Cognitive-disorder diagnoses in inpatient psychosomatic-medicine consultations: associations with age and length of stay.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although it is widely believed that women with heart disease have poorer adjustment than men, the term 'adjustment' has typically been narrowly defined as depression. Gender differences in adjustment more broadly defined to encompass functional limitations in addition to depression have seldom been investiga...

journal_title：Psychosomatics

authors： Scott KM,Collings SC

更新日期：2012-01-01 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：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：:This study examined the Millon Behavioral Health Inventory Life Threat Reactivity Scale (LTRS) as a predictor of mortality in patients awaiting heart transplantation. The one-year mortality while awaiting cardiac transplantation was more than double for the high-risk group based on the LTRS scores. The high-risk group...

journal_title：Psychosomatics

authors： Coffman KL,Brandwin M

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors compared the severity and clinical profiles of patients with two etiologically different apathy syndromes: apathy after traumatic brain injury (TBI) and deficit schizophrenia (DSS). Patients from both groups were equally apathetic, but those with DSS had more severe anhedonia, blunted affect, and alogia, a...

journal_title：Psychosomatics

authors： Rao V,Spiro JR,Schretlen DJ,Cascella NG

更新日期：2007-05-01 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：:The eosinophilia-myalgia syndrome (EMS) is a rare systemic disease caused by presumably contaminated L-tryptophan. Thirteen outpatients with EMS were found to have a high degree of depression, anxiety, and difficulty adjusting to illness. Pre-EMS history of major depression but not EMS severity predicted poor adjustme...

journal_title：Psychosomatics

authors： Epstein SA,Krahn L,Clauw DJ,Gomes AP,Weigert S,Goldberg RL

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a study of 294 consecutive medical inpatients, the authors assessed a subsample of 157 patients for psychiatric diagnoses using an extensive semistructured interview, Schedules for Clinical Assessment in Neuropsychiatry (SCAN). Patients rated their health and physical functioning, and medical consultants assessed t...

journal_title：Psychosomatics

authors： Hansen MS,Fink P,Frydenberg M,Oxhøj ML,Søndergaard L,Eriksen M

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although physical restraint is still used in psychiatric inpatient settings, it sometimes causes serious side effects, including deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and resulting pulmonary embolism. OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to investigate the incidence of the DVT in restrained patients who were receiving ...

journal_title：Psychosomatics

authors： Ishida T,Katagiri T,Uchida H,Takeuchi H,Sakurai H,Watanabe K,Mimura M

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite attention to depression and cognitive disorders, the prevalence of other mental disorders following breast cancer chemotherapy has not been well described. The authors undertook a pilot study using insurance claims data to compare the prevalence of mental disorders other than depression in a population of brea...

journal_title：Psychosomatics

authors： Miller SL,Jones LE,Carney CP

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors sought to identify the personality correlates of depressive symptoms in 120 spouses of people with lung cancer. Spouses completed questionnaires, including measures of personality (neuroticism, extraversion, and interpersonal self-efficacy), social support, and caregiving burden. Their level of depressive ...

journal_title：Psychosomatics

authors： Kim Y,Duberstein PR,Sörensen S,Larson MR

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Identify the frequency with which pediatric care teams recognize delirium in patients referred for psychiatric consultation, whether their diagnosis is substantiated by the involved consultant, and whether this diagnosis is documented in the discharge problem list. METHODS:A retrospective chart review was co...

journal_title：Psychosomatics

authors： Kelly P,Frosch E

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors conducted a study to examine the association between neuropsychological markers of central nervous system impairment and systemic human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease progression in a sample of 64 HIV-positive asymptomatic patients who were followed for a median of 45.6 months. Patients with poorer b...

journal_title：Psychosomatics

authors： Silberstein CH,O'Dowd MA,Schoenbaum EE,Friedland GH,Chartock P,Feiner C,McKegney FP

更新日期：1993-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Delirium is a serious postoperative condition for which few pharmacologic prevention trials have been conducted. OBJECTIVE:The authors tested the efficacy of perioperative olanzapine administration to prevent postoperative delirium in elderly patients after joint-replacement surgery. METHOD:The authors con...

journal_title：Psychosomatics

authors： Larsen KA,Kelly SE,Stern TA,Bode RH Jr,Price LL,Hunter DJ,Gulczynski D,Bierbaum BE,Sweeney GA,Hoikala KA,Cotter JJ,Potter AW

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The eating disorders anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa have been reported to occur in Type I diabetes mellitus. Although prevalence estimates vary, the most rigorous studies yield rates similar to the population at large. Intentional insulin omission is more common, especially in young diabetic women, and at times ...

journal_title：Psychosomatics

authors： Crow SJ,Keel PK,Kendall D

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Even though viral management of HIV infection is now more effective, clinical observations suggest that fatigue remains a problem for a substantial proportion of patients. OBJECTIVE:The authors delineated prevalence and severity of fatigue in HIV patients with psychiatric comorbidities and examined psycholo...

