,Clerici S,Sergi A,Balini A,Maffei C,Secchi A,Pozza G

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The consultation-liaison service at Yale features integrated teams of psychiatrists, social workers, and clinical nurse specialists working together in both consultation and outpatient settings. The model is based on the tenets that (1) comprehensive evaluation of patients is essential for effective treatment; (2) rol...

journal_title：Psychotherapy and psychosomatics

authors： Leigh H

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The relative efficacy of supplemental psychotherapy in the treatment of depression is still a matter of debate. Moreover, the superiority of brief dynamic therapy (BDT) over supportive psychotherapies is not well established. The aim of this study is to compare the efficacy of BDT added to medication with th...

journal_title：Psychotherapy and psychosomatics

authors： Maina G,Rosso G,Crespi C,Bogetto F

更新日期：2007-01-01 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：:In the present study of 253 patients with chronic pain syndrome we have made a multidimensional approach. All patients have been included in the study independent of coexisting states of anxiety or depression. We included criteria for diagnosis, duration, generability and intensity of pain, anxiety and depression, psy...

journal_title：Psychotherapy and psychosomatics

authors： Poulsen DL,Hansen HJ,Langemark M,Olesen J,Bech P

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00