Ambivalence in cardiac transplantation candidates.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:No systematic information exists on what U.S. medical schools are teaching on spirituality and health or on the attitudes of faculty toward inclusion of this subject in the medical curriculum. We systematically surveyed U.S. medical school deans and assessed both attitudes about and the extent to which spirit...

journal_title：International journal of psychiatry in medicine

authors： Koenig HG,Hooten EG,Lindsay-Calkins E,Meador KG

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The existence of the putative "serotonin irritation syndrome" (SIS) was tested in a human population. Volunteers were exposed to a highly cationized environment for two hours. Symptoms of anxiety and excitement significantly increased. During the time of exposure serum serotonin levels also increased significantly. Th...

journal_title：International journal of psychiatry in medicine

authors： Giannini AJ,Jones BT,Loiselle RH,Price WA

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Japan experienced a nationwide outbreak of hydrogen sulfide suicides (HSS) between April and May 2008. The annual number of HSS skyrocketed from 19 in 2007 to 1,056 in 2008. However, the factors affecting this enormous increase remain unknown. The present study aimed to examine the effect of media coverage of...

journal_title：International journal of psychiatry in medicine

authors： Nakamura M,Yasunaga H,Toda AA,Sugihara T,Imamura T

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Existential Plight in cancer is a poorly recognized but significant period. It starts with the definite diagnosis and continues for two to three months into the illness, approximately 100 days. The chief signs are the predominance of life/death concerns, e-en over worries about health or physical symptoms. One hun...

journal_title：International journal of psychiatry in medicine

authors： Weisman AD,Worden JW

更新日期：1976-01-01 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：:Pérez-San-Gregorio M. A., Fernández-Jiménez E., Luque-Budia A., Martín-Rodríguez A. (2015). Anxiety and concerns in Spanish living kidney donor candidates. The International Journal of Psychiatry in Medicine, 50, 163-177. ...

journal_title：International journal of psychiatry in medicine

authors：

更新日期：2016-01-01 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：OBJECTIVE:To seek possible relationships between psychological factors and survival after an intensive medical therapy, using bone marrow transplantation as a model. METHOD:Candidates for bone marrow transplantation underwent two to three psychodynamically-oriented psychiatric interviews that explored family functioni...

journal_title：International journal of psychiatry in medicine

authors： Hoffman LH,Szkrumelak N,Sullivan AK

更新日期：1999-01-01 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：:This article aims to promote awareness among primary care providers and support electroconvulsive therapy as a generally well-tolerated, effective therapeutic modality to treat specific psychiatric conditions in appropriately selected patients. There seem to be several potential barriers to treatment with electroconvu...

journal_title：International journal of psychiatry in medicine

authors： Sicher S,Gedzior J

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Males with anxiety disorders appear to have increased mortality due to circulatory system disease, and Type A behavior is a risk factor for coronary heart disease (CHD). Thus, we determined Type A behavior in anxious patients. Fifty-seven DSM-III defined anxiety disorder patients completed the Jenkins Activity Survey ...

journal_title：International journal of psychiatry in medicine

authors： Lee MA,Cameron OG

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Psychosocial associations have been observed with level of cervical dysplasia or "pre-cancer" and invasive cervical cancer [related to human papillomavirus (HPV) infection]. Psychoneuroimmunological relationships have been observed in human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) infection, which is being descr...

journal_title：International journal of psychiatry in medicine

authors： Goodkin K,Antoni MH,Helder L,Sevin B

更新日期：1993-01-01 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：OBJECTIVE:Premature ejaculation is the most prevalent male sexual dysfunction. The present article is a comprehensive review of the literature on premature ejaculation. METHOD:This critical discussion of the literature evaluates the definitional issues, theoretical conceptualizations, assessment strategies, and treatm...

journal_title：International journal of psychiatry in medicine

authors： St Lawrence JS,Madakasira S

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The article seeks to provide an international perspective on the facilitating role of health services research in the treatment of psychiatric disorders in primary care. It builds on Goldberg and Huxley's model describing pathways to mental care for the psychiatrically ill in the community. METHOD:Seventy st...

journal_title：International journal of psychiatry in medicine

authors： van der Feltz-Cornelis CM,Lyons JS,Huyse FJ,Campos R,Fink P,Slaets JP

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present the case of a 21-year-old young lady with Wilson's disease, asymptomatic at first and consequently declining prophylaxis with chelating agents, who presented years after her diagnosis was made with multiple motor and neuropsychiatric manifestations of the disease, causing extensive morbidity and a major dec...

