Assessment of information processing in working memory in applied settings: the paper and pencil memory scanning test.

abstract：BACKGROUND:There is considerable debate surrounding the effective measurement of DSM-IV symptoms used to assess manic disorders in epidemiological samples. METHOD:Using two nationally representative datasets, the National Epidemiological Survey of Alcohol and Related Conditions (NESARC, n=43,093 at wave 1, n=34,653 at...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Agrawal A,Nurnberger JI Jr,Lynskey MT

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hypochondriasis is recognized as an important disorder in clinical populations, associated with increased health care utilization, disability and psychiatric co-morbidity. Few studies have investigated hypochondriasis in the community. We report on the broader concept of illness worry in a community populati...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Looper KJ,Kirmayer LJ

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Psychiatric disorders are studied at multiple levels, but there is no agreement on how these levels are related to each other, or how they should be understood in the first place. In this paper, I provide an account of levels and their relationships that is suited for psychopathology, drawing from recent debates in ph...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Eronen MI

更新日期：2019-09-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Current mental health legislation in the UK makes provision for the use of certain treatments in severely ill patients who are unable, or unwilling, to give informed consent. Under the terms of this legislation, electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) may be used, usually to treat severely depressed patients. A numb...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Wheeldon TJ,Robertson C,Eagles JM,Reid IC

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:It is clearly established that emotional events tend to be remembered particularly vividly. The neurobiological substrates of this phenomenon are poorly understood. Recently, the noradrenergic system has been implicated in that beta blockade has been shown to reduce significantly the delayed recall of emotio...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： O'Carroll RE,Drysdale E,Cahill L,Shajahan P,Ebmeier KP

更新日期：1999-09-01 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：BACKGROUND:A randomized trial of a primary care-based intervention to prevent depression relapse resulted in improved adherence to long-term antidepressant medication and depression outcomes. We evaluated the effects of this intervention on behavioural processes and identified process predictors of improved depressive ...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Ludman E,Katon W,Bush T,Rutter C,Lin E,Simon G,Von Korff M,Walker E

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Monthly hospital admission rates (HA) for mania were classified by sex, type of admission (first, or re-admission) and by country (England and Wales or Scotland). Of the 8 classes thus created, all but one showed a statistically significant annual cycle with a peak in Summer and trough in Winter. There was no signific...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Myers DH,Davies P

更新日期：1978-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although a substantial body of research points to a link between psychological distress and inflammatory responses in middle-aged and older adults, particularly those with cardiovascular disease, the relationship between inflammation and distress in young, healthy individuals has not been established. This s...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Goldman-Mellor S,Brydon L,Steptoe A

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) patients often complain that they are more susceptible to acute mental fatigue. It is important to determine whether this is observed using objective tests of sustained attention and responding. METHODS:Sixty-seven patients who fulfilled the criteria for CFS proposed by Sharpe...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Smith AP,Borysiewicz L,Pollock J,Thomas M,Perry K,Llewelyn M

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although many studies have addressed the topic of stability versus change in depressive symptoms, few have further decomposed the change to continuous accumulation versus non-systematic state fluctuations or measurement errors. This further step requires a longitudinal follow-up and an appropriate stochastic...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Rosenström T,Jokela M,Hintsanen M,Pulkki-Råback L,Hutri-Kähönen N,Keltikangas-Järvinen L

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Three prior population-based twin studies, none of which was nationally representative, suggested that both genetic and familial-environmental factors contribute to family resemblance for lifetime cannabis use. We seek to replicate these results in a US national probability sample of twin and sibling pairs e...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Kendler KS,Neale MC,Thornton LM,Aggen SH,Gilman SE,Kessler RC

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In previous studies an association between deployment to Iraq or Afghanistan and an overall increased risk for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in UK armed forces has not been found. The lack of a deployment effect might be explained by including, in the comparison group, personnel deployed on other ope...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Jones M,Sundin J,Goodwin L,Hull L,Fear NT,Wessely S,Rona RJ

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Seventy-six women, with a mean age of 35.7 years, who reported premenstrual craving for sweet foods in a retrospective questionnaire, were assessed prospectively with a pre- and post-menstrual eating questionnaire and daily ratings of craving, mood, irritability and breast tenderness over two menstrual cycles. In 72% ...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Bancroft J,Cook A,Williamson L

更新日期：1988-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Experts have raised concerns that oxytocin for labor induction and augmentation may have detrimental effects on the neurodevelopment of children. To investigate whether there is the reason for concern, we reviewed and evaluated the available evidence by searching databases with no language or date restrictions up to 9...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Lønfeldt NN,Verhulst FC,Strandberg-Larsen K,Plessen KJ,Lebowitz ER

