Abstract:
:Denial may be adaptive during hospitalization for acute coronary disease. We studied the impact of denial in 48 patients referred to a tertiary care center for treatment of unstable angina. Using the Hackett-Cassem Denial Scale, we divided the group into 25 high deniers and 23 low deniers. The two groups were comparable in baseline demographic and social data, coronary risk factors, cardiac history, medical treatment, vital signs, and cardiac catheterization results (number of diseased vessels and ejection fraction). Compared to low deniers, high deniers had half as many episodes of angina during hospitalization (1.3 vs. 2.5; p less than 0.03, t = 2.2, df = 46) and were more likely to reach medical stabilization, i.e., pain free for 36 hr (92% vs. 65%, p less than 0.03, Fisher exact probability test). Intravenous nitroglycerin drips were also required less often in high deniers (32% vs. 78%, p = 0.002, Fisher exact). Two myocardial infarctions and one death occurred, all in low deniers. We conclude that denial independently predicts better medical outcome during acute hospitalization for unstable angina.
journal_name
Psychosom Medjournal_title
Psychosomatic medicineauthors
Levenson JL,Mishra A,Hamer RM,Hastillo Adoi
10.1097/00006842-198901000-00003subject
Has Abstractpub_date
1989-01-01 00:00:00pages
27-35issue
1eissn
0033-3174issn
1534-7796journal_volume
51pub_type
杂志文章abstract:OBJECTIVES:Research suggests that individuals with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) are more likely to develop medical conditions and other stress-related psychiatric disorders. Given these findings and others suggesting that PTSD victims may have altered neuroendocrine and immune systems, the hypothesis that Vietn...
journal_title:Psychosomatic medicine
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00006842-199905000-00019
更新日期:1999-05-01 00:00:00
abstract::The study of depression in cancer patients has been hampered by difficulty in establishing diagnostic criteria, since neurovegetative signs and symptoms may be attributable either to depression or physical illness. Confusion has also arisen in defining the boundary between "normal" grieving with illness, and "abnormal...
journal_title:Psychosomatic medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00006842-198405000-00002
更新日期:1984-05-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:Persons with elevated blood pressure (BP) show dampened emotional responses to affect-laden stimuli. We sought to further examine cardiovascular-emotional dampening by examination of the relationship between resting hemodynamic measures and recognition of emotion in an African American community-based sample....
journal_title:Psychosomatic medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/PSY.0b013e318235ed55
更新日期:2011-11-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:Several determinants of age-related hearing impairment have been identified, but little is known about the predictive value of psychological factors. The present study examined whether five-factor model personality traits are prospectively associated with hearing acuity in middle-aged and older adults. METHO...
journal_title:Psychosomatic medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/PSY.0000000000000734
更新日期:2019-11-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVES:Increased cerebral blood flow during processing of acute pain has repeatedly been observed in fibromyalgia syndrome. The study investigated the time dynamics of the pain-related hemodynamic response in fibromyalgia using transcranial Doppler sonography. METHODS:In 25 women with fibromyalgia and 25 healthy p...
journal_title:Psychosomatic medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/PSY.0b013e3182676d08
更新日期:2012-10-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:This article reports a case series of atypical sexual behavior during sleep, which is often harmful to patients or bed partners. METHODS:Eleven subjects underwent clinical evaluation of complaints of sleep-related atypical sexual behavior. Complaints included violent masturbation, sexual assaults, and contin...
journal_title:Psychosomatic medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00006842-200203000-00017
更新日期:2002-03-01 00:00:00
abstract::We studied 572 men and women who participated in a blood pressure screening program at a government unemployment office. Before having their blood pressures taken, the subjects completed a brief questionnaire that included two items measuring conflict over anger expression. Information was also obtained on obesity, ra...
journal_title:Psychosomatic medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00006842-198607000-00005
更新日期:1986-07-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:The effect of stress exposures and mental health sequelae on health-related outcomes is understudied among older women veterans. We examined a) the impact of wartime stress exposures on later-life functioning and disability in Vietnam-era women veterans and b) the extent to which mental health conditions know...
