Stress sensitization following a disaster: a prospective study.

abstract：BACKGROUND:High expressed emotion (EE) in families reliably predicts relapse in schizophrenia leading to the assumption that high EE stresses patients and is the cause of relapse. Attempts at validating the stressful properties of high EE using autonomic skin conductance measures have been inconclusive. Since memory lo...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Dixon MJ,King S,Stip E,Cormier H

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The importance of genetic factors in the aetiology of manic-depressive illness (MDI) has been repeatedly confirmed and indicators of vulnerability to the illness in families with affective disorders are needed. Abnormal event-related potentials (ERP) may be markers of genetic vulnerability to mental illness....

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Pierson A,Jouvent R,Quintin P,Perez-Diaz F,Leboyer M

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Depression is one of the most prevalent mental illnesses worldwide and a leading cause of disability, especially in the setting of treatment resistance. In recent years, repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) has emerged as a promising alternative strategy for treatment-resistant depression and its clinic...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Noda Y,Silverstein WK,Barr MS,Vila-Rodriguez F,Downar J,Rajji TK,Fitzgerald PB,Mulsant BH,Vigod SN,Daskalakis ZJ,Blumberger DM

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Previous studies of the dimensional structure of panic attack symptoms have mostly identified a respiratory and a vestibular/mixed somatic dimension. Evidence for additional dimensions such as a cardiac dimension and the allocation of several of the panic attack symptom criteria is less consistent. Clarifyin...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Drenckhan I,Glöckner-Rist A,Rist F,Richter J,Gloster AT,Fehm L,Lang T,Alpers GW,Hamm AO,Fydrich T,Kircher T,Arolt V,Deckert J,Ströhle A,Wittchen HU,Gerlach AL

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Emotional Stroop tasks have shown attention biases of clinical populations towards stimuli related to their condition. Asperger Syndrome (AS) is a neuropsychiatric condition with social and communication deficits, repetitive behaviours and narrow interests. Social deficits are particularly striking, includin...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Ashwin C,Wheelwright S,Baron-Cohen S

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Post-traumatic stress disorder was first recognized as a diagnostic category embracing reactions in response to overwhelming environmental stress 'outside the range of usual human experience' in DSM-III (APA, 1980). Such abnormal stressors are by no means a product of the twentieth century but have featured, sporadica...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Parry-Jones B,Parry-Jones WL

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To date, there has been no large-scale survey of geriatric depression (GD) involving both rural and urban areas in China using standardized assessment tools and diagnostic criteria. This study aimed to determine the 12-month and lifetime prevalence rates of GD and sociodemographic correlates in urban and rur...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Ma X,Xiang YT,Li SR,Xiang YQ,Guo HL,Hou YZ,Cai ZJ,Li ZB,Li ZJ,Tao YF,Dang WM,Wu XM,Deng J,Ungvari GS,Chiu HF

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Recent evidence suggests that postpartum psychiatric episodes may share similar etiological mechanisms with immune-related disorders. Pre-eclampsia is one of the most prevalent immune-related disorders of pregnancy. Multiple clinical features are shared between pre-eclampsia and postpartum psychiatric disord...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Bergink V,Laursen TM,Johannsen BM,Kushner SA,Meltzer-Brody S,Munk-Olsen T

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Previous studies have highlighted the role of the brain reward and cognitive control systems in the etiology of anorexia nervosa (AN). In an attempt to disentangle the relative contribution of these systems to the disorder, we used functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to investigate hemodynamic respo...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Boehm I,King JA,Bernardoni F,Geisler D,Seidel M,Ritschel F,Goschke T,Haynes JD,Roessner V,Ehrlich S

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The development of childhood anxiety disorders (CADs) is likely to depend on pathways that can be programmed by early-life risk factors. We test the hypothesis that early-life maternal factors can predict this programming effect on CAD. METHODS:Data were obtained from 198 women and children from the Mercy P...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Galbally M,Watson SJ,van Rossum EFC,Chen W,de Kloet ER,Lewis AJ

更新日期：2020-06-29 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Quetiapine (ICI 204,636, 'Seroquel') is a new atypical antipsychotic agent with a similar binding profile to the original atypical antipsychotic, clozapine. Its clinical efficacy has already been demonstrated at multiple fixed doses (150-750 mg/day) and has been suggested to be comparable with haloperidol (1...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Copolov DL,Link CG,Kowalcyk B

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Comparison between general practice attenders and community subjects with emotional distress (as measured by GHQ-12) showed that women from a general practice sample reported more social problems than those from the community. In both men and women, problems with their spouse or partner were far more likely among gene...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Pini S,Piccinelli M,Zimmermann-Tansella C

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There is evidence that patients with chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) have mild hypocortisolism. The clinical significance of this is unclear. We aimed to determine whether hypocortisolism exerted any effect on the response of CFS to cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT). METHOD:We measured 24-h urinary free co...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Roberts AD,Charler ML,Papadopoulos A,Wessely S,Chalder T,Cleare AJ

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:National statistics for railway fatalities in England and Wales show a reduction of train crashes and a fluctuating level of deaths, of which an increasing proportion is from suicide. A closer examination of a two-year sample from the South of England revealed a large proportion of probable suicides and a small propor...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Symonds RL

更新日期：1985-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Seeking compensation has been shown to have an adverse effect on the psychological health and recovery of injured patients, however, this effect requires clarification. METHODS:A total of 2019 adults sustaining a traffic injury were recruited. Of these, 709 (35.1%) lodged a compensation claim. Interviews oc...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Pozzato I,Kifley A,Craig A,Gopinath B,Tran Y,Jagnoor J,Cameron ID

更新日期：2020-06-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The incidence of schizophrenia in the African-Caribbean population in England is reported to be raised. We sought to clarify whether (a) the rates of other psychotic disorders are increased, (b) whether psychosis is increased in other ethnic minority groups, and (c) whether particular age or gender groups ar...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Fearon P,Kirkbride JB,Morgan C,Dazzan P,Morgan K,Lloyd T,Hutchinson G,Tarrant J,Fung WL,Holloway J,Mallett R,Harrison G,Leff J,Jones PB,Murray RM,AESOP Study Group.