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The validity and reliability of an empirically defined fatigue syndrome were tested in a prospective cohort study of 245 primary care patients, with glandular fever or an upper respiratory tract infection. Subjects were interviewed three times in the 6 months after onset. Subjects with the empirically defined fatigue ...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： White PD,Grover SA,Kangro HO,Thomas JM,Amess J,Clare AW

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The purpose of this study was to evaluate a programme of lesion surgery carried out on patients with treatment-resistant depression (TRD). METHOD:This was a retrospective study looking at clinical and psychometric data from 45 patients with TRD who had undergone bilateral stereotactic anterior capsulotomy s...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Subramanian L,Bracht T,Jenkins P,Choppin S,Linden DE,Phillips G,Simpson BA

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In an effort to distil major findings about the nature of human ageing, seven propositions are presented as a guiding frame of reference. This propositional framework is then used to specify some conditions for a positive culture of old age and to advance one possible model of good psychological ageing. This model foc...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Baltes PB

更新日期：1991-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Premenstrual Syndrome (PMS) remains a controversial issue. As a clinical concept it is surrounded by confusion. Attempts to establish a consensus definition have resulted in the majority of women seeking help for such problems excluded from the diagnosis. Furthermore, there is no consensus about how such problems ...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Bancroft J

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The potential effects of antipsychotic drugs on brain structure represent a key factor in understanding neuroanatomical changes in psychosis. This review addresses two issues: (1) do antipsychotic medications induce changes in total or regional human brain volumes and (2) do such effects depend on antipsycho...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Navari S,Dazzan P

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Psychosocial and inflammatory factors have been associated with fatigue in breast cancer survivors. Nevertheless, the relative contribution and/or interaction of these factors with cancer-related fatigue have not been well documented. METHOD:This cross-sectional study enrolled 111 stage 0-III breast cancer ...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Xiao C,Miller AH,Felger J,Mister D,Liu T,Torres MA

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Recently released prisoners are at markedly higher risk of suicide than the general population. The aim of this study was to identify key risk factors for suicide by offenders released from prisons in England and Wales. METHOD:All suicides committed by offenders within 12 months of their release from prison...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Pratt D,Appleby L,Piper M,Webb R,Shaw J

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This study investigated factors contributing to suspected offending behaviour by adults with a history of learning disabilities taken into custody at a city police station. METHODS:Adults charged with offences, and/or leaving custody, during a defined period, were identified as having a possible learning di...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Winter N,Holland AJ,Collins S

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A monotonous voice is produced by schizophrenic patients whose expression of emotion is damped down and by patients with a severe degree of depression. Clinically, the distinction between these two diagnostic entities is virtually impossible to establish auditorily on the basis of voice quality alone. The laryngograph...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Leff J,Abberton E

更新日期：1981-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The outcome of schizophrenia appears to be more favourable than once thought. However, methodological issues, including the reliance on diagnosis at first presentation have limited the validity of outcome studies to date. METHOD:We conducted a first-episode follow-up study of 97 patients with DSM-IV schizop...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Whitty P,Clarke M,McTigue O,Browne S,Kamali M,Kinsella A,Larkin C,O'Callaghan E

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The correlates of insight in early-onset psychosis have received little previous attention. METHOD:We studied clinical correlates of insight in a sample of 110 adolescent recent-onset psychosis patients (mean age 15.53 years; psychotic symptoms present for <6 months). Insight was measured with the Scale to ...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Parellada M,Fraguas D,Bombín I,Otero S,Castro-Fornieles J,Baeza I,Gonzalez-Pinto A,Graell M,Soutullo C,Paya B,Arango C

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Psychiatric disorders are common following traumatic brain injury (TBI). However, few studies have examined the course of disorder development and the influence of pre-injury psychiatric history. The present study aimed to examine the frequency of, and association between, psychiatric disorders occurring pre...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Gould KR,Ponsford JL,Johnston L,Schönberger M

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Psychological models of conversion disorder (CD) traditionally assume that psychosocial stressors are identifiable around symptom onset. In the face of limited supportive evidence such models are being challenged. METHOD:Forty-three motor CD patients, 28 depression patients and 28 healthy controls were asse...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Nicholson TR,Aybek S,Craig T,Harris T,Wojcik W,David AS,Kanaan RA

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) has been proposed as a possible alternative to electroconvulsive therapy for the treatment of selected patients with depression, bipolar affective disorder and schizophrenia. The aim of this study was to evaluate the evidence for the effectiveness of rTMS...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： McNamara B,Ray JL,Arthurs OJ,Boniface S

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Depression is associated with alterations of emotional and cognitive processing, and executive control in particular. Previous research has shown that depressed patients are impaired in their ability to shift attention from one emotional category to another, but whether this shifting deficit is more evident ...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Murphy FC,Michael A,Sahakian BJ

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00