The relationship between alexithymia and depressive symptoms in a sample of newly abstinent alcoholic inpatients.

abstract：:In order to compare hypochondriacal phenomena in patients with generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) and panic disorder (PD), and in order to examine the relationship between worries about illness on one hand, and disease fears/phobias and hypochondriacal beliefs on the other, the authors administered the Illness Attitud...

journal_title：Psychotherapy and psychosomatics

authors： Starcevic V,Fallon S,Uhlenhuth EH,Pathak D

更新日期：1994-01-01 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：:Osgood's Semantic Differential was applied to a group of 35 neurotic patients at initial and final stage of individual psychoanalytical psychotherapy. When compared to 'normal' subjects who had not undergone treatment but were examined under the same conditions, neurotic subjects showed, between test and retest, more ...

journal_title：Psychotherapy and psychosomatics

authors： Bovet J,Gilliéron E,Spagnoli J,Meylan D

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Relevance of an article is a highly desirable yet hardly predictable quality at the time of its publication. Article relevance is frequently measured by the impact factor of the journal where the article is published. Furthermore, impact factor, citation index and citation analysis are used as a measure of research pr...

journal_title：Psychotherapy and psychosomatics

authors： Balon R

更新日期：2005-01-01 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：:This paper traces the author's empirical research journey into the measurement of symbolic function as a dimension of alexithymia. The archetypal test with 9 elements (AT9) is proposed as a tool to discrimnate between forms and degrees of disorganization in symbolic behavior of alexithymic subjects. The results seem t...

journal_title：Psychotherapy and psychosomatics

authors： Demers-Desrosiers LA

更新日期：1985-01-01 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：:Cognitive-behavioural therapy (CBT) programmes for bulimia nervosa (BN) have been considerably refined during the last 2 decades, and such a treatment is now extensively used. The present paper describes the treatment rationale and structure, and reviews the available evidence on its efficacy. Compared to any other ps...

journal_title：Psychotherapy and psychosomatics

authors： Ricca V,Mannucci E,Zucchi T,Rotella CM,Faravelli C

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prevailing reports on psychological prediction of renal graft integration are rare, mostly based on case studies. Focusing on patients' expectations from the transplantation process before grafting, we investigate the influence of psychological data and statements on the final transplantation results. In the whole gro...

journal_title：Psychotherapy and psychosomatics

authors： Pommer W,Diederichs P,Hummel M,Kratzer P,Offermann G,Molzahn M

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In bulimia nervosa, more intense treatments are recommended if outpatient treatment fails. This is the first randomized controlled trial comparing the options of inpatient versus day clinic treatment. METHOD:Patients with severe bulimia nervosa were randomly assigned to inpatient or day clinic treatment of ...

journal_title：Psychotherapy and psychosomatics

authors： Zeeck A,Weber S,Sandholz A,Wetzler-Burmeister E,Wirsching M,Hartmann A

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Little is known about prognostic factors in the treatment of bulimic patients. In the context of an ongoing study we looked at 1-year symptomatic outcome of 37 outpatients fulfilling DSM-III-R criteria for bulimia nervosa in relation to a variety of measures at first assessment. These included multiple measures of dep...

journal_title：Psychotherapy and psychosomatics

authors： Herzog T,Hartmann A,Sandholz A,Stammer H

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Given the contradictory reports concerning psychophysiological reactivity of hypertensives this issue was reexamined. In contrast to the large majority of studies, the hypertensive sample should not be made up of patients in medical care and the control group should be comparable in all relevant aspects other than blo...

journal_title：Psychotherapy and psychosomatics

authors： Köhler T,Scherbaum N,Ritz T

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A number of studies and case histories involving the use of biofeedback and behavioral approaches throughout Japan have been selected from Japanese journals and summarized. Areas of biofeedback research covered are experimental, clinical and psychological/educational. The behavioral approaches mentioned have been limi...

journal_title：Psychotherapy and psychosomatics

authors： Ishikawa H,Robinson A

更新日期：1981-01-01 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：:Recognition of the body-mind dilemma goes back to antiquity. Growth in medical knowledge has produced an ever increasing emphasis on physiological deviations and somatic pathology--which too often is not accompanied by sufficient attention to the total patients. Psychosomatics is now the term often used by those who b...