journal_title:Psychosomatic medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/PSY.0000000000000762
更新日期:2020-02-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:Despite its simplicity, single-item measures of self-rated health have been associated with mortality independent of objective health conditions. However, little is known about the mechanisms potentially responsible for such associations. This study tested the association between self-rated heath and inflamma...
journal_title:Psychosomatic medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/PSY.0000000000000683
更新日期:2019-05-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:This study was conducted to confirm the definition of multiple chemical sensitivity (MCS) in actual life: that multiple symptoms are provoked in multiple organs by exposure to, and ameliorated by avoidance of, multiple chemicals at low levels. We used the Ecological Momentary Assessment to monitor everyday sy...
journal_title:Psychosomatic medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/01.psy.0000155676.69030.28
更新日期:2005-03-01 00:00:00
abstract::Factor analysis of responses from 1002 men and women were used to define two subscales of the Cook and Medley Hostility Scale. Both the Cynicism and the Paranoid Alienation subscale described attitudes of mistrust and alienation, and both were correlated with MMPI factors measuring aspects of psychopathology. It was s...
journal_title:Psychosomatic medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00006842-198603000-00014
更新日期:1986-03-01 00:00:00
abstract::The authors recruited 229 treatment-seeking anorexic and bulimic women for a prospective, longitudinal study. Telephone interviews were arranged every 3 months for at least 1 year for 225 patients. At intake, 132 subjects were menstruating, 34 subjects were taking oral contraceptives, 5 subjects had an organic cause f...
journal_title:Psychosomatic medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00006842-199503000-00004
更新日期:1995-03-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVES:Research on the health of workers involved in the cleanup after the attack on the World Trade Center (WTC) on September 11, 2001, has documented high rates of psychological distress and upper gastrointestinal (GI) symptoms. The current article examines the concurrent and longitudinal associations of psycholo...
journal_title:Psychosomatic medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/PSY.0000000000000116
更新日期:2014-11-01 00:00:00
abstract::Earlier studies suggest that cardiovascular responses in the laboratory and in the field are likely to be related when the laboratory tasks involve active coping, when the field measure is taken continuously, and when there is allowance for the effects of autocorrelation and physical activity on the ambulant cardiovas...
journal_title:Psychosomatic medicine
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章,随机对照试验
doi:10.1097/00006842-199407000-00013
更新日期:1994-07-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:To analyze in a prospective cohort study if depressive symptoms are an independent predictor of mortality in kidney transplant recipients. METHODS:Data from 840 transplanted patients followed at a single outpatient transplant center were analyzed. Sociodemographic parameters and clinical data were collected ...
journal_title:Psychosomatic medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/PSY.0b013e3181dbbb7d
更新日期:2010-07-01 00:00:00
abstract::This study examines the effectiveness of an intervention for minor depression in primary care patients. One hundred fifty public care medical patients were randomly assigned to either an 8-week cognitive-behavioral course intended to help them use pleasant activities, constructive thinking, and interpersonal relations...
journal_title:Psychosomatic medicine
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章,随机对照试验
doi:10.1097/00006842-199403000-00009
更新日期:1994-03-01 00:00:00
abstract::Several pathologies of the oral cavity have been associated with stress, so we investigated salivary-induced aggregation during psychological stress. In addition, salivary total protein, alpha-amylase, and secretory immunoglobulin A (s-IgA) were assessed. In this longitudinal study, 28 dental students provided unstimu...
journal_title:Psychosomatic medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00006842-199607000-00010
更新日期:1996-07-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:The American Diabetes Association recently called for research on social and environmental determinants of diabetes to intensify primary prevention. Recent epidemiological evidence suggests that frequent and modifiable psychosocial stressors at work might contribute to the development of diabetes, but more pr...
journal_title:Psychosomatic medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/PSY.0000000000000898
更新日期:2020-12-15 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:This study aimed to describe end-of-life (EOL) care in individuals with bipolar disorder (BD) who died of cancer compared with mentally healthy individuals. METHODS:This was a nationwide cohort study of all adult individuals who died of cancer in hospitals in France between 2013 and 2016. Outcomes were compa...