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A few previous studies suggest that a large number of individuals do not present at hospital following a suicide attempt, complicating recurrence prevention and prevalence estimation. METHODS:Data were extracted from a regular phone survey in representative samples of the French population aged 18-75 years ...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Jollant F,Hawton K,Vaiva G,Chan-Chee C,du Roscoat E,Leon C

更新日期：2020-07-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Consciousness has evolved and is a feature of all animals with sufficiently complex nervous systems. It is, therefore, primarily a problem for biology, rather than physics. In this review, I will consider three aspects of consciousness: level of consciousness, whether we are awake or in a coma; the contents of conscio...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Frith CD

更新日期：2019-09-04 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Health anxiety (HA) is associated with increased risk of disability, increased health care utilization and reduced quality of life. However, there is no consensus on which factors are important for the level of HA. The aim of this study was to explore the distribution of HA in a general adult population and ...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Norbye AD,Abelsen B,Førde OH,Ringberg U

更新日期：2020-11-13 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although specific phobia is highly prevalent, associated with impairment, and an important risk factor for the development of other mental disorders, cross-national epidemiological data are scarce, especially from low- and middle-income countries. This paper presents epidemiological data from 22 low-, lower-...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Wardenaar KJ,Lim CCW,Al-Hamzawi AO,Alonso J,Andrade LH,Benjet C,Bunting B,de Girolamo G,Demyttenaere K,Florescu SE,Gureje O,Hisateru T,Hu C,Huang Y,Karam E,Kiejna A,Lepine JP,Navarro-Mateu F,Oakley Browne M,Piazza M

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Based on prevalence studies and the few incidence studies of pervasive developmental disorders (PDDs) the prevalence and incidence of these disorders have been claimed to be increasing. METHOD:The annual and age-specific prevalence and incidence rates of childhood autism, atypical autism, Asperger's disorde...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Lauritsen MB,Pedersen CB,Mortensen PB

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Sertraline has a proved efficacy in post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), but it is unknown which symptoms respond or in what sequence this occurs. Such information might be useful clinically and heuristically. METHOD:The study examined the effects of sertraline on the individual symptoms of PTSD. It also ...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Davidson JR,Landerman LR,Farfel GM,Clary CM

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Couples in whom the main complaint was of a lack of female sexual response were treated using a practical counselling approach. A number of pre-treatment measures were studied to determine which factors were predictive of treatment outcome. While age and chronicity were not predictive, the quality of the general relat...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Whitehead A,Mathews A

更新日期：1986-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A number of scales are used to estimate the severity of depression. However, differences between self-report and clinician rating, multi-dimensionality and different weighting of individual symptoms in summed scores may affect the validity of measurement. In this study we examined and integrated the psychome...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Uher R,Farmer A,Maier W,Rietschel M,Hauser J,Marusic A,Mors O,Elkin A,Williamson RJ,Schmael C,Henigsberg N,Perez J,Mendlewicz J,Janzing JG,Zobel A,Skibinska M,Kozel D,Stamp AS,Bajs M,Placentino A,Barreto M,McGuf

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previously employed techniques for the measurement of body image are briefly described, with a short consideration of methodological or procedural limitations associated with each technique. A new procedure is described which employs a simple modification to a standard video camera to produce an image which appears fr...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Freeman RJ,Thomas CD,Solyom L,Hunter MA

更新日期：1984-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fifty-six bulimia nervosa patients were treated by means of a behavioural approach and followed for at least one year after completion or dropping out of treatment. Outcome was encouraging in about half of the patients and several psychiatric indicators, such as duration of illness and response to treatment, were iden...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Hsu LK,Holder D

更新日期：1986-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Current literature provides insufficient information on the degree of cognitive impairment during and after electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), mostly due to the fact that applied tests lacked sensitivity and flexibility. Our goal was to evaluate cognitive functioning in adult depressed patients treated with bi...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Maric NP,Stojanovic Z,Andric S,Soldatovic I,Dolic M,Spiric Z

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Subthreshold depression (SUBD) in later life is common and important as prodromal state and prominent risk factor in the development of major depressive disorder (MDD). Indicated prevention can reduce the incidence of MDD among people with SUBD substantially, but needs to be targeted to those that are truly ...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Jeuring HW,Huisman M,Comijs HC,Stek ML,Beekman AT

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Early life maltreatment (ELM), borderline personality disorder (BPD), and major depressive disorder (MDD) have been associated with empathy deficits in different domains. Lack of maternal empathy has also been related to child behavioral problems. As ELM, BPD, and MDD often co-occur, we aimed to identify dis...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Dittrich K,Bermpohl F,Kluczniok D,Hindi Attar C,Jaite C,Fuchs A,Neukel C,Herpertz SC,Brunner R,Winter SM,Lehmkuhl U,Roepke S,Kaess M,Heim C,Boedeker K

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There are many reports which suggest that patients with effective illness (mania and/or depression) have abnormalities in the functioning of one or more neurobiological systems. At a conference convened by the Clinical Research Branch, Division of Extramural Research Programs, National Institute of Mental Health, thes...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Maas JW,Koslow SH,Davis JM,Katz MM,Mendels J,Robins E,Stokes PE,Bowden CL

更新日期：1980-11-01 00:00:00