Mental distress and need for psychosocial support in prostate cancer patients: An observational cross-sectional study.

abstract：:Approaching individuals in the emergency situation presenting with medical illness and depression requires an understanding of psychologic, biologic, social, and existential factors that converge to create alterations in mood, thought, and behavior. Clinicians must understand how these same factors may be used in mana...

journal_title：International journal of psychiatry in medicine

authors： Slaby AE

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ethical and pragmatic considerations often preclude the application of classical experimental approaches to in vivo thanatological research. While quasi-experimental and correlational designs may be employed to circumvent a number of potential problems, many more empirically testable research questions simply remain u...

journal_title：International journal of psychiatry in medicine

authors： Devins GM

更新日期：1978-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although many leaders of the medical profession feel that community physicians should take responsibility for the psychiatric disorders of their patients, only a little more than half of the respondents in the current study agreed. The variations in willingness to take on this role and in interest in psychiatric activ...

journal_title：International journal of psychiatry in medicine

authors： Hull J

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary care providers are increasingly responsible for providing mental health care in the United States. For those patients who do receive specialty mental health services, the primary care provider functions as the main entry point into the mental health system. Given the persistent racial and ethnic health dispari...

journal_title：International journal of psychiatry in medicine

authors： Illes RA,Grace AJ,Niño JR,Ring JM

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:George Engel's biopsychosocial vision was simultaneously scientific and humanistic. He passionately presented an approach to clinical care to correct the progressive distancing of clinical care and research from the lived experience of the patient. Yet, while science provides ever greater evidence for the linkages bet...

journal_title：International journal of psychiatry in medicine

authors： Epstein RM

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examines the use of a behavior modification program as an adjunct to the medical treatment of essential hypertension. The subjects, outpatients with medically treated, but uncontrolled, essential hypertension, were exposed to group interaction (including such processes as peer reinforcement, peer competitio...

journal_title：International journal of psychiatry in medicine

authors： Ziesat HA Jr

更新日期：1977-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is the most common psychotherapy approach for the treatment of PTSD. Nevertheless, previous reviews on the efficacy of several types of psychotherapy were unable to detect differences between CBT and other psychotherapies. The purpose of this study was to conduct systematic ...

journal_title：International journal of psychiatry in medicine

authors： Mendes DD,Mello MF,Ventura P,Passarela Cde M,Mari Jde J

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article describes a novel inter-professional curriculum designed to address the needs of homeless patients in a Midwestern region of the United States which has high rates of poverty. The curriculum is intended for healthcare trainees coming from undergraduate pre-medical programs, nursing, pharmacy, social work,...

journal_title：International journal of psychiatry in medicine

authors： Chrisman-Khawam L,Abdullah N,Dhoopar A

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Religious and spiritual factors in intimate partner violence have received increasing attention. But are such factors related to outcomes in violent relationships? The purpose of this study was to assess the relative impact of spiritual symptoms and religious coping on attitudinal/behavioral and clinical outc...

journal_title：International journal of psychiatry in medicine

authors： Katerndahl D,Burge S,Ferrer R,Becho J,Wood R

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Over 2 million adults in the United States are incarcerated and over 650,000 return to the community each year. This disparate population is known to have an elevated burden of chronic disease and lower socioeconomic status. Medical residency training about care of incarcerated or previously incarcerated patients is s...

journal_title：International journal of psychiatry in medicine

authors： Hofmeister S,Soprych A

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine the relationship between adherence to antidepressant medications and HbA1c levels among patients with diabetes in a managed care setting. METHOD:The analysis included measures of HbA1c levels before, during, and after initial antidepressant use among 568 patients with diabetes enrolled in the Harv...

journal_title：International journal of psychiatry in medicine

authors： Bambauer KZ,Soumerai SB,Adams AS,Mah C,Zhang F,McLaughlin TJ

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Depressive illness was a common clinical syndrome found in general practice in Hong Kong. The phenomenon of somatization among Chinese depressives in general practice was investigated. Patients clinically identified as depressed were compared with organic patients in terms of their presenting complaints and responses ...

journal_title：International journal of psychiatry in medicine

authors： Cheung FM,Lau BW,Waldmann E

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In August 2016, U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, MD, MBA, issued a letter to healthcare providers requesting aid in addressing "an urgent health crisis facing America: the opioid epidemic." In this article, we address some of the more poignant challenges that surface in treating patients with opiate addiction. We pr...

journal_title：International journal of psychiatry in medicine

authors： Gedzior J,Kwong A

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using standardized instruments, personality traits of twenty-two hemophilic boys and child-rearing attitudes and practices of their parents were evaluated at the beginning and end of a six-year period, during which psychosocial services were provided in a comprehensive care hemophilia program. The children changed sig...

journal_title：International journal of psychiatry in medicine

authors： Mayes SD,Handford HA,Kowalski C,Schaefer JH

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Philosophical and theological notions regarding food and eating are briefly reviewed, as is the history of anorexia nervosa. Modern studies of social, psychological, and biological aspects of anorexia nervosa have failed, as yet, to provide an organized coherent understanding of the etiology of this disorder. ...

journal_title：International journal of psychiatry in medicine

authors： Giannini AJ

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients and family members often turn to prayer in response to serious, life-threatening illness. Prayer for a miraculous cure is often the request. While prayer can keep hope alive, it may also promote unrealistic expectations that fuel demands for life-preserving technology in medically futile situations. Furthermo...

