Behavioral and physiological effects of a beta blocker and relaxation therapy on mild hypertensives.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To test the hypothesis that perfectionism is an important moderator of the neuroendocrine stress response, with higher perfectionism predicting increased neuroendocrine activation. METHODS:A total of 50 middle-aged men underwent an acute standardized psychosocial stress task (Trier Social Stress Test). Perfe...

journal_title：Psychosomatic medicine

authors： Wirtz PH,Elsenbruch S,Emini L,Rüdisüli K,Groessbauer S,Ehlert U

更新日期：2007-04-01 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

authors： Van Dyke ME,Baumhofer NK,Slopen N,Mujahid MS,Clark CR,Williams DR,Lewis TT

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We investigated whether perception of subjective asthma symptoms can be brought under control of biomedically irrelevant cues in the environment, i.e., whether subjective asthma symptoms can be learned in response to harmless stimuli. METHODS:Twenty patients with asthma and 20 healthy participants were prese...

journal_title：Psychosomatic medicine

authors： De Peuter S,Van Diest I,Lemaigre V,Li W,Verleden G,Demedts M,Van den Bergh O

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The plasma cholesterol levels of 279 students were measured and related to decision and movement times in choice reaction time tasks with one, two, four, and eight lamps. In female subjects, low plasma cholesterol levels were associated with slower movement times and, when responding to one or two lamps, slower decisi...

journal_title：Psychosomatic medicine

authors： Benton D

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Social support is defined as information leading the subject to believe that he is cared for and loved, esteemed, and a member of a network of mutual obligations. The evidence that supportive interactions among people are protective against the health consequences of life stress is reviewed. It appears that social sup...

journal_title：Psychosomatic medicine

authors： Cobb S

更新日期：1976-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Fatigue is a common problem among cancer patients and survivors, yet the mechanisms underlying the occurrence and persistence of this symptom are not known. Activation of the immune system may evoke feelings of fatigue, which are mediated by proinflammatory cytokines. We examined whether fatigued breast cance...

journal_title：Psychosomatic medicine

authors： Bower JE,Ganz PA,Aziz N,Fahey JL

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The protective effects of female gender on the appearance and course of coronary heart disease (CHD) in nondiabetic subjects are diminished in the presence of diabetes. Depression predicts onset of and poor outcome from CHD in nondiabetic populations. We hypothesized that the doubled rates of depression in fe...

journal_title：Psychosomatic medicine

authors： Clouse RE,Lustman PJ,Freedland KE,Griffith LS,McGill JB,Carney RM

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The personality patterns of cancer patients as found in retrospective case-control studies are often suspected to be consequences of the disease. In this study an attempt was made to remove the bias arising from the disease itself by taking into account two indicator variables for the subject's anticipation of the sub...

journal_title：Psychosomatic medicine

authors： Scherg H

更新日期：1987-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Negative affectivity (NA) and repressive coping (REP) are coping styles characterized by a disposition to either experience or avoid distress. This study investigated the potential influence of NA and REP on self-reported distress and coronary-prone behavior among 178 male cardiac patients undergoing rehabilitation. B...

journal_title：Psychosomatic medicine

authors： Denollet J

更新日期：1991-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Research in psychosomatic medicine includes a long history of studying how responses to anger-provoking situations are associated with health. In the context of a marriage, spouses may differ in their anger-coping response style. Where one person may express anger in response to unfair, aggressive interperson...

journal_title：Psychosomatic medicine

authors： Bourassa KJ,Sbarra DA,Ruiz JM,Karciroti N,Harburg E

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study investigated the relationship between anxiety and coronary artery disease (CAD). State (S-ANX) and trait (T-ANX) anxiety were assessed with the State-Trait Personality Inventory (STPI), which was administered to 373 patients (230 males, 143 females) 12 to 18 hr prior to their undergoing coronary arteriograp...

journal_title：Psychosomatic medicine

authors： Schocken DD,Greene AF,Worden TJ,Harrison EE,Spielberger CD

更新日期：1987-03-01 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

authors： Guilleminault C,Moscovitch A,Yuen K,Poyares D

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examined the effects of Hurricane Andrew on physical symptoms and functional impairments in a sample of chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) patients residing in South Florida. In the months after Hurricane Andrew (September 15-December 31, 1992), 49 CFS patients were assessed for psychosocial and physical functi...

journal_title：Psychosomatic medicine

authors： Lutgendorf SK,Antoni MH,Ironson G,Fletcher MA,Penedo F,Baum A,Schneiderman N,Klimas N

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF), a protein secreted by immune cells and the pituitary gland, may be associated with coronary artery disease (CAD) and the mental state of coronary patients. The first origin of MIF suggests positive, the second negative associations. The aim of this study was to ex...

journal_title：Psychosomatic medicine

authors： Kwaijtaal M,van der Ven AJ,van Diest R,Bruggeman CA,Bär FW,Calandra T,Appels A,Sweep FC

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine the relationship between cardiac self-efficacy and health status, including symptom burden, physical limitation, quality of life, and overall health among outpatients with stable coronary heart disease (CHD). We hypothesized that lower self-efficacy would predict worse health status, independent of...