journal_title：Psychosomatics

authors： Paddison J,Fricchione G,Gandhi RT,Freudenreich O

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The temporolimbic structures of the brain that subserve emotional representation are highly epileptogenic and play an important role in the modulation of hormonal secretion and mediation of hormonal feedback. Estrogen is highly epileptogenic and exerts energizing and antidepressant effects. Excessive estrogen influenc...

journal_title：Psychosomatics

authors： Herzog AG

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cerebral white matter lesions (WMLs) are more common in individuals with late-onset or late-life depression. It has been proposed that carotid atherosclerosis may predispose to WMLs by inducing cerebral hypoperfusion. This hemodynamic effect of carotid atherosclerosis could be important for the formation of ...

journal_title：Psychosomatics

authors： Devantier TA,Nørgaard BL,Poulsen MK,Garde E,Øvrehus KA,Marwan M,Achenbach S,Dey D,Sørensen LH,Videbech P

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Constant observation (CO) is a technique in which continuous one-to-one monitoring is used to assure the safety and well-being of an individual patient or others. This study reviewed 115 patient charts in a tertiary-care hospital to determine the correlates and predictors of the financial cost of CO. The mean duration...

journal_title：Psychosomatics

authors： Blumenfield M,Milazzo J,Orlowski B

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) has been found to be comorbid with various medical conditions in clinical samples, but little research has investigated CFS comorbidity in population-based samples. OBJECTIVE:This study investigated conditions concurrent with a CFS-like illness among twins in the population-ba...

journal_title：Psychosomatics

authors： Dansie EJ,Furberg H,Afari N,Buchwald D,Edwards K,Goldberg J,Schur E,Sullivan PF

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Delusional parasitosis is an uncommon psychiatric condition in which patients have the immutable conviction that small, living organisms, such as worms, insects, or larvae infest their skin or other organs. OBJECTIVE/METHOD:The authors describe a case of an unusual association of delusional parasitosis and ...

journal_title：Psychosomatics

authors： Hanihara T,Takahashi T,Washizuka S,Ogihara T,Kobayashi M

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Somatizing patients present a history of vague, unexplained medical symptoms. This study compared somatizing patients with pulmonary control subjects by using the Diagnostic Interview Schedule (DIS-III-R), the Illness Attitude Scales (IAS), and the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI-2). The groups diffe...

journal_title：Psychosomatics

authors： Labott SM,Preisman RC,Torosian T,Popovich J Jr,Iannuzzi MC

更新日期：1996-07-01 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：:The authors assessed, in an adolescent population sample, the internal consistency, test-retest stability, and factor structure of the Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS-20) and established the frequency of alexithymia in this age-group. Pupils (N=882; age-groups: 14-, 15-, and 16-year-olds) from two secondary schools com...

journal_title：Psychosomatics

authors： Säkkinen P,Kaltiala-Heino R,Ranta K,Haataja R,Joukamaa M

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The psychological status and quality of life of 70 stable patients with asthma age > or =60 years and 40 age-matched comparison subjects were examined. The patients with long-standing asthma (duration > or = 8 years) had lower quality-of-life scores than those with recent-onset asthma (duration < 8 years). In multivar...

journal_title：Psychosomatics

authors： Oğuztürk O,Ekici A,Kara M,Ekici M,Arslan M,Iteginli A,Kara T,Kurtipek E

更新日期：2005-01-01 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：BACKGROUND:Late-life somatic symptom disorder (SSD) is characterized by various aging-associated factors, such as a functional decline, psychosocial problems, and cognitive dysfunction. However, the details of the cognitive dysfunction that occur in late-life SSD are still unknown. OBJECTIVE:The aims of this study wer...

journal_title：Psychosomatics

authors： Inamura K,Shinagawa S,Nagata T,Tagai K,Nukariya K,Nakayama K

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In spite of its global importance, the interaction between depression and chronic comorbid diseases remains incompletely understood with regard to prevalence, severity of disease, and potential causative factors mediating this interaction. OBJECTIVE:The authors sought to compare overall medical costs in non...

journal_title：Psychosomatics

authors： Welch CA,Czerwinski D,Ghimire B,Bertsimas D

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Considerable data have demonstrated that psychological states can influence the immune system in animals. Whether human immune function can be intentionally modulated by the central nervous system is unknown. This article presents data from two studies that sought to demonstrate intentional modulation of the immune sy...

journal_title：Psychosomatics

authors： Smith GR,Conger C,O'Rourke DF,Steele RW,Charlton RK,Smith SS

更新日期：1992-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Depression is the major psychiatric complication of Parkinson's disease, and it occurs in approximately one-third of all cases. Diagnosis of depression is complicated by the overlap of depressive and parkinsonian symptoms. Its etiology is not fully understood but involves changes in dopamine and serotonin. Depression ...

journal_title：Psychosomatics

authors： Guze BH,Barrio JC

更新日期：1991-10-01 00:00:00