Alexithymia as predictor of treatment outcome in patients with functional gastrointestinal disorders.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Persons with elevated blood pressure (BP) show dampened emotional responses to affect-laden stimuli. We sought to further examine cardiovascular-emotional dampening by examination of the relationship between resting hemodynamic measures and recognition of emotion in an African American community-based sample....

journal_title：Psychosomatic medicine

authors： McCubbin JA,Merritt MM,Sollers JJ 3rd,Evans MK,Zonderman AB,Lane RD,Thayer JF

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We sought to determine whether irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) was associated with attentional bias toward symptom-related cues in IBS patients versus healthy controls, using a modified Stroop task to measure selective processing of gastrointestinal symptom-related cues. METHODS:Fifteen patients with a clini...

journal_title：Psychosomatic medicine

authors： Afzal M,Potokar JP,Probert CS,Munafò MR

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study aimed to validate the Chinese version of the Somatic Symptom Disorder-B Criteria Scale (SSD-12) in an outpatient sample from Chinese general hospitals and to determine the diagnostic performance of the SSD-12 as a screening tool for somatic symptom disorder (SSD). METHODS:The Chinese version of th...

journal_title：Psychosomatic medicine

authors： Li T,Wei J,Fritzsche K,Toussaint AC,Jiang Y,Cao J,Zhang L,Zhang Y,Chen H,Wu H,Ma X,Li W,Ren J,Lu W,Müller AM,Leonhart R

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This article reports a case series of atypical sexual behavior during sleep, which is often harmful to patients or bed partners. METHODS:Eleven subjects underwent clinical evaluation of complaints of sleep-related atypical sexual behavior. Complaints included violent masturbation, sexual assaults, and contin...

journal_title：Psychosomatic medicine

authors： Guilleminault C,Moscovitch A,Yuen K,Poyares D

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The American Diabetes Association recently called for research on social and environmental determinants of diabetes to intensify primary prevention. Recent epidemiological evidence suggests that frequent and modifiable psychosocial stressors at work might contribute to the development of diabetes, but more pr...

journal_title：Psychosomatic medicine

authors： Gilbert-Ouimet M,Glazier RH,Brisson C,Mustard C,Smith PM

更新日期：2020-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The prevalence of essential hypertension is higher among blacks than whites. One reason for this difference may be that blacks are more reactive to stressors that produce vasoconstrictive responses. Two studies were conducted to test this hypothesis, one with 10- to 14-year-old males (20 whites, 20 blacks) and one wit...

journal_title：Psychosomatic medicine

authors： Treiber FA,Musante L,Braden D,Arensman F,Strong WB,Levy M,Leverett S

更新日期：1990-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Previous research suggests that psychosocial job stressors may be plausible risk factors for suicide. This study assessed the relationship between psychosocial job stressors and suicide mortality across the Australian population. METHODS:We developed a job exposure matrix to objectively measure job stressors...

journal_title：Psychosomatic medicine

authors： Milner A,Spittal MJ,Pirkis J,Chastang JF,Niedhammer I,LaMontagne AD

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of the study was to determine the relationship of lifestyle factors and neurocognitive functioning in older adults with vascular risk factors and cognitive impairment, no dementia (CIND). METHODS:One hundred sixty adults (M [SD] = 65.4 [6.8] years) with CIND completed neurocognitive assessments of ex...

journal_title：Psychosomatic medicine

authors： Blumenthal JA,Smith PJ,Mabe S,Hinderliter A,Welsh-Bohmer K,Browndyke JN,Lin PH,Kraus W,Doraiswamy PM,Burke J,Sherwood A

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This review examines the relationship between depression and smoking in coronary heart disease (CHD). It summarizes relevant findings from general population and smoking cessation studies and discusses the few studies that have investigated whether smoking confounds, mediates, or moderates the effect of depre...

journal_title：Psychosomatic medicine

authors： Freedland KE,Carney RM,Skala JA

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:A previous study suggested that insulin metabolic variables play a role in the progression of atherosclerosis in Watanabe heritable hyperlipidemic (WHHL) rabbits. The present study sought to determine: 1) if young, individually caged WHHLs are insulin-resistant relative to New Zealand white (NZW) rabbits and ...

journal_title：Psychosomatic medicine

authors： Gonzales JA,Szeto A,Mendez AJ,Zaias J,Paredes J,Caperton CV,Llabre MM,Levine JE,Goldberg RB,Schneiderman N,McCabe PM

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Biochemical host defenses at mucosal sites, such as the oral cavity, play a key role in the regulation of microbial ecology and the prevention of infectious disease. These biochemical factors have distinct features, some of which benefit the host and some that benefit bacteria. We investigated the effects of ...

journal_title：Psychosomatic medicine

authors： Bosch JA,de Geus EJ,Ligtenberg TJ,Nazmi K,Veerman EC,Hoogstraten J,Amerongen AV