journal_title：Psychosomatic medicine

authors： Sarkar U,Ali S,Whooley MA

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study was designed to determine whether pseudoexacerbations and confirmed MS exacerbations are preceded by or concurrent with increased anxiety or depressive symptoms. METHODS:This was a secondary analysis of 121 patients with MS who were observed for 48 weeks during a randomized controlled trial. Parti...

journal_title：Psychosomatic medicine

authors： Burns MN,Nawacki E,Siddique J,Pelletier D,Mohr DC

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous research has suggested that patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) demonstrate similar psychological characteristics that distinguish them from the medically ill populations, and that these findings may bear etiologic and prognostic importance. In this report, a larger sample was studied and the pr...

journal_title：Psychosomatic medicine

authors： Houpt JL,Gould BS,Norris FH Jr

更新日期：1977-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the association of baseline anxiety with depression persistence and change in depressive symptoms 6 months after cardiac hospitalization. METHODS:Data were analyzed from 137 depressed patients hospitalized on inpatient cardiac units for acute coronary syndrome, decompensated heart failure, or arrhy...

journal_title：Psychosomatic medicine

authors： Celano CM,Mastromauro CA,Lenihan EC,Januzzi JL,Rollman BL,Huffman JC

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fifty-two patients undergoing cardiac catheterization and subsequently found to have significant coronary artery disease (CAD) were given structured psychiatric interviews before catheterization. Nine of these patients met criteria for major depressive disorder. All 52 patients were contacted 12 months after catheteri...

journal_title：Psychosomatic medicine

authors： Carney RM,Rich MW,Freedland KE,Saini J,teVelde A,Simeone C,Clark K

更新日期：1988-11-01 00:00:00

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

authors： Boscarino JA,Chang J

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A predominantly white, middle class sample of pregnant women (N = 93) completed the AACL (Anxiety), the DACL (Depressive Mood), the SCL (Somatic Symptoms) and the IPAT Anxiety Questionnaire at the second, fifth and eighth months of pregnancy. A menstrual history questionnaire was administered on the first testing occa...

journal_title：Psychosomatic medicine

authors： Lubin B,Gardener SH,Roth A

更新日期：1975-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Impatience, one major Type A characteristic, alters the performance of tasks requiring anticipation and accurate responding. Beat-by-beat changes in heart rate are also known to occur during anticipatory attention. In college- and middle-aged adult samples, impatience is related to these beat-by-beat heart rate change...

journal_title：Psychosomatic medicine

authors： Jennings JR,Matthews KA

更新日期：1984-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe factors influencing chest pain expression in patients with cardiac or noncardiac disease. METHODS:The authors conducted a case presentation and review of literature. RESULTS:Causes of chest pain are diverse. Psychologic factors influence chest pain expression commonly in patients with or without...

journal_title：Psychosomatic medicine

authors： Sheps DS,Creed F,Clouse RE

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Hostility is associated with adverse outcomes in patients with coronary heart disease (CHD). However, assessment tools used to evaluate hostility in epidemiological studies vary widely. METHODS:We administered nine subscales of the Cook-Medley Hostility Scale (CMHS) to 656 outpatients with stable CHD between...

journal_title：Psychosomatic medicine

authors： Wong JM,Sin NL,Whooley MA

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of the present study was to identify the association between mental disorders and awareness and treatment of hypertension in a large representative community sample. METHODS:The analysis was based on data from 4149 respondents, ages 18 to 65 years, from the German National Health Interview and Examin...

journal_title：Psychosomatic medicine

authors： Schmitz N,Thefeld W,Kruse J

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Subjects with reported sleep-onset disturbance were given progressive relaxation training, placebo, or no-treatment. All three conditions showed significant improvement in daily reported sleep onset over the duration of the study. Between-condition effects were limited to relaxation superiority over no-treatment on St...

journal_title：Psychosomatic medicine

authors： Borkovec TD,Weerts TC

更新日期：1976-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The two objectives are to test the hypothesis that women in a profession with low decision latitude will have greater catecholamine excretion and higher blood pressure than women in a profession with greater decision latitude, and to assess the influence of ethnicity on the occupational comparison. METHODS:...

journal_title：Psychosomatic medicine

authors： Brown DE,James GD,Mills PS

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine the role of self-efficacy and depression as potential pathways from physical activity to fatigue in two study samples: breast cancer survivors (BCS) (n = 192) and individuals with multiple sclerosis (MS) (n = 292). METHODS:We hypothesized that physical activity would be associated indirectly with ...

journal_title：Psychosomatic medicine

authors： McAuley E,White SM,Rogers LQ,Motl RW,Courneya KS

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies suggest that the ways in which parents respond to children's health complaints (reinforcement) and the ways in which they cope with their own illnesses (modeling) influence the frequency of symptoms, disability days, and health care visits made by these children when they grow up. However, previous st...

journal_title：Psychosomatic medicine

authors： Whitehead WE,Crowell MD,Heller BR,Robinson JC,Schuster MM,Horn S

更新日期：1994-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Mortality on medical intensive care units (ICU) is approximately 25%. It is associated with age, severity of illness, and comorbidities. Preexisting depression is a risk factor for worse outcome in many diseases. The impact of depression on outcome of ICU patients has not been investigated. We assessed a poss...

journal_title：Psychosomatic medicine

authors： Wewalka M,Warszawska J,Strunz V,Kitzberger R,Holzinger U,Fuhrmann V,Zauner C,Miehsler W,Moser G

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00