A Japanese scale to assess anxiety severity: development and psychometric evaluation.

abstract：:A patient whose clinical presentation met criteria for schizophreniform disorder was ultimately found to have neurosarcoidosis, and the psychiatric symptoms responded to steroid treatment. The ongoing search for organic etiology was prompted by the presence of cognitive decline, perseveration and rare bizarre automati...

journal_title：International journal of psychiatry in medicine

authors： Sabaawi M,Gutierrez-Nunez J,Fragala MR

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A study of patterns of communications in families with a terminal cancer patient being treated at three urban institutions revealed that may first-order relatives (spouses, children, siblings) of patients did not have a communication link to the physician, especially if direct communication was not established at the ...

journal_title：International journal of psychiatry in medicine

authors： Krant MJ,Johnston L

更新日期：1977-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Recent genome wide association studies (GWASs) assessing the relationship between schizophrenia (SZ) and the ZNF804A gene, particularly the single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) rs1344706, have yielded conflicting results. Schizophrenia is a heterogeneous disorder, so it is possible that an association may be ...

journal_title：International journal of psychiatry in medicine

authors： Yang Y,Li W,Yang G,Xiao B,Wang X,Ding M,Zhao J,Song X,Yue W,Zhang D,Zhang H,Lv L

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of this article is to review and discuss the efficacy of the Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT), in the prevention of postnatal depression (PD) in pregnant women at risk. METHOD:PubMed, Medline, PsychInfo, Embase, and the Cochrane Library databases were searched from February 1991 to February 2011. ...

journal_title：International journal of psychiatry in medicine

authors： Nardi B,Laurenzi S,Di Nicolò M,Bellantuono C

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is well recognized as an effective treatment for depression. However, it is not often used among the elderly due to increased co-morbid medical problems and fear of complications. We present here the case of an 88-year-old man with a history of depression and co-morbid medical illness. ...

journal_title：International journal of psychiatry in medicine

authors： Alao AO

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:State and trait anxiety correlates of eight dimensions of illness behavior in response to myocardial infarction, were examined for 120 survivors of myocardial infarction. Six of eight illness behavior dimensions were found to be significantly associated with measures of state anxiety or trait anxiety or both. Trait an...

journal_title：International journal of psychiatry in medicine

authors： Byrne DG,Whyte HM

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This paper discusses a new technique for diagnosing pseudoseizures. The technique consists of an intensive psychiatric interview designed to provoke a pseudoseizure during EEG and video monitoring. We wished to determine the overall efficacy of the technique and learn how our patients felt about having underg...

journal_title：International journal of psychiatry in medicine

authors： Cohen LM,Howard GF 3rd,Bongar B

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Psychosocial associations have been observed with level of cervical dysplasia or "pre-cancer" and invasive cervical cancer [related to human papillomavirus (HPV) infection]. Psychoneuroimmunological relationships have been observed in human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) infection, which is being descr...

journal_title：International journal of psychiatry in medicine

authors： Goodkin K,Antoni MH,Helder L,Sevin B

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Over 2 million adults in the United States are incarcerated and over 650,000 return to the community each year. This disparate population is known to have an elevated burden of chronic disease and lower socioeconomic status. Medical residency training about care of incarcerated or previously incarcerated patients is s...

journal_title：International journal of psychiatry in medicine

authors： Hofmeister S,Soprych A

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study examines the sensitivity and specificity of the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CES-D) as a screening instrument for post-stroke depression. Eighty stroke patients were evaluated by a research nurse over a two-year period using the CES-D and also by a trained psychiatrist using a s...

journal_title：International journal of psychiatry in medicine

authors： Parikh RM,Eden DT,Price TR,Robinson RG

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Low back pain is a common disorder that has many consequences. This study is an attempt to meta-analyze the risk of depression symptoms in back pain. METHOD:Four databases were selected for review, and this search was conducted using key words. Eleven eligible articles were selected for review and meta-anal...

journal_title：International journal of psychiatry in medicine

authors： Amiri S,Behnezhad S,Azad E

更新日期：2020-03-27 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine the relationship between adherence to antidepressant medications and HbA1c levels among patients with diabetes in a managed care setting. METHOD:The analysis included measures of HbA1c levels before, during, and after initial antidepressant use among 568 patients with diabetes enrolled in the Harv...

journal_title：International journal of psychiatry in medicine

authors： Bambauer KZ,Soumerai SB,Adams AS,Mah C,Zhang F,McLaughlin TJ

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To identify descriptors of Antipsychotic (AP) prescription, focusing on second generation antipsychotics (SGAs), polypharmacy, and long-acting injections (LAIs). METHODS:Outpatients of the Bologna-Community-Mental-Health-Centres with at least one AP prescription were selected. Patients' characteristics, serv...

journal_title：International journal of psychiatry in medicine

authors： Piccinni C,Piazza A,Poluzzi E,Tarricone I,Koci A,Berardi D,Fioritti A,de Ponti F

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dialysis encephalopathy (DE) is a distinct neuropsychiatric syndrome typically occurring in patients undergoing longterm hemodialysis. It is characterized by electroencephalographic abnormalities in association with disturbances of speech, cognition, movement, affect, or behavior. Previously thought to be relentlessly...

journal_title：International journal of psychiatry in medicine

authors： Jack R,Rabin PL,McKinney TD

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study examined correlates of depressive symptoms, particularly the role of religious coping (RCOPE), among people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA). The study also examined social support as a possible mediator of the proposed association between religious coping and depressive symptoms and the impact of depr...