journal_title：Psychotherapy and psychosomatics

authors： Dorfman W

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The author describes the development of the research activity at a psychiatric clinic near Oslo, Modum Bads Nervesanatorium, a psychotherpeutic-oriented institution treating patients with neuroses, substance abuse and character disorders. In 1985 an institute for clinical research was built as an independent unit with...

journal_title：Psychotherapy and psychosomatics

authors： Roness A

更新日期：1990-01-01 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：: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：: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：:A psychometric analysis on patients with duodenal ulcer using latent structure coefficients (Loevinger and Mokken) showed that the MMPI subscales of depression, psychasthenia, hypochondriasis, hysteria, schizophrenia and social introversion all could be considered as indicators of Eysenck's dimension of neuroticism. B...

journal_title：Psychotherapy and psychosomatics

authors： Jess P,Bech P

更新日期：1994-01-01 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：:The impact of the loss of the breast in women undergoing surgical treatment for breast cancer is subordinated to the confrontation with the diagnosis of a malignancy in causing depression. The equal distribution of depression in mastectomy and in lumpectomy patients supports the hypothesis that it is the confrontation...

journal_title：Psychotherapy and psychosomatics

authors： van Heeringen C,Van Moffaert M,de Cuypere G

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:48 patients with alopecia areata, 30 with common baldness, 30 with fungal infections underwent the Paykel's Interview for recent life events. In the 6 months preceding onset, alopecic patients reported 123 events (mean = 2.56), patients with common baldness 22 events (mean = 0.73), patients with fungal infections 15 (...

journal_title：Psychotherapy and psychosomatics

authors： Perini GI,Veller Fornasa C,Cipriani R,Bettin A,Zecchino F,Peserico A

更新日期：1984-01-01 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：:Many child and adolescent psychotherapists are asked to work in specialized institutions (where the children are either interns or externs), with children presenting behaviour problems, learning difficulties, mental handicap or important psychosocial problems. They learn through diverse treatment forms, or parent acco...

journal_title：Psychotherapy and psychosomatics

authors： Bettschart W

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Psychopathology and verbal expression were investigated in 20 psychoneurotic patients and 20 psychosomatic patients (10 patients with ulcerative colitis and 10 patients with Crohn's disease). The Crohn's disease patients showed as much psychopathology as the psychoneurotic patients, but the ulcerative colitis patients...

journal_title：Psychotherapy and psychosomatics

authors： Taylor G,Doody K

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:By way of introduction the concepts 'helpful-supportive' (in analytical psychotherapy) and 'exclusive-supportive' psychotherapy are defined. Then the indications and the patients' characteristics (marked ego weakness, dependency wishes) concerning exclusive-supportive psychotherapy in psychosomatic medicine are outlin...

journal_title：Psychotherapy and psychosomatics

authors： Freyberger H,Freyberger HJ

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Parent-child treatments have been shown to be superior to child-focused treatments of childhood obesity. Yet until now, the comparative effectiveness of parent-only and parent-child approaches has been little studied. METHOD:Fifty-six obese children and their families were randomly assigned to a 16-session ...

journal_title：Psychotherapy and psychosomatics

authors： Munsch S,Roth B,Michael T,Meyer AH,Biedert E,Roth S,Speck V,Zumsteg U,Isler E,Margraf J

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There is a paucity of research concerning the identification of individual characteristics predictive of outcome in the treatment of personality disorders (PDs). METHODS:In this study, we carried out a predictor analysis of a sample of 73 hospitalized patients with a primary diagnosis of cluster B PD admitt...

journal_title：Psychotherapy and psychosomatics

authors： Chiesa M,Fonagy P

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Concerns about the risk-benefit ratio of treatment with antidepressants in the light of recent evidence pointing to a risk of suicide induction during the course of treatment with antidepressants. These concerns have led to a series of recent studies exploring national rates of suicide and correlating these ...

journal_title：Psychotherapy and psychosomatics

authors： Reseland S,Le Noury J,Aldred G,Healy D

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00