Munchausen by proxy syndrome: the triad of abuse, self-abuse, and deception.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Fibromyalgia (FM) is a common syndrome whose main characteristic is chronic widespread musculoskeletal pain, the severity of which is frequently worsened by concomitant obesity. Major depression (MD), particularly as part of a bipolar spectrum disorder (BSD), is associated with both obesity and FM. OBJECTIV...

journal_title：Comprehensive psychiatry

authors： Alciati A,Atzeni F,Grassi M,Caldirola D,Sarzi-Puttini P,Angst J,Perna G

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Investigation of relationship patterns between co-occurring symptoms has greatly improved the efficacy of psychiatric care. Depression and anxiety often present together, and identification of primary vs secondary psychiatric symptoms has implications for treatment. Previous psychotherapy research investigating the re...

journal_title：Comprehensive psychiatry

authors： Dempsey JP,Randall PK,Thomas SE,Book SW,Carrigan MH

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Psychiatric comorbidity is the rule in obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD); however, very few studies have evaluated the clinical characteristics of patients with no co-occurring disorders (non-comorbid or "pure" OCD). The aim of this study was to estimate the prevalence of pure cases in a large multicenter s...

journal_title：Comprehensive psychiatry

authors： Torres AR,Shavitt RG,Torresan RC,Ferrão YA,Miguel EC,Fontenelle LF

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate possible associations of alexithymia with marital satisfaction and mutual attachment between the partners in a group of parents-to-be during pregnancy. METHODS:The present study was conducted in a pregnancy cohort. Cross-sectional data were available for 151 mothers and 106 fathers, and altoge...

journal_title：Comprehensive psychiatry

authors： Karukivi M,Tolvanen M,Karlsson L,Karlsson H

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Bipolar disorders (BDs) are often not recognised with potentially drastic consequences for the individuals and their families. In clinical practice self-reports can be used to screen to enhance recognition. We therefore present a systematic review of the screening properties for the Hypomania Checklist (HCL-3...

journal_title：Comprehensive psychiatry

authors： Meyer TD,Schrader J,Ridley M,Lex C

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:It is well documented that patients with schizophrenia have impoverished quality of life (QOL). Efforts to determine the underpinnings of this impoverishment have implicated negative symptoms more than positive or disorganized symptoms. However, only a minority of individuals with the liability to schizophren...

journal_title：Comprehensive psychiatry

authors： Cohen AS,Davis TE 3rd

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Defense Style Questionnaire (DSQ) assesses defensive behavior by empirically evaluating conscious derivatives of defense and coping mechanisms in everyday life. It was developed on the assumption that defenses can be ordered along a maturity-immaturity continuum and tend to group into clusters, or defensive styles...

journal_title：Comprehensive psychiatry

authors： San Martini P,Roma P,Sarti S,Lingiardi V,Bond M

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined the stable relations between coping style and cognitive function in schizophrenic and depressed patients and in patient and normal controls on two test occasions. The results show that a poor self-report of coping style is independent of psychiatric diagnosis, but there are associations with both subjectiv...

journal_title：Comprehensive psychiatry

authors： van den Bosch RJ,Rombouts RP

更新日期：1997-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to examine whether performance on a standard cognitive test-battery can be used to clearly separate higher functioning autism from schizophrenia. Revised Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC-R) or Adults (WAIS-R) profiles of 20 autistic and 20 schizophrenic adolescent young adul...

journal_title：Comprehensive psychiatry

authors： Bölte S,Rudolf L,Poustka F

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:More than a decade ago, a consensus panel recommended that remission be defined on the 17-item version of the Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression (HAM-D) as a cutoff of less than 7. Recently, some investigators have suggested that this threshold to define remission may be too high. If true, this means that heterogene...

