Antiretrovirals, Part II: focus on non-protease inhibitor antiretrovirals (NRTIs, NNRTIs, and fusion inhibitors).

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：OBJECTIVE:This study longitudinally profiled anxiety and depressive symptoms of daughters of patients with breast cancer and examined the mother׳s survival status, the daughter׳s age at the time of mother׳s diagnosis, and the style of family communication about breast cancer as moderators of change in symptomatology ac...

journal_title：Psychosomatics

authors： Wellisch DK,Ormseth SR,Aréchiga AE

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This investigation compared how perceived memory ability or level of worry about memory related to performance on objective tests of memory and cognition. Data from 1,488 participants from the Baltimore cohort of the Epidemiologic Catchment Area study were analyzed. Significant associations were found between self-rat...

journal_title：Psychosomatics

authors： Podewils LJ,McLay RN,Rebok GW,Lyketsos CG

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although most studies have suggested that mitral valve prolapse (MVP) is more prevalent in patients with panic disorder (PD) than in healthy controls, there is a substantial uncertainty in the rates of MVP across studies. OBJECTIVE:To investigate, through systematic review and meta-analysis, the relative ri...

journal_title：Psychosomatics

authors： Tural U,Iosifescu DV

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:While medical criteria have been well established for each end-organ system, psychosocial listing criteria are less standardized. To address this limitation, we developed and tested a new assessment tool: the Stanford Integrated Psychosocial Assessment for Transplantation (SIPAT). METHODS:The SIPAT was deve...

journal_title：Psychosomatics

authors： Maldonado JR,Dubois HC,David EE,Sher Y,Lolak S,Dyal J,Witten D

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Somatoform disorders (SDs) are a heterogeneous group of psychiatric syndromes characterized by common symptoms, which may mimic a physical condition but they are not explained by a medical condition. Although the biologic nature of this disorder has been widely accepted, the neuroanatomical correlates charac...

journal_title：Psychosomatics

authors： Delvecchio G,Rossetti MG,Caletti E,Arighi A,Galimberti D,Basilico P,Mercurio M,Paoli R,Cinnante C,Triulzi F,Altamura AC,Scarpini E,Brambilla P

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Scurvy is a disease with well-known peripheral symptoms, such as bleeding and pain. METHODS:The clinical and historical evidence for a distinct form of scurvy affecting the central nervous system, called neuropsychiatric scurvy, is reviewed. Pathophysiologic factors are described, as well as its diagnosis a...

journal_title：Psychosomatics

authors： Brown TM

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Antipsychotic drugs have many side effects, including elevation of prolactin levels through tuberoinfundibular dopamine-receptor blockade. Although a number of studies claim that aripiprazole is a prolactin-sparing antipsychotic drug that may even lower prolactin levels, there has not been an exhaustive eval...

journal_title：Psychosomatics

authors： Hoffer ZS,Roth RL,Mathews M

更新日期：2009-07-01 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：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：:Conflicts among consultants are frequent in general hospitals. Unfortunately, such disputes are rarely resolved to the satisfaction of all concerned. The authors discuss the conflicts that may arise among consultants and review techniques that can lead to more effective collaboration. Authors review the literature on ...

journal_title：Psychosomatics

authors： Caplan JP,Epstein LA,Stern TA

更新日期：2008-01-01 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：: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：: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：: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

abstract：BACKGROUND:Pediatric catatonia is believed to be a rare condition, but challenges in recognition and variability in presentation may lead to underdiagnosis. Early identification and effective treatment of pediatric catatonia is critical given the significant morbidity and mortality associated with the condition. Given ...

journal_title：Psychosomatics

authors： Sorg EM,Chaney-Catchpole M,Hazen EP

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a 12-week placebo-controlled study of fluoxetine in the treatment of body dysmorphic disorder, the authors investigated change in psychosocial functioning and mental health-related quality of life in 60 subjects. The subjects were assessed with the LIFE-RIFT (a measure of impaired functioning), Social and Occupatio...

