Base-rates, cut-points and interaction effects: the problem with dichotomized continuous variables.

abstract：:Previously employed techniques for the measurement of body image are briefly described, with a short consideration of methodological or procedural limitations associated with each technique. A new procedure is described which employs a simple modification to a standard video camera to produce an image which appears fr...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Freeman RJ,Thomas CD,Solyom L,Hunter MA

更新日期：1984-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The USA is currently enduring an opioid crisis. Identifying cost-effective, easy-to-implement behavioral measures that predict treatment outcomes in opioid misusers is a crucial scientific, therapeutic, and epidemiological goal. METHODS:The current study used a mixed cross-sectional and longitudinal design ...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Moeller SJ,Hanley AW,Garland EL

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In constructing a new self-report questionnaire for measuring self esteem, the aim has been to satisfy psychometric requirements without sacrificing the intuitive meaning of the concept. Self esteem is seen as a composite, and examination of its components may have more analytic or predictive value than 'global' score...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Robson P

更新日期：1989-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The increased use of the MATRICS Consensus Cognitive Battery (MCCB) to investigate cognitive dysfunctions in schizophrenia fostered interest in its sensitivity in the context of family studies. As various measures of the same cognitive domains may have different power to distinguish between unaffected relati...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Mucci A,Galderisi S,Green MF,Nuechterlein K,Rucci P,Gibertoni D,Rossi A,Rocca P,Bertolino A,Bucci P,Hellemann G,Spisto M,Palumbo D,Aguglia E,Amodeo G,Amore M,Bellomo A,Brugnoli R,Carpiniello B,Dell'Osso L,Di Fabio

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Difficulties in regulating emotions are linked to the core symptoms of premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD). We therefore investigated the neural substrates of emotion-regulation problems in women with PMDD. METHODS:On the basis of self-evaluations over 2 months on the Daily Record of Severity of Problems...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Petersen N,Ghahremani DG,Rapkin AJ,Berman SM,Liang L,London ED

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Spousal concordance for common mental disorders provides evidence of the relevance of social contextual factors. There are, however, limitations within the existing literature examining spousal similarity in mental health and little consensus as to the causes of spousal similarity. This study considers a lar...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Butterworth P,Rodgers B

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the past some workers have reported positive relationships between indices of noradrenaline activity and measures of hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA)-axis function. In order to investigate these relations, the authors measured noradrenaline, adrenaline and vanillylmandelic acid (VMA) in 24 h urine samples of 72...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Maes M,Vandewoude M,Schotte C,Martin M,Blockx P

更新日期：1990-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Few epidemiological studies have examined the temporal relationship between chronic pain and depression using longitudinal data. In the present study, we examined major depression as both an antecedent risk factor and consequence of chronic back pain (CBP) in the general population. METHOD:Data on 9909 pain...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Currie SR,Wang J

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The ability to appreciate humour is essential to successful human interactions. In this study, we hypothesized that individuals with schizophrenia would have diminished ability to recognize and appreciate humour. The relationship between humour experience and clinical symptoms, cognitive and social functioni...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Tsoi DT,Lee KH,Gee KA,Holden KL,Parks RW,Woodruff PW

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In the United States, cannabis accessibility has continued to rise as the perception of its harmfulness has decreased. Only about 30% of regular cannabis users develop cannabis use disorder (CUD), but it is unclear if individuals who use cannabis regularly without ever developing CUD experience notable psych...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Foster KT,Arterberry BJ,Iacono WG,McGue M,Hicks BM

更新日期：2018-08-01 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：:Bullying victimization is a topic of concern for youths, parents, school staff and mental health practitioners. Children and adolescents who are victimized by bullies show signs of distress and adjustment problems. However, it is not clear whether bullying is the source of these difficulties. This paper reviews empiri...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Arseneault L,Bowes L,Shakoor S

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Identifying prodromal features that predate the onset of bipolar disorder (BD) may enable the prevention of BD and aid early intervention. This review addresses two key questions: Is there a bipolar prodrome? And, if there is, what are its characteristic features? METHOD:A comprehensive search of databases ...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Howes OD,Lim S,Theologos G,Yung AR,Goodwin GM,McGuire P

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Both past depressive episodes and the personality trait of depressive rumination are strong risk factors for future depression. Depression is associated with abnormal emotional processing, which may be a neurobiological marker for vulnerability to depression. A consistent picture has yet to emerge as to how ...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Thomas EJ,Elliott R,McKie S,Arnone D,Downey D,Juhasz G,Deakin JF,Anderson IM

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Eating Attitudes Test (EAT) and General Health Questionnaire (GHQ) have been validated in an unselected population of 15-year-old South London schoolgirls. Scores on the questionnaires were compared with the results of standard interview. The EAT was found to be an efficient screening instrument for abnormal eatin...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Mann AH,Wakeling A,Wood K,Monck E,Dobbs R,Szmukler G

更新日期：1983-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:100 randomly selected mildly or moderately mentally retarded adults were assessed for personality disorder using the Standardized Assessment of Personality devised by Mann et al. (1981). By the terms of this instrument 56% of patients showed features of abnormal personality, and in 22% this abnormality was marked, sug...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Reid AH,Ballinger BR