journal_title：Comprehensive psychiatry

authors： Zimmerman M,Posternak MA,Chelminski I

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:More than one third of patients with eating disorders report NSSI. Moreover, negative attitudes and feelings toward the body, body dissatisfaction, and body image disturbances have been linked to NSSI in community and clinical samples. However, there is a lack of studies exploring NSSI frequency and functi...

journal_title：Comprehensive psychiatry

authors： Pérez S,Marco JH,Cañabate M

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fifty-one adolescent-onset anorexia nervosa (AN) cases recruited after community screening were compared with 51 age-, sex-, and school-matched cases with regard to personality disorders and autism-spectrum disorders (ASD)/empathy disorders at age 21 years. All 102 cases had originally been examined at a mean age of 1...

journal_title：Comprehensive psychiatry

authors： Gillberg IC,Råstam M,Gillberg C

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:A new diagnostic category called Hoarding Disorder (HD) has been proposed for inclusion in DSM-5. It is paramount that this addition does not result in an over-pathologization of normative behavior. Collectors constitute a valid population within which to test the diagnostic boundaries of HD. The current stud...

journal_title：Comprehensive psychiatry

authors： Nordsletten AE,Fernández de la Cruz L,Billotti D,Mataix-Cols D

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:With the rate of obesity on the rise worldwide, individuals with schizophrenia represent a particularly vulnerable population. The aim of this study was to assess the metabolic profile of individuals with schizophrenia in relation to dietary and physical activity habits compared with healthy controls. METHOD...

journal_title：Comprehensive psychiatry

authors： Ratliff JC,Palmese LB,Reutenauer EL,Liskov E,Grilo CM,Tek C

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The purpose of the current investigation was (1) to test whether the 3-factor structure of the 20-item Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS-20) corresponding to the theoretical conceptualization of the alexithymia construct could be recovered in a Greek translation of the scale (the TAS-20-G), (2) to assess if a 3...

journal_title：Comprehensive psychiatry

authors： Tsaousis I,Taylor G,Quilty L,Georgiades S,Stavrogiannopoulos M,Bagby RM

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Males are more likely than females to die by all forms of violent death, including suicide. The primary purpose of the present study was to explore whether the gender difference in suicide rates is largely accounted for by males' general greater tendency to experience violent deaths. The current study examine...

journal_title：Comprehensive psychiatry

authors： Bozzay ML,Liu RT,Kleiman EM

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary hyperhidrosis is characterized by excessive sweating and often accompanied by social avoidance. Social anxiety disorder (SAD) is characterized by fear and avoidance of social situations, often partly related to fears of showing signs of excessive autonomic nervous system activation, such as sweating. To clarif...

journal_title：Comprehensive psychiatry

authors： Schneier FR,Heimberg RG,Liebowitz MR,Blanco C,Gorenstein LA

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sixty-four patients with borderline personality disorder (BPD) were followed up for a mean of 27 years. Outcome was assessed using the Diagnostic Interview for Borderlines, Revised (DIB-R); the Schedule for DSM-III-R Diagnosis (SCID); Global Assessment of Functioning (GAF); the Symptom Check List-90 (SCL-90); and the ...

journal_title：Comprehensive psychiatry

authors： Paris J,Zweig-Frank H

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Personality disorders are common in subjects with panic disorder. Personality disorders have been shown to affect the course of panic disorder. The purpose of this study was to examine which personality disorders affect clinical severity in subjects with panic disorder. This study included 122 adults (71 women, 41 men...

journal_title：Comprehensive psychiatry

authors： Ozkan M,Altindag A

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We assess the convergent and predictive validity of the Defensive Functioning Scale (DFS) with measures of life events, including childhood abuse and adult partner victimization; dimensions of psychopathology, including axis I (depressive) and axis II (borderline personality disorder) symptoms; and quality of...

journal_title：Comprehensive psychiatry

authors： Porcerelli JH,Cogan R,Markova T,Miller K,Mickens L

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We hypothesized that communication disturbances in the form of unclear linguistic references in schizophrenia are associated with excess-related pathophysiologic processes in some individuals and deficit-related processes in others. We divided a sample of 28 acutely ill schizophrenic inpatients into two groups: those ...

