Alexithymia and life satisfaction in primary healthcare patients.

abstract：:Severe personality disorder has been proposed as a contraindication for liver transplantation. Seventy-three subjects with alcoholic-related liver disease were evaluated for personality disorder and followed for 6 months. The subjects with severe personality disorder had higher rates of divorce, higher rates of comorb...

journal_title：Psychosomatics

authors： Yates WR,LaBrecque DR,Pfab D

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Previous research in the area of medical decision-making capacity has demonstrated relatively poor agreement between experienced evaluators in "gray area" cases. We performed a survey to determine the level of agreement about gray area decision-making capacity case scenarios within and between individuals of...

journal_title：Psychosomatics

authors： Armontrout J,Gitlin D,Gutheil T

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Over 4 million people in the United States are chronically infected with hepatitis C virus (HCV), and, if untreated, over 20% of these will progress to more serious disease. Persons with severe mental illness (SMI) have markedly elevated rates of HCV infection, but treatment of persons with SMI and HCV has been contro...

journal_title：Psychosomatics

authors： Mistler LA,Brunette MF,Marsh BJ,Vidaver RM,Luckoor R,Rosenberg SD

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To establish the role of psychiatrists and mental disorder in assisted dying practices in countries and states where such practices are legal. METHODS:The authors reviewed the Assisted Dying Acts and official statistical reports from Belgium, The Netherlands, Luxembourg, and the states of Washington and Oreg...

journal_title：Psychosomatics

authors： McCormack R,Fléchais R

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Factitious disorder (FD) is the deliberate production or simulation of symptoms in order to adopt the sick role. OBJECTIVE:The authors look at FD in the neurology setting. METHOD:The authors examined documented, published cases. RESULTS:FD cases in neurology are strikingly different from those in other sp...

journal_title：Psychosomatics

authors： Kanaan RA,Wessely SC

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dizziness is a common patient symptom and often remains medically unexplained even after an extensive work-up. The otologic disorders, psychiatric disorders, and functional disability of 75 patients presenting with dizziness to a community otolaryngology practice were assessed in 1991. The patients were classified acc...

journal_title：Psychosomatics

authors： Clark MR,Sullivan MD,Katon WJ,Russo JE,Fischl M,Dobie RA,Voorhees R

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Of the 34 million adult Americans (17%) using mind-body medicine therapies, 8 million (24%) have anxiety/depression. The evidence for using mind-body therapies to address varying depressive symptoms in populations with and without other chronic comorbidities is reviewed. METHODS:Systematic literature searche...

journal_title：Psychosomatics

authors： D'Silva S,Poscablo C,Habousha R,Kogan M,Kligler B

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors examine the relationship of the Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS) to sociodemographic characteristics, medical history, symptomatology, and illness cognition in a sample of 244 family medicine patients. The TAS had moderate internal reliability. In multiple regression analysis, the TAS was related to age, ed...

journal_title：Psychosomatics

authors： Kirmayer LJ,Robbins JM

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The author describes some problems emerging from the approach to and comprehension of somatization symptoms, discussing ambiguities regarding somatization seen in the current classification manuals (ICD-10 and DSM-IV). Then the author presents a case report of a man who presented with a bizarre symptom of feminization...

journal_title：Psychosomatics

authors： Avila LA

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Delirium is a prevalent neuropsychiatric disorder associated with increased morbidity and mortality. Half the cases remain misdiagnosed. OBJECTIVE:Assess the effectiveness of the Stanford Proxy Test for Delirium (S-PTD) in detecting delirium in an inpatient setting. METHODS:This is a comparison study. Dail...

journal_title：Psychosomatics

authors： Maldonado JR,Sher YI,Benitez-Lopez MA,Savant V,Garcia R,Ament A,De Guzman E

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Mental illness is associated with an increased risk for medical hospitalizations. OBJECTIVE:This study investigates the degree to which nonpsychiatric factors account for these hospitalizations. METHODS:Using National Veterans Health Administration (VHA) fiscal year 2012 data for 2 million veterans under t...

journal_title：Psychosomatics

authors： Moore DT,Rosenheck RA

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Urinary tract symptoms and, particularly, urinary incontinence are often chronic and complex conditions that cause diagnosis, treatment, and management problems. In many cases, psychosocial factors contribute to the development of a chronic condition. The authors investigated whether INTERMED, an instrument for assess...

journal_title：Psychosomatics

authors： Di Gangi Herms AM,Pinggera GM,De Jonge P,Strasser H,Söllner W

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study explores the prevalence of patients with "organically unexplained symptoms" presenting to a Lyme borreliosis clinic and describes their clinical and psychobehavioral characteristics as well as health-related quality of life. METHODS:Study instruments consisted of a set of self-rating questionnaire...

journal_title：Psychosomatics

authors： Csallner G,Hofmann H,Hausteiner-Wiehle C

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As clinical ethicists increasingly populate hospital settings, a definition of their roles and responsibilities vis à vis those of consultation-liaison (C-L) psychiatrists remains a matter of both interest and uncertainty. Both fields share certain evolutionary and ideological features, yet until very recently, psychi...

journal_title：Psychosomatics

authors： Youngner SJ

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Depression is commonly reported in patients after cardiac surgery and increases the risk of postoperative cardiac morbidity or mortality or both. Although preoperative depression has been implicated as the strongest predictor of depression after surgery, the characteristics thought to influence reactive or p...

journal_title：Psychosomatics

authors： Patron E,Messerotti Benvenuti S,Palomba D

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Delirium commonly occurs in hospitalized elderly patients, resulting in increased morbidity and mortality. Although evidence for treatment of delirium exists, evidence supporting pharmacologic prevention of delirium in high risk patients is limited. OBJECTIVE:This review examined whether delirium in at-risk...

journal_title：Psychosomatics

authors： Teslyar P,Stock VM,Wilk CM,Camsari U,Ehrenreich MJ,Himelhoch S

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although required by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education, training of general psychiatry residents in Psychosomatic Medicine (PM) varies significantly between programs. In 1996, the Academy of Psychosomatic Medicine (APM) developed guidelines for residency training in PM. Since then, the...

journal_title：Psychosomatics

authors： Heinrich TW,Schwartz AC,Zimbrean PC,Wright MT,Academy of Psychosomatic Medicine's Residency Education Subcommittee.