更新日期：1987-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There is evidence of executive function impairment in obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) that potentially contributes to symptom development and maintenance. Nevertheless, the precise nature of these executive impairments and their neural basis remains to be defined. METHOD:We compared stopping and shiftin...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Morein-Zamir S,Voon V,Dodds CM,Sule A,van Niekerk J,Sahakian BJ,Robbins TW

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although a substantial body of research points to a link between psychological distress and inflammatory responses in middle-aged and older adults, particularly those with cardiovascular disease, the relationship between inflammation and distress in young, healthy individuals has not been established. This s...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Goldman-Mellor S,Brydon L,Steptoe A

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:It has been suggested that individual differences in temperament could be involved in the (non-)response to antidepressant (AD) treatment. However, how neurobiological processes such as brain glucose metabolism may relate to personality features in the treatment-resistant depressed (TRD) state remains largel...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Wu GR,Baeken C

更新日期：2021-01-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Prosocial emotions related to self-blame are important in guiding human altruistic decisions. These emotions are elevated in major depressive disorder (MDD), such that MDD has been associated with guilt-driven pathological hyper-altruism. However, the impact of such emotional impairments in MDD on different ...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Pulcu E,Thomas EJ,Trotter PD,McFarquhar M,Juhasz G,Sahakian BJ,Deakin JF,Anderson IM,Zahn R,Elliott R

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Fatigue syndromes and irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) often occur together. Explanations include being different manifestations of the same condition and simply sharing some symptoms. METHOD:A matched case-control study in UK primary care, using data collected prospectively in the General Practice Research D...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Hamilton WT,Gallagher AM,Thomas JM,White PD

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Premenstrual Syndrome (PMS) remains a controversial issue. As a clinical concept it is surrounded by confusion. Attempts to establish a consensus definition have resulted in the majority of women seeking help for such problems excluded from the diagnosis. Furthermore, there is no consensus about how such problems ...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Bancroft J

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A dysfunctional network of prefrontal and (para-)limbic brain region has been suggested to underlie emotional dysregulation in borderline personality disorder (BPD). Abnormal activity in this network may be due to structural alterations in white-matter tracts connecting prefrontal and (para-)limbic brain reg...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Lischke A,Domin M,Freyberger HJ,Grabe HJ,Mentel R,Bernheim D,Lotze M

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Impaired spatial working memory (SWM) is a robust feature of schizophrenia and has been linked to the risk of developing psychosis in people with an at-risk mental state (ARMS). We used functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to examine the neural substrate of SWM in the ARMS and in patients who had jus...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Broome MR,Fusar-Poli P,Matthiasson P,Woolley JB,Valmaggia L,Johns LC,Tabraham P,Bramon E,Williams SC,Brammer MJ,Chitnis X,Zelaya F,McGuire PK

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The potential effects of antipsychotic drugs on brain structure represent a key factor in understanding neuroanatomical changes in psychosis. This review addresses two issues: (1) do antipsychotic medications induce changes in total or regional human brain volumes and (2) do such effects depend on antipsycho...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Navari S,Dazzan P

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The clinical picture of schizophrenia is frequently worsened by manifestations of impulsivity. However, the neural correlates of impulsivity in this disorder are poorly known. Although impulsivity has been related to disturbances of the neural processes underlying response inhibition, no studies have yet exa...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Kaladjian A,Jeanningros R,Azorin JM,Anton JL,Mazzola-Pomietto P

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An attempt was made to identify background, sociodemographic and clinical variables which are associated with attempted suicide in depression. Within a sample of 308 depressed psychiatric inpatients, suicide attempters were younger than non-attempters and were identified by a pattern of chronic interpersonal maladjust...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Crook T,Raskin A,Davis D

更新日期：1975-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There has been much recent excitement about the possibility that some cases of psychosis may be wholly due to brain-reactive antibodies, with antibodies to N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor (NMDAR) and the voltage-gated potassium channel (VGKC)-complex reported in a few patients with first-episode psychosis (FEP...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Gaughran F,Lally J,Beck K,McCormack R,Gardner-Sood P,Coutinho E,Jacobson L,Lang B,Sainz-Fuertes R,Papanastasiou E,Di Forti M,Nicholson T,Vincent A,Murray RM

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Discriminating Alzheimer's disease (AD) and mild cognitive impairment (MCI) from depression is a challenge in psychogeriatric medicine. A study was set up to ascertain whether cued recall could be useful in differentiating early AD and MCI from depression among elderly individuals. METHOD:The Visual Associa...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Dierckx E,Engelborghs S,De Raedt R,De Deyn PP,Ponjaert-Kristoffersen I

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Evidence from high-income countries suggests that childhood trauma is associated with schizophrenia. Studies of childhood trauma and schizophrenia in low and middle income (LMIC) countries are limited. This study examined the prevalence of childhood traumatic experiences among cases and controls and the rela...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Mall S,Platt JM,Temmingh H,Musenge E,Campbell M,Susser E,Stein DJ

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00