journal_title：Comprehensive psychiatry

authors： Docherty NM

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:High levels of anhedonia have been found in patients with schizophrenia; specifically they report higher levels of social anhedonia rather than physical anhedonia, and further, in the anticipatory rather than consummatory facets of pleasure. Nonetheless, contrasting results emerged regarding the underlying m...

journal_title：Comprehensive psychiatry

authors： Fortunati R,Ossola P,Camerlengo A,Bettini E,De Panfilis C,Tonna M,Maggini C,Marchesi C

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although research on body dysmorphic disorder (BDD) is increasing, no follow-up studies of this disorder's course of illness have been published. METHODS:The status of 95 outpatients with BDD treated in a clinical practice was assessed by chart review. Standard scales were used to rate subjects at baseline ...

journal_title：Comprehensive psychiatry

authors： Phillips KA,Grant JE,Siniscalchi JM,Stout R,Price LH

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dimensional approaches to psychiatric disorders have shown an increased relevance in the ongoing debate for the forthcoming Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition. In line with previously validated instruments for the assessment of different mood, anxiety, eating and psychotic spectra, we...

journal_title：Comprehensive psychiatry

authors： Dell'Osso L,Carmassi C,Rucci P,Conversano C,Shear MK,Calugi S,Maser JD,Endicott J,Fagiolini A,Cassano GB

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Studies have shown that patients with schizophrenia are at a high risk of developing insulin resistance (IR). We investigated the prevalence of IR and its clinical correlates in hospitalized Chinese patients with schizophrenia. METHODS:A total of 193 patients with schizophrenia (113 males and 80 females) we...

journal_title：Comprehensive psychiatry

authors： Lin C,Chen K,Zhang R,Fu W,Yu J,Gao L,Ni H,Song J,Chen D

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although reduced hippocampal volume (HCV) is a common finding in depression, it is unclear whether the structural alterations leading to reduction of HCV are pre-existing risk factors before the onset of clinical symptoms or a cumulative process that begins with the onset of clinical symptoms. The aim of the...

journal_title：Comprehensive psychiatry

authors： Durmusoglu E,Ugurlu O,Akan S,Simsek F,Kizilates G,Kitis O,Ozkul BA,Eker C,Coburn KL,Gonul AS

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:People who engage in nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI) often report high levels of impulsivity. However, results from behavioral tasks measuring impulsivity have been mixed: those with a history of NSSI generally perform comparably to healthy controls. Recent research suggests, however, that people who self-injure have s...

journal_title：Comprehensive psychiatry

authors： Allen KJ,Hooley JM

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Despite controversy surrounding the construct of food addiction, its relationship with obesity and the validity of the Yale Food Addiction Scale (YFAS), have become emerging fields of study. No prior research has examined the prevalence and correlates of food addiction, and validation of the Modified Yale Fo...

journal_title：Comprehensive psychiatry

authors： Masheb RM,Ruser CB,Min KM,Bullock AJ,Dorflinger LM

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Knowledge of risk factors is essential for developing strategies that prevent or minimise transitions from mild cognitive impairment (MCI) to Alzheimer's disease (AD) and death. The aim of this study was to assess risk factors for progression to AD and death among Chinese individuals with cognitive impairmen...

journal_title：Comprehensive psychiatry

authors： Xue H,Sun Q,Liu L,Zhou L,Liang R,He R,Yu H

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although several studies have addressed the issue of the relationship between the subjective response to neuroleptics and drug compliance, very little attention has been given to the study of the subjective experience of psychosis and drug attitudes. The present study was therefore undertaken to examine the relationsh...

journal_title：Comprehensive psychiatry

authors： Rossi A,Arduini L,Stratta P,Pallanti S

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00