journal_title：International journal of psychiatry in medicine

authors： Dalmida SG,Koenig HG,Holstad MM,Wirani MM

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using standardized instruments, personality traits of twenty-two hemophilic boys and child-rearing attitudes and practices of their parents were evaluated at the beginning and end of a six-year period, during which psychosocial services were provided in a comprehensive care hemophilia program. The children changed sig...

journal_title：International journal of psychiatry in medicine

authors： Mayes SD,Handford HA,Kowalski C,Schaefer JH

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During five years of self-medication with Prednisone, a forty-one-year old asthmatic businessman experienced periods of euphoria, psychomotor hyperactivity, and poor judgement; a period of depression and anxiety during temporary steroid withdrawal; and finally, with resumption of Prednisone, episodes of grandiosity an...

journal_title：International journal of psychiatry in medicine

authors： Gifford S,Murawski BJ,Kline NS,Sachar EJ

更新日期：1976-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is possible that Jack the Ripper can be understood in terms of doctor-identification borne of one or more terrifying experiences he may have had with doctors during his childhood. The fantasies acted out by this primitive murderer are similar to the fantasies experienced by people who have been surgically traumatiz...

journal_title：International journal of psychiatry in medicine

authors： Shuster S

更新日期：1975-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article aims to promote awareness among primary care providers and support electroconvulsive therapy as a generally well-tolerated, effective therapeutic modality to treat specific psychiatric conditions in appropriately selected patients. There seem to be several potential barriers to treatment with electroconvu...

journal_title：International journal of psychiatry in medicine

authors： Sicher S,Gedzior J

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of the present study was determine the rate of depression in people with diabetes in an Iranian population. METHOD:A hospital-based prospective study with a comparison group was conducted in Firozgar Teaching Hospital in Tehran, Iran. The condition of depression and relationship to diabetes was asses...

journal_title：International journal of psychiatry in medicine

authors： Khamseh ME,Baradaran HR,Rajabali H

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Depression and co-morbid substance abuse disorders are a major public health problem. Information is limited for patients attending Polish primary care clinics. This article addresses 30-day and lifetime prevalence of major depression in a heavy drinking population from 12 Polish primary care clinics. METHOD...

journal_title：International journal of psychiatry in medicine

authors： Manwell LB,Czabala JC,Ignaczak M,Mundt MP

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The case of a man who falsely represented himself as being HIV positive is reported. In less than one year he was admitted twice with symptoms suggestive of HIV infection. The diagnoses malingering and factitious disorder were consecutively made. Early recognition of Factitious Disorder is essential to prevent patient...

journal_title：International journal of psychiatry in medicine

authors： Sno HN,Storosum JG,Wortel CH

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sixty right-handed adult subjects, divided equally into three groups (mildly depressed, normal, and "low normal") on the basis of the Zung self-Rating Depression Scale, were exposed for forty seconds each to forty-eight imagery items designed to reflect happy, sad, angry, and fearful situations. Expressed emotion (fac...

journal_title：International journal of psychiatry in medicine

authors： Brown SL

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Behavioral science faculty in family medicine residencies work on inpatient medicine teaching service settings. However, there is limited research on the roles and responsibilities that behavioral science faculty fill while working in such settings. METHOD:Using a modified sequential explanatory study, resea...

journal_title：International journal of psychiatry in medicine

authors： Sudano LE,Reitz R

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present the case of a thirty-eight-year-old woman who developed a febrile illness which was associated with a rise of blood lithium and amitriptyline, and subsequently suffered permanent neurological impairment, implicating CNS dysfunction at several levels. Medical, laboratory, radiological and neuropsychological ...

journal_title：International journal of psychiatry in medicine

authors： Pheterson AD,Miller L,Fox CF,Estroff TW,Sweeney DR

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An historical narrative tracing the inception, evolution, structure, educational focus, integration with international Balint movements and challenges to future growth of the American Balint Society (ABS) is enlivened and deepened by twelve Balint autobiographies that follow it. The ABS in choosing to create its histo...

journal_title：International journal of psychiatry in medicine

authors： Johnson AH,Milberg LC

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To gain more understanding about the relationship between human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) infection and new-onset psychosis, we compared clinical and immunological findings, psychiatric symptoms, global cognitive performance and, when available, computerized tomography (CT) findings between HIV-1-...

journal_title：International journal of psychiatry in medicine

authors： de Ronchi D,Faranca I,Forti P,Ravaglia G,Borderi M,Manfredi R,Volterra V

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The authors review the evaluation and treatment of anxiety symptoms in elderly patients, with particular emphasis on elderly patients with chronic medical illness. METHODS:A computer search for articles addressing anxiety symptoms in patients sixty-five and older was supplemented by the authors' clinical exp...

journal_title：International journal of psychiatry in medicine

authors： Hocking LB,Koenig HG

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Depression has been found to impede several health outcomes among people living with HIV, but little research has examined whether depression treatment mitigates this influence. We assessed the impact of antidepressant therapy on measures of work, condom use, and psychosocial well-being among depressed HIV cl...

journal_title：International journal of psychiatry in medicine

authors： Wagner GJ,Ngo VK,Nakasujja N,Akena D,Aunon F,Musisi S

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The epidemiological triad of host, agent and environment used conceptually in infectious disease may serve as a model for psychosomatic disorders, despite the involvement of many more variables. There are major problems with diagnosis and measurement, however, and the term "psychosomatic" has several meanings. The two...

journal_title：International journal of psychiatry in medicine

authors： Eastwood MR

更新日期：1975-01-01 00:00:00