The influence of concentration/meditation on autonomic nervous system activity and the innate immune response: a case study.

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To determine if: 1) depressed patients with a recent acute myocardial infarction (AMI) have higher nighttime heart rate (HR) than nondepressed patients, and 2) elevated nighttime HR is associated with decreased survival post AMI. Depression is a risk factor for mortality post AMI. It is also associated with ...

journal_title：Psychosomatic medicine

authors： Carney RM,Steinmeyer B,Freedland KE,Blumenthal JA,Stein PK,Steinhoff WA,Howells WB,Berkman LF,Watkins LL,Czajkowski SM,Domitrovich PP,Burg MM,Hayano J,Jaffe AS

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine the potential moderating role of DRD2 polymorphism (rs1800497) in the association between stressful life events and depressive symptoms among young adults. Although stressful life events, such as divorce, unemployment, and serious illness in the family, are generally associated with negative health...

journal_title：Psychosomatic medicine

authors： Elovainio M,Jokela M,Kivimäki M,Pulkki-Råback L,Lehtimäki T,Airla N,Keltikangas-Järvinen L

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To evaluate whether phobic anxiety is associated with increased risk of cardiac mortality in individuals with established coronary heart disease (CHD) and to examine the role of reduced heart rate variability (HRV) in mediating this risk. Previous findings suggest that phobic anxiety may pose increased risk ...

journal_title：Psychosomatic medicine

authors： Watkins LL,Blumenthal JA,Babyak MA,Davidson JR,McCants CB Jr,O'Connor C,Sketch MH Jr

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the biological correlates of effort-reward imbalance and overcommitment to work using measurements over the working day. METHODS:Participants were 197 working men and women aged 45 to 59 years, recruited from the Whitehall II epidemiological cohort. Salivary cortisol was sampled on waking, 30 minut...

journal_title：Psychosomatic medicine

authors： Steptoe A,Siegrist J,Kirschbaum C,Marmot M

更新日期：2004-05-01 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：OBJECTIVE:There is evidence that clinical depression and negative mood are associated with elevated basal cortisol levels. Recently, measuring the cortisol response during the first hour in the morning with strict reference to the time of awakening was established as a reliable marker of individual adrenocortical activ...

journal_title：Psychosomatic medicine

authors： Pruessner M,Hellhammer DH,Pruessner JC,Lupien SJ

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Both depression and anxiety have been associated with poor prognosis in patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS). However, certain symptoms and how they are measured may be more important than others. We investigated three different scales to determine their predictive validity. METHODS:Patients with ACS ...

journal_title：Psychosomatic medicine

authors： Doyle F,Conroy R,McGee H

更新日期：2012-09-01 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：OBJECTIVES:To examine associations between intelligence and psychomotor coordination in childhood and risk of psychological distress, poorer self-rated health, and obesity in adulthood. To investigate whether psychomotor coordination as a potential marker of the construct "system integrity" explains associations betwee...

journal_title：Psychosomatic medicine

authors： Gale CR,Batty GD,Cooper C,Deary IJ

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The objective of this study was to assess the effects of participation in a mindfulness meditation-based stress reduction program on mood disturbance and symptoms of stress in cancer outpatients. METHODS:A randomized, wait-list controlled design was used. A convenience sample of eligible cancer patients enro...

journal_title：Psychosomatic medicine

authors： Speca M,Carlson LE,Goodey E,Angen M

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the modifying effects of two candidate genes (serotonin transporter gene linked promoter region (5-HTTLPR) and methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) C677T polymorphisms) on the associations between general somatic morbidity and incidence of depression in an East Asian population with high...

journal_title：Psychosomatic medicine

authors： Kim JM,Stewart R,Kim SW,Yang SJ,Shin IS,Yoon JS

更新日期：2009-04-01 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：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:This article provides the chemical basis for the molecular modification of H1 antihistamines in the rational development of some antidepressant and antipsychotic drugs. METHODS:A review of the literature and personal experiences have been compiled. CONCLUSIONS:The contributions of many basic scientists, the...

journal_title：Psychosomatic medicine

authors： Domino EF

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Psychological factors such as depression affect recovery after whiplash-associated disorders. This study examined the prevalence of pain-related emotions, such as frustration, anger, and anxiety, and their predictive value for postcrash pain recovery during a 1-year follow-up. METHODS:A population-based pros...

journal_title：Psychosomatic medicine

authors： Carroll LJ,Liu Y,Holm LW,Cassidy JD,Côté P

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rats with a genetic susceptibility to experimental hypertension were exposed daily for 13 weeks to a conflict situation that resulted in food deprivation and the application of electric shock. Other subjects were either food deprived, shocked, both food deprived and shocked but without conflict, or not experimentally ...

journal_title：Psychosomatic medicine

authors： Friedman R,Dahl LK

更新日期：1975-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The study consisted of 1101 Caucasian, male outpatients, who were screened for depression and hypertension in order to test the hypothesis that there is a unique relationship between these two illnesses. Depression was assessed by the Zung Self-Rating Depression Scale (SDS) while diastolic blood pressure (BP) was acce...