journal_title:Psychosomatic medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/PSY.0000000000000839
更新日期:2020-09-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVES:Exposure is regarded to be a crucial component of therapies for phobias. According to emotional processing theory, the success of exposure therapy is predicted by activation of subjective and physiological fear responses and their within-session habituation and between-session adaptation. This study tested t...
journal_title:Psychosomatic medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/PSY.0000000000000209
更新日期:2015-09-01 00:00:00
abstract::This study examined the role of chronic life stress (homelessness), coping style, and hypertension on beta-adrenergic receptors in a sample of homeless men. Sixteen healthy normotensive subjects and nine untreated hypertensive subjects were studied. Life stress was measured with the Brown and Harris categorization; co...
journal_title:Psychosomatic medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00006842-199407000-00003
更新日期:1994-07-01 00:00:00
abstract::This study was conducted to test the hypothesis that patients with MI are distinguished from persons with a less serious illness, more by subjective interpretations of the emotional impact of life events than by exposure to a surfeit of life events that purportedly representative samples of the population have judged ...
journal_title:Psychosomatic medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00006842-198001000-00001
更新日期:1980-01-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:This study aimed to examine associations among race, the accumulation of multiple forms of discriminatory experiences (i.e., "pervasive discrimination"), and allostatic load (AL) in African Americans and whites in midlife. METHODS:Using data collected in 2004 to 2006 from 226 African American and 978 white a...
journal_title:Psychosomatic medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/PSY.0000000000000788
更新日期:2020-04-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:Activation of a psychological stress response increases autonomic activity and enhances immune function by inducing a significant increase in numbers of leukocytes at sites of inflammation. Chemotaxis and cellular adhesion are thought to mediate leukocyte trafficking. In this study, we examine the effects of ...
journal_title:Psychosomatic medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/01.psy.0000079377.86193.a8
更新日期:2003-07-01 00:00:00
abstract::An attempt was made to relate personality to premenstrual tension (PMT), using two groups of 40 parous and 40 mulliparous women, respectively composed of 20 single and 20 married subjects with an age range of 21 to 30 years. The menstrual instruction group had identical age range and means with the nonmenstrual group....
journal_title:Psychosomatic medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00006842-198003000-00002
更新日期:1980-03-01 00:00:00
abstract::This study was designed to investigate relationships between serum thyroid hormone levels and the severity of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms in a group of 65 male Vietnam combat veterans who participated as members of cohorts in an elective inpatient treatment program. Thyroid hormone measures included ...
journal_title:Psychosomatic medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00006842-199507000-00012
更新日期:1995-07-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:The aim of the study was to evaluate whether individuals with somatic symptom disorder (SSD) display increased resting-state functional connectivity (FC) within and between the sensorimotor network (SMN), default mode network (DMN), salience network, and dorsal attention network (DAN). METHODS:Eighteen patie...
journal_title:Psychosomatic medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/PSY.0000000000000681
更新日期:2019-04-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:This study examined pituitary-adrenocortical responses to dietary doses of caffeine (3.3 mg/kg, equivalent to 2 to 3 cups of coffee), alone and combined with behavioral stress, in men at high risk versus low risk for hypertension. A randomized, double-blind, caffeine-placebo crossover design was used. METHOD...
journal_title:Psychosomatic medicine
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章,随机对照试验
doi:10.1097/00006842-199807000-00021
更新日期:1998-07-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:Primary insomnia is one of the most prevalent sleep disorders and assumed to be initiated and maintained, among other factors, by psychological variables such as coping strategies, sleep hygiene techniques, and arousability. Althouugh the number and kind of stressors seem to be important initiators of insomni...
journal_title:Psychosomatic medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/01.psy.0000195881.01317.d9
更新日期:2006-01-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:Contextual factors can transform how we experience pain, particularly if pain is associated with other positive outcomes. Here, we test a novel meaning-based intervention. Participants were given the opportunity to choose to receive pain on behalf of their romantic partners, situating pain experience in a pos...
journal_title:Psychosomatic medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/PSY.0000000000000609
更新日期:2018-11-01 00:00:00