journal_title：International journal of psychiatry in medicine

authors： Chahine LM,Chemali ZN

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study was designed to identify: 1) predictors of antidepressant pharmacotherapy among patients diagnosed with depression; and 2) predictors of prescription for either a selective-serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI), or a serotonin-norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor (SNRI). METHOD:Data from the 1995 Natio...

journal_title：International journal of psychiatry in medicine

authors： Sclar DA,Robison LM,Skaer TL,Galin RS

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A short-term, open membership group therapy program for kidney transplant patients and their families is described. The content and process of this group is related to the ten curative factors described by Yalom for psychiatric patients. The primary benefits for the patients seemed to be the opportunity to observe oth...

journal_title：International journal of psychiatry in medicine

authors： Buchanan DC

更新日期：1975-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To explore the correlation between brain event-related potentials (ERPs) and psychiatric symptoms in patients with amphetamine-type stimulants (ATS) dependence. METHOD:Using Galileo Sirius 32-channels digital-evoked potential system, we measured the auditory P300 ERP in 40 ATS dependence subjects and 30 norm...

journal_title：International journal of psychiatry in medicine

authors： Zhang Y,Zhong BL,Li Y,Ma ZL,Tian Y,Tang J

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of the present study was to explore the relations between religious attitudes and subjective well-being in a sample of chronic pain (CP) patients and to investigate whether these associations would differ from those obtained with healthy controls. METHOD:A total of 155 CP patients (72% women) and 166...

journal_title：International journal of psychiatry in medicine

authors： Dezutter J,Luyckx K,Büssing A,Hutsebaut D

更新日期：2009-01-01 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：:Sixty right-handed adult subjects, divided equally into three groups (mildly depressed, normal, and "low normal") on the basis of the Zung self-Rating Depression Scale, were exposed for forty seconds each to forty-eight imagery items designed to reflect happy, sad, angry, and fearful situations. Expressed emotion (fac...

journal_title：International journal of psychiatry in medicine

authors： Brown SL

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe religious affiliation, importance of religion, and the relationship between religion and self-rated health in persons aged 60 or older living in Latin America or the Caribbean. METHOD:We used data from seven cities (n = 10,587). Multivariate models were used to analyze the associations between re...

journal_title：International journal of psychiatry in medicine

authors： Reyes-Ortiz CA,Pelaez M,Koenig HG,Mulligan T

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Across the lifespan, alcohol misuse affects a large percentage of patients seen in primary care clinics. It can lead to alcohol use disorders, ranging from risky use to alcohol dependence. Alcohol use disorders frequently complicate acute and chronic illnesses of patients seen in FM clinics. Screening patients for alc...

journal_title：International journal of psychiatry in medicine

authors： Rule JC,Samuel P

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To assess: a) the prevalence and determinants of self-reported emotional distress in the Israeli population; b) the rate of self-reported discussion of emotional distress with family physicians; and c) the association between such discussions and patient satisfaction with care. METHOD: DESIGN:Retrospective...

journal_title：International journal of psychiatry in medicine

authors： Gross R,Brammli-Greenberg S,Tabenkin H,Benbassat J

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Caring for patients can induce intense emotions in psychiatrists. Although clinical experience suggests that such feeling can become a source of stress for the psychiatrists, particularly the first year resident, and interfere adversely with patient care, research in this area has been lacking. We studied a group of p...

journal_title：International journal of psychiatry in medicine

authors： Herzog DB,Wyshak G,Stern TA,Rathbun JM

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:As evidence of a biologic determinant of schizophrenia has been elaborated, an interest in the relationship between schizophrenia and autoimmune disorders has become increasingly more developed over the last decade. Pedigree analysis has shown that schizophrenia, like autoimmune disorders, is likely a herita...

journal_title：International journal of psychiatry in medicine

authors： Balter J,Mofsen R,Pinninti N

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The dexamethasone suppression test (DST) appears to be a sensitive and specific biological marker for endogenous depression that can have important diagnostic and treatment implications. The authors present three case studies of patients treated on a combined medicine-psychiatric inpatient unit, and who presented with...

journal_title：International journal of psychiatry in medicine

authors： Nelson WH,Orr WW Jr,Sullivan CR

更新日期：1982-01-01 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