journal_title：Psychosomatic medicine

authors： Friedman MJ,Bennet PL

更新日期：1977-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To identify patterns and predictors of work status and number of hours employed in a group of men with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). METHODS:A total of 141 participants had semiannual neuropsychiatric, psychosocial, and medical assessments over a period of 30 m...

journal_title：Psychosomatic medicine

authors： Rabkin JG,McElhiney M,Ferrando SJ,Van Gorp W,Lin SH

更新日期：2004-01-01 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

authors： Gilbert-Ouimet M,Glazier RH,Brisson C,Mustard C,Smith PM

更新日期：2020-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to test the hypothesis that daily stress processes, including exposure and emotional reactivity to daily stressors, are associated with response time inconsistency (RTI), an indicator of processing efficiency and cognitive health. Furthermore, we considered daily stress-cognitive hea...

journal_title：Psychosomatic medicine

authors： Stawski RS,Cerino ES,Witzel DD,MacDonald SWS

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We examined whether high waist-to-hip ratio (WHR) in women is a biomarker for increased testosterone (T) and higher levels of sexual desire. METHODS:Participants were 99 healthy nonobese premenopausal women. Trait levels of mean bioavailable T were estimated from three saliva samples collected at 8:00 am, 9:...

journal_title：Psychosomatic medicine

authors： van Anders SM,Hampson E

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aims of this pilot study were: 1) to establish the reliability and validity of a new self-report instrument designed to index monitoring for sleep-related threat; 2) to determine the presence of ten monitoring types proposed in a recent cognitive model of insomnia and to examine the relationship between m...

journal_title：Psychosomatic medicine

authors： Semler CN,Harvey AG

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the association between vitamin D deficiency and depressive symptoms in a national community sample of older people. Vitamin D deficiency is common in older people with potential effects on mood. METHODS:Data were analyzed from 2070 participants aged ≥65 years who had participated in the 2005 ...

journal_title：Psychosomatic medicine

authors： Stewart R,Hirani V

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To test whether bullied children have an elevated risk of being overweight in young adulthood and whether this association is: (1) consistent with a dose-response relationship, namely, its strength increases with the chronicity of victimization; (2) consistent across different measures of overweight; (3) spec...

journal_title：Psychosomatic medicine

authors： Baldwin JR,Arseneault L,Odgers C,Belsky DW,Matthews T,Ambler A,Caspi A,Moffitt TE,Danese A

更新日期：2016-11-01 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

authors： Uchino BN,Landvatter J,Cronan S,Scott E,Papadakis M,Smith TW,Bosch JA,Joel S

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study assessed the relation of stressful life events with survival after breast cancer. METHODS:This study was based on women with histologically confirmed, newly diagnosed, localized or regional stage breast cancer first treated in 1 of 11 Quebec City (Canada) hospitals from 1982 through 1984. Among 76...

journal_title：Psychosomatic medicine

authors： Maunsell E,Brisson J,Mondor M,Verreault R,Deschcnes L

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate differences in social problem solving (SPS) between individuals with noncardiac chest pain (NCCP) and persons with chest pain who tested positive for underlying cardiac disease. METHODS:The major design involved a matched case-control methodology and compared a group of patients with NCCP (n =...

journal_title：Psychosomatic medicine

authors： Nezu AM,Nezu CM,Jain D,Xanthopoulos MS,Cos TA,Friedman J,Lee M

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The purpose of this study was to compare baseline levels of salivary cortisol, diurnal cortisol slopes, and cortisol reactivity to a mammogram in breast cancer survivors and women without a history of cancer. METHODS:Participants were 33 breast cancer survivors (3-5 years postdiagnosis) and 21 women with no ...

journal_title：Psychosomatic medicine

authors： Porter LS,Mishel M,Neelon V,Belyea M,Pisano E,Soo MS

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To document changes in Axis I psychiatric disorders after bariatric surgery and examine their relationship with postsurgery weight loss. METHODS:As part of a three-site substudy of the Longitudinal Assessment of Bariatric Surgery Research Consortium, 199 patients completed the Structured Clinical Interview ...

journal_title：Psychosomatic medicine

authors： Kalarchian MA,King WC,Devlin MJ,Marcus MD,Garcia L,Chen JY,Yanovski SZ,Mitchell JE

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Beyond male/female binaries, gender roles represent masculine and feminine traits that we assimilate and enact throughout life span development. Bem proposed that "androgynous" individuals adeptly adapt to different contexts by alternating from a strong repertoire of both masculine and feminine gender roles....

journal_title：Psychosomatic medicine

authors： Juster RP,Pruessner JC,Desrochers AB,Bourdon O,Durand N,Wan N,Tourjman V,Kouassi E,Lesage A,Lupien SJ

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00