Investigating renal function during lithium treatment.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Chronic fatigue is a common symptom of multiple sclerosis (MS). A randomized controlled trial (RCT) showed that cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) was more effective in reducing MS fatigue than relaxation training (RT). The aim of the current study was to analyse additional data from this trial to determine...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Knoop H,van Kessel K,Moss-Morris R

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The objective of this study was to examine associations between trajectories of childhood neighbourhood social cohesion and adolescent mental health and behaviour. METHOD:This study used data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth, a nationally representative sample of Canadian children...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Kingsbury M,Kirkbride JB,McMartin SE,Wickham ME,Weeks M,Colman I

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tryptophan and 5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid (precursor and metabolite respectively of 5-hydroxytryptamine) were determined in ventricular CSF of psychiatric patients undergoing stereotactic subcaudate tractotomy. Tyrosine and homovanillic acid (precursor and metabolite respectively of dopamine) were also determined. Res...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Bridges PK,Bartlett JR,Sepping P,Kantamaneni BD,Curzon G

更新日期：1976-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Controlled prospective studies of the simultaneous long-term outcome of several mental disorders are rare. This study sought to determine if there were important differences between the outcome of anxiety and depressive disorders after 12 years and to examine their main predictors. METHOD:A cohort of 210 pe...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Tyrer P,Seivewright H,Johnson T

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:With regard to current neurobiological theories, the aim of our study was to examine possible alterations of temporal and frontal lobe volume in panic disorder (PD). METHOD:Seventeen in-patients with PD and a group of healthy control subjects (HC) matched for age and gender were investigated by quantitative...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Sobanski T,Wagner G,Peikert G,Gruhn U,Schluttig K,Sauer H,Schlösser R

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Adverse psychosocial working environments characterized by job strain (the combination of high demands and low control at work) are associated with an increased risk of depressive symptoms among employees, but evidence on clinically diagnosed depression is scarce. We examined job strain as a risk factor for ...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Madsen IEH,Nyberg ST,Magnusson Hanson LL,Ferrie JE,Ahola K,Alfredsson L,Batty GD,Bjorner JB,Borritz M,Burr H,Chastang JF,de Graaf R,Dragano N,Hamer M,Jokela M,Knutsson A,Koskenvuo M,Koskinen A,Leineweber C,Niedhamme

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Mental stress is associated with higher mortality, but it remains controversial whether the association is causal or a consequence of a higher physical disease burden in those with a high mental stress load. Understanding causality is important when developing targeted interventions. We aimed to estimate the...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Prior A,Fenger-Grøn M,Davydow DS,Olsen J,Li J,Guldin MB,Vestergaard M

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Refugees commonly experience difficulties with emotional processing, such as alexithymia, due to stressful or traumatic experiences. However, the functional connectivity of the amygdala, which is central to emotional processing, has yet to be assessed in refugees. Thus, the present study investigated the res...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Kim N,Park I,Lee YJ,Jeon S,Kim S,Lee KH,Park J,Kim HK,Gwaq AR,Jun JY,Yoo SY,Lee SH,Kim SJ

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primiparae were randomly assigned to two conditions of routine ultrasound examination at their first antenatal clinic visit: (a) high feedback ultrasound where the monitor screen was visible and the patient was shown the foetal size, shape and movement (N = 67); (b) low feedback ultrasound where the screen was not see...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Reading AE,Campbell S,Cox DN,Sledmere CM

更新日期：1982-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Serum total androgens were estimated by radioimmunoassay on blood samples of treatment-seeking homosexuals and heterosexual controls. There was no significant difference in androgen levels between the homosexual and control group, nor was there any relationship between androgen levels and response to treatment. These ...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： James S,Carter RA,Orwin A

更新日期：1977-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Depressive symptoms above screening thresholds have been shown to predict functional decline in older adults. Less is known about the impact of subthreshold depression, and whether more symptoms confer significantly greater risk compared to fewer symptoms. METHOD:Using data from the Duke Established Populat...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Hybels CF,Pieper CF,Blazer DG

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Maternal depression during pregnancy increases the risk for adverse developmental outcomes in children. However, the underpinning biological mechanisms remain unknown. We tested whether depression was associated with levels of and change in the inflammatory state during pregnancy, if early pregnancy overweig...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Lahti-Pulkkinen M,Girchenko P,Robinson R,Lehto SM,Toffol E,Heinonen K,Reynolds RM,Kajantie E,Laivuori H,Villa PM,Hämäläinen E,Lahti J,Räikkönen K

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a developmental condition that profoundly affects quality of life. Although mounting evidence now suggests uncontrolled mind-wandering as a core aspect of the attentional problems associated with ADHD, the neural mechanisms underpinning this deficit remains ...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Vatansever D,Bozhilova NS,Asherson P,Smallwood J

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The salience of a visual stimulus is often reduced by nearby stimuli, an effect known as surround suppression of perceived contrast, which may help in locating the borders of an object. Weaker surround suppression has been observed in schizophrenia but it is unclear whether this abnormality is present in oth...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Schallmo MP,Sponheim SR,Olman CA

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Childhood trauma is a risk factor for psychosis. Deficits in response inhibition are common to psychosis and trauma-exposed populations, and associated brain functions may be affected by trauma exposure in psychotic disorders. We aimed to identify the influence of trauma-exposure on brain activation and func...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Quidé Y,O'Reilly N,Watkeys OJ,Carr VJ,Green MJ