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adolescent cancer survivors were compared with nondiseased control subjects on measures of adaptation, coping, body image, sexual adjustment, psychopathology, and family functioning. Cancer survivors reported no major difficulties in social competence, overall coping, and family communication. Although their school te...

journal_title：Psychosomatics

authors： Madan-Swain A,Brown RT,Sexson SB,Baldwin K,Pais R,Ragab A

更新日期：1994-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The face is prominently or exclusively involved in several involuntary movement disorders, called "facial dyskinesias," in addition to the common buccolingual form of tardive dyskinesia. This review describes the appearance of the most frequently occurring facial dyskinesias: chorea, dystonia, tremor, and tics. Some n...

journal_title：Psychosomatics

authors： Kaufman DM

更新日期：1989-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Comorbidity between vestibular and psychiatric disorders in predisposed individuals is underestimated, untreated, and may result in chronicization and poor quality of life. There are few studies concerning the type and the prevalence of psychiatric-psychosomatic distress in patients with benign paroxysmal po...

journal_title：Psychosomatics

authors： Ferrari S,Monzani D,Baraldi S,Simoni E,Prati G,Forghieri M,Rigatelli M,Genovese E,Pingani L

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors investigated long-term outcome and treatment strategy of corticosteroid-induced psychotic and mood disorders as defined by DSM-IV. Review of medical records of 2,069 referral patients revealed 18 applicable patients. Their clinical characteristics, longitudinal courses, and treatments were studied. The aut...

journal_title：Psychosomatics

authors： Wada K,Yamada N,Sato T,Suzuki H,Miki M,Lee Y,Akiyama K,Kuroda S

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article characterizes the academic, administrative, clinical service, and fiscal characteristics of departments of psychiatry in traditional children's hospitals to determine the characteristics of fiscally successful programs. A survey of chairs of psychiatry from short-term general children's hospitals was cond...

journal_title：Psychosomatics

authors： Campo JV,Kingsley RS,Bridge J,Mrazek D

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Research has shown that Intensive Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy (ISTDP) can effectively decrease pain intensity and improve quality of life in patients with medically unexplained pain. OBJECTIVE:Understanding that not all patients with medically unexplained pain have access to in-person ISTDP, this study...

journal_title：Psychosomatics

authors： Chavooshi B,Mohammadkhani P,Dolatshahi B

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is a widespread and costly cause of morbidity and mortality globally and in the United States. The treatment of HCV has been revolutionized with the recent development of direct-acting antiviral medications. These new treatments are substantially better tolerated and more efficacious ...

journal_title：Psychosomatics

authors： Chasser Y,Kim AY,Freudenreich O

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article reviews diagnostic issues about body dysmorphic disorder and discusses its relationship to other disorders. Diagnostic and symptomatic overlap with obsessive-compulsive disorder is explored; associated features, course of illness, presumed etiology, and treatment outcome are compared; and similarities and...

journal_title：Psychosomatics

authors： Hollander E,Neville D,Frenkel M,Josephson S,Liebowitz MR

更新日期：1992-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A study was conducted on a group of chronically hospitalized, brain-damaged male patients to assess the effectiveness of treatment with pindolol on behavioral problems. The study was conducted in two parts. The first was a double-blind, placebo-controlled analysis of the effect of pindolol on assaultive behavior, both...

journal_title：Psychosomatics

authors： Greendyke RM,Berkner JP,Webster JC,Gulya A

更新日期：1989-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Depression in patients with diabetes is associated with poorer adherence and worse health outcomes, however treating depression may help improve these outcomes. OBJECTIVE:The present systematic review identified published papers to evaluate treatments for depression in patients with diabetes. RESULTS:Seven...

journal_title：Psychosomatics

authors： Markowitz SM,Gonzalez JS,Wilkinson JL,Safren SA

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) can be life-saving in treating depression, even for high-risk cardiac patients. A 56-year-old man with type 2 diabetes and dilated cardiomyopathy, using both a defibrillator and an experimental cardiac contractility modulator, had had episodes of severe depression superimposed...

journal_title：Psychosomatics

authors： Lynch AM,Pandurangi AK,Levenson JL

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors examined the psychological factors associated with self-excoriative behavior among 56 women (mean +/- SE age: 24.0 +/- 1.0 years) with mild-to-moderate facial acne vulgaris. Ratings associated with poor self-concept, such as perfectionistic and compulsive personality traits, correlated more strongly with s...

journal_title：Psychosomatics

authors： Gupta MA,Gupta AK,Schork NJ

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Seven-hundred and three patients from a general medical outpatient clinic at a Veterans Affairs hospital completed the SCREENER, a brief self-report questionnaire that screens for psychiatric disorders. The authors found that 7.3% of the patients had suicidal ideation. The younger and white patients were at increased ...

journal_title：Psychosomatics

authors： Lish JD,Zimmerman M,Farber NJ,Lush DT,Kuzma MA,Plescia G

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00