journal_title：Psychosomatics

authors： Phillips KA,Rasmussen SA

更新日期：2004-09-01 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：:The authors determined whether diagnoses of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and CVD-related conditions differed by psychiatric diagnosis among male Veterans Administration patients from the mid-Atlantic region. Among 7,529 patients (mean age: 54.5 years), the prevalence of diagnoses ranged from 3.6% (stroke) to 35.4% (hy...

journal_title：Psychosomatics

authors： Kilbourne AM,Brar JS,Drayer RA,Xu X,Post EP

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Adolf Meyer, the first Professor of Psychiatry at Johns Hopkins, and Chief of the Phipps Clinic, brought a bevy of new ideas to clinical practice and to medical education. He used the word "psychobiology," which helped to establish psychosomatic medicine and formed the basis for Engel's "biopsychosocial" con...

journal_title：Psychosomatics

authors： Karl SR,Holland JC

更新日期：2013-03-01 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 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：:In Part 1 of this 2-part series, the epidemiology of psychiatric disorders in primary care settings was reviewed as well as evidence that indicates that these conditions often go underrecognized and undertreated by primary care physicians. Educational studies to improve the psychiatric skills of primary care physician...

journal_title：Psychosomatics

authors： Stoudemire A

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is a leading cause of hepatocellular carcinoma and cirrhosis in the United States and is known to be transmitted via pathways associated with substance use (e.g., injection drug use and intranasal drug use). OBJECTIVE:Although individuals with serious mental illness (SMI) have a high...

journal_title：Psychosomatics

authors： Himelhoch S,McCarthy JF,Ganoczy D,Medoff D,Kilbourne A,Goldberg R,Dixon L,Blow FC

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Psychiatric admissions of patients infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) over a 5-year period (1986-1991) are reviewed. Ninety-one patients were studied. Suicidal thoughts/attempt was the most common reason for hospital admission. The two most common diagnostic categories were 1) organic mental syndrome...

journal_title：Psychosomatics

authors： Wiener PK,Schwartz MA,O'Connell RA

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The future of organ transplant psychiatry depends less on immunologic and surgical advances than on 1) an increased supply of donor organs, 2) more sophisticated multicenter outcome studies, and 3) understanding of the subjective as well as objective aspects of compliance and quality of life for transplant recipients....

journal_title：Psychosomatics

authors： Freeman AM 3rd,Westphal JR,Davis LL,Libb JW

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper discusses the published interim report of the DSM-V Workgroup onSomatic Symptom Disorders (SSDs). "SSD" is the term proposed by the Workgroup to replace "somatoform disorder." ...

journal_title：Psychosomatics

authors： Sykes R

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Psychotropic drugs are frequently used in both psychiatric and general medical practice. Familiarity with common side effects and their management may assist psychiatrists in the selection of agents to suit individual patient needs. The authors describe the morphologic features and pathologic basis of cutaneous reacti...

journal_title：Psychosomatics

authors： MacMorran WS,Krahn LE

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The prevalence of diabetes in Canada is increasing. Multiple factors have been identified in the development of disability in diabetic patients, but the interaction of those risk factors is not clear. OBJECTIVE:The purpose of this paper was to assess the association between diabetes severity, health behavio...

journal_title：Psychosomatics

authors： Schmitz N,Messier L,Nitka D,Ivanova A,Gariepy G,Wang J,Malla A,Boyer R,Lesage A,Strychar I

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We investigated the prevalence and incidence of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) among patients with schizophrenia in Taiwan. METHODS:From the database provided by the National Health Research Institute, we obtained a random sample of 766,427 subjects aged ≥18 years in 2005. Subjects with a prima...

journal_title：Psychosomatics

authors： Hsu JH,Chien IC,Lin CH,Chou YJ,Chou P

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00