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A meta-analysis was carried out on 53 cases of dementia praecox (DP) and 134 cases of manic-depressive insanity (MDI) originally diagnosed by Kraepelin or his collaborators in Munich in 1908. The original case material was coded in terms of Present State Examination syndromes and analysed statistically for internal co...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Jablensky A,Hugler H,Von Cranach M,Kalinov K

更新日期：1993-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Seventy-six women, with a mean age of 35.7 years, who reported premenstrual craving for sweet foods in a retrospective questionnaire, were assessed prospectively with a pre- and post-menstrual eating questionnaire and daily ratings of craving, mood, irritability and breast tenderness over two menstrual cycles. In 72% ...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Bancroft J,Cook A,Williamson L

更新日期：1988-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although cannabis is the most widely used illicit drug in the United States, few recent American studies have examined the attributes of long-term heavy cannabis users. METHOD:Using a case-control design, we obtained psychological and demographic measures on 108 individuals, age 30-55, who had smoked cannab...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Gruber AJ,Pope HG,Hudson JI,Yurgelun-Todd D

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Many women who undergo diagnostic laparoscopy for chronic pelvic pain do not have pelvic pathology. This has led to an interest in psychological factors that might contribute to their experience of pain. This study was designed to evaluate the effects of diagnostic laparoscopy on women with chronic pelvic pa...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Elcombe S,Gath D,Day A

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Public figures are at increased risk of attracting unwanted attention in the form of intrusions, stalking and, occasionally, attack. Whereas the potential threat to the British Royal Family from terrorists and organized groups is clearly defined, there is a dearth of knowledge about that from individual hara...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： James DV,Mullen PE,Pathé MT,Meloy JR,Preston LF,Darnley B,Farnham FR

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Individuals with depression are often found to perform worse on cognitive tests and to have an increased risk of dementia. The causes and the direction of these associations are however not well understood. We looked at two specific hypotheses, the aetiological risk factor hypothesis and the reverse causalit...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Jindra C,Li C,Tsang RSM,Bauermeister S,Gallacher J

更新日期：2020-09-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Expressed emotion (EE) measured from relatives and informal carers has been consistently demonstrated to be associated with clinical outcome in schizophrenic patients. There have also been published studies that have investigated EE in professional carers that have suggested that the quality of the relations...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Tattan T,Tarrier N

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Exposure to stressful life events increases the risk of developing a psychotic disorder. Moreover, increased reactivity to stress seems to represent part of the vulnerability for psychosis. This study aimed to investigate whether a functional polymorphism in the catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT Val(158)Met...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Stefanis NC,Henquet C,Avramopoulos D,Smyrnis N,Evdokimidis I,Myin-Germeys I,Stefanis CN,Van Os J

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Item 9 of the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) queries about thoughts of death and self-harm, but not suicidality. Although it is sometimes used to assess suicide risk, most positive responses are not associated with suicidality. The PHQ-8, which omits Item 9, is thus increasingly used in research. We ...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Wu Y,Levis B,Riehm KE,Saadat N,Levis AW,Azar M,Rice DB,Boruff J,Cuijpers P,Gilbody S,Ioannidis JPA,Kloda LA,McMillan D,Patten SB,Shrier I,Ziegelstein RC,Akena DH,Arroll B,Ayalon L,Baradaran HR,Baron M,Bombardier

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty schizophrenic patients with tardive dyskinesia and an equal number of matched controls were tested on a novel cognitive task. The task had two components: cued response and spatial memory. Relative to controls, the dyskinetic subjects showed a superior cued response performance but an equal spatial memory abili...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Collerton D,Fairbairn A,Britton P

更新日期：1985-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Neuroimaging studies have shown variance in brain response to emotional faces predicts cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) outcome. An important next step is to determine if individual differences in neural predictors of CBT response represent distinct patient groups. METHODS:In total, 90 patients with inter...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Klumpp H,Jimmy J,Burkhouse KL,Bhaumik R,Francis J,Craske MG,Phan KL,Ajilore O

更新日期：2020-11-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The differential strength of correlation between symptoms, cognition and other patient characteristics with community functioning in first-episode psychosis has not been fully investigated. METHOD:In a sample of 66 first-episode psychosis patients demographic variables, ratings of pre-morbid adjustment, pos...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Malla AK,Norman RM,Manchanda R,Townsend L

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eighty-three chronic obstructive bronchitic patients were psychologically assessed before being randomly allocated to 1 of 3 management regimes. The following measures were taken: psychiatric disturbance, personality, social-desirability response set, vocabulary, expectations about treatment, attitudes and beliefs abo...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Rutter BM

更新日期：1979-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A long-standing issue in the health anxiety literature is the extent to which health anxiety is a dimensional or a categorical construct. This study explores this question directly using taxometric procedures. METHOD:Seven hundred and eleven working adults completed an index of health anxiety [the Whiteley ...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Ferguson E

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In an earlier paper we found that a model of depression developed on a sample of women in a London population was confirmed in a female population in the Outer Hebrides. Differences in the rates of onset and chronic cases between the two populations, however, suggested that the Scottish women might be more likely to b...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Prudo R,Brown GW,Harris T,Dowland J

更新日期：1981-08-01 00:00:00