journal_title：International journal of psychiatry in medicine

authors： Blazer DG,Cohen HJ,George LK,Koenig HG,Verhey A

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mrs. A. B., a 61-year-old woman who presented with carcinoma of the breast in 1964, was readmitted to the hospital in 1974 in respiratory distress ensuing from chronic lung disease and metastatic illness. An active member of Alcoholics Anonymous for the past sixteen years, she had a living pattern in which she felt in...

journal_title：International journal of psychiatry in medicine

authors： Abramson R

更新日期：1975-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two cases from an adolescent dialysis group are presented to illustrate the limitations of the generally used models of patient compliance and noncompliance with medical treatment. Understanding the noncompliance of these two young men required awareness of their psychological development and of the interpersonal matr...

journal_title：International journal of psychiatry in medicine

authors： Armstrong SH,Weiner MF

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We hypothesized that a systematic determination of symptom severity would predict psychiatric admission for non-suicidal patients referred for a psychiatric evaluation in an urban emergency department (ED) setting. METHOD:In a pilot study involving consecutive patients referred for a psychiatric evaluation i...

journal_title：International journal of psychiatry in medicine

authors： Hooten WM,Lyketsos CG,Mollenhauer M

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Even when non-epileptic seizures are correctly diagnosed, appropriate treatment recommendations may not be fully or correctly implemented. We present a case of a 17-year-old girl with frequent non-epileptic seizures who presented for frequent trips to the emergency room (ER) and was admitted to an inpatient Child and ...

journal_title：International journal of psychiatry in medicine

authors： Nguyen ML,Shapiro MA,Demetree JM,White KA

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Mania and other mood changes are known to be associated with various organic etiologies. This article documents a case of organic mania associated with hyponatremia, a phenomenon which has not been previously reported, and reviews the pertinent medical literature. METHOD:The mental status of a patient with e...

journal_title：International journal of psychiatry in medicine

authors： Baar JM

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article presents several case studies which illustrate the way in which a terminal patient's attention may be diverted from the primary disease process, cancer, to secondary somatic symptomatology such as pain and nausea. This phenomenon has important consequences for the patient, family, physician, and the patie...

journal_title：International journal of psychiatry in medicine

authors： Wright MH,Nehemkis AM

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A prospective study over three months explored whether measures of response "qualities" of life change events (e.g., whether the event was positive or negative in its subjective impact) enhance the ability of a simple counting of recent life change events to predict near future illness rates. Thirty-four nursing stude...

journal_title：International journal of psychiatry in medicine

authors： Sheehan DV,O'Donnell J,Fitzgerald A,Hervig L,Ward H

更新日期：1978-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One-hundred seventy-seven family physicians were surveyed regarding their perceptions of the types of psychosocial problems encountered in their practices, the amount of time they felt they devoted to each problem, and their interests regarding continuing psychiatric education. Patients with "multiple somatic complain...

journal_title：International journal of psychiatry in medicine

authors： Stoudemire A,Thompson TL 2nd,Mitchell W,Grant RL

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:A modified version of the Mental Adjustment to Cancer Scale (The Mental Adjustment to HIV Scale--MAHIVS) was used to evaluate patterns of psychological adjustment in response to HIV infection. METHODS:A sample of 164 HIV positive homosexual/bisexual men were recruited across three Australian centers (79 asymptoma...

journal_title：International journal of psychiatry in medicine

authors： Kelly B,Raphael B,Burrows G,Judd F,Kernutt G,Burnett P,Perdices M,Dunne M

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The authors review the evaluation and treatment of anxiety symptoms in elderly patients, with particular emphasis on elderly patients with chronic medical illness. METHODS:A computer search for articles addressing anxiety symptoms in patients sixty-five and older was supplemented by the authors' clinical exp...

journal_title：International journal of psychiatry in medicine

authors： Hocking LB,Koenig HG

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During five years of self-medication with Prednisone, a forty-one-year old asthmatic businessman experienced periods of euphoria, psychomotor hyperactivity, and poor judgement; a period of depression and anxiety during temporary steroid withdrawal; and finally, with resumption of Prednisone, episodes of grandiosity an...

journal_title：International journal of psychiatry in medicine

authors： Gifford S,Murawski BJ,Kline NS,Sachar EJ

更新日期：1976-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The failure-to-thrive syndrome in geriatric patients is marked by social withdrawal, apathy, depression, anorexia, and cognitive impairment. For therapy to be effective, the treatment plan must target several of theseareas. This case report describes one such course of treatment for a patient with multiple myeloma wit...

journal_title：International journal of psychiatry in medicine

authors： Schillerstrom JE,Seaman JS

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The prevalence of alcohol related admissions to hospitals in Manitoba was examined in an investigation limited to the general medicine units of four representative hospitals within the province. All admissions during one-month periods were closely examined. In order to determine if an admission was related to alcohol,...

journal_title：International journal of psychiatry in medicine

authors： Lange DE,Schacter B

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Breath holding spells (BHS) are apparently frightening events occurring in otherwise healthy children. Generally, no medical treatment is recommended and parental reassurance is believed to be enough, however, severe BHS can be very stressful for the parents and a pharmacological agent may be desired in some...

journal_title：International journal of psychiatry in medicine

authors： Azam M,Bhatti N,Shahab N

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00