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twelve subjects with specific phobias were exposed to slides with a phobic or a neutral content while cortisol excretion, electrodermal activity, and distress-ratings were studied. Six subjects fearful of blood and mutilation, and six of snakes or spiders, were presented with two sets of ten different slides (phobic o...

journal_title：Psychosomatic medicine

authors： Fredrikson M,Sundin O,Frankenhaeuser M

更新日期：1985-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To test the hypothesize that psoriasis patients treated under a partial schedule of pharmacologic (corticosteroid) reinforcement would show less severe symptoms and relapse than those given the same amount of drug under standard conditions. Behavioral conditioning as an inherent component of many pharmacother...

journal_title：Psychosomatic medicine

authors： Ader R,Mercurio MG,Walton J,James D,Davis M,Ojha V,Kimball AB,Fiorentino D

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Suboptimal self-care by individuals with diabetes mellitus (DM) is a significant public health concern. The common-sense model (CSM) proposes that illness representations are associated with coping and health outcomes across various conditions. The present study examined the efficacy of a CSM-based interventi...

journal_title：Psychosomatic medicine

authors： Chan VWY,Kong APS,Lau JTF,Mak WWS,Cameron LD,Mo PKH

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To elucidate the potential relationship between classification of emotional faces and impaired central processing in eating disorders and to investigate the potential mediatory role of alexithymia and depression in this relationship. METHODS:Visual-evoked potentials (VEPs) to emotional faces and classificat...

journal_title：Psychosomatic medicine

authors： Pollatos O,Herbert BM,Schandry R,Gramann K

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The purpose of this study is to assess the role of psychological stress in the expression of illness among infected subjects and to test the plausibility of local proinflammatory cytokine production as a pathway linking stress to illness. METHODS:After completing a measure of psychological stress, 55 subject...

journal_title：Psychosomatic medicine

authors： Cohen S,Doyle WJ,Skoner DP

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sixteen healthy women (20-32 years) not taking oral contraceptives were tested at three phases of their menstrual cycles (menses, preovulatory phase, and midluteal phase). Another 16 women taking oral contraceptives served as age-matched controls, and were tested during menses and during phases corresponding to the pr...

journal_title：Psychosomatic medicine

authors： Krug R,Pietrowsky R,Fehm HL,Born J

更新日期：1994-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Prior attempts to measure psychological responses to exercise are potentially limited by a failure to account for participants' expectations, the absence of a valid exercise placebo, and demand characteristics. The purpose of this study was to explore the main and interactive effects of a manipulation designe...

journal_title：Psychosomatic medicine

authors： Lindheimer JB,OʼConnor PJ,McCully KK,Dishman RK

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The Enhancing Recovery in Coronary Heart Disease study was a multicenter clinical trial in which patients with depression and/or low perceived social support after an acute myocardial infarction were randomly assigned to an intervention consisting of cognitive behavior therapy and, in some cases, sertraline, ...

journal_title：Psychosomatic medicine

authors： Carney RM,Blumenthal JA,Freedland KE,Youngblood M,Veith RC,Burg MM,Cornell C,Saab PG,Kaufmann PG,Czajkowski SM,Jaffe AS,ENRICHD Investigators.

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In patients with eating disorders, we evaluated pancreatic abnormalities using serum elastase 1 measurement by RIA and the 50 g oral glucose tolerance test (50 g OGTT). Twenty-one patients had anorexia nervosa (AN) with bulimia and vomiting (AN-B group), 30 had AN without bulimia or vomiting (AN-R group), and 25 had b...

journal_title：Psychosomatic medicine

authors： Kobayashi N,Tamai H,Uehata S,Komaki G,Mori K,Matsubayashi S,Nakagawa T

更新日期：1988-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sixty women attending a family planning clinic completed assessments of their attributions for negative and positive mood states for an individual at different menstrual cycle stages. Negative moods occurring premenstrually were almost invariably viewed as related to health factors. Positive moods tended to be attribu...

journal_title：Psychosomatic medicine

authors： Bains GK,Slade P

更新日期：1988-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper examines the relation of two personality characteristics (dominance and anger) to hormones in normally aging men. The relation of the Jackson Personality Research Form E Dominance subscale and the Spielberger Anger Expression scale to serum levels of 17 endocrine variables, including testosterone (T) and di...

journal_title：Psychosomatic medicine

authors： Gray A,Jackson DN,McKinlay JB

更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Previous research has suggested a link between chronic anxiety and peptic ulcer disease, though recent evidence documenting an infectious cause (Helicobacter pylori) for ulcer has led to doubt about this association. The goal of the current study was to determine the relationship between generalized anxiety d...

journal_title：Psychosomatic medicine

authors： Goodwin RD,Stein MB

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To explore whether primary school entry is associated with changes in immune system parameters in HIV-affected children. HIV-affected children are vulnerable to psychosocial stressors, regardless of their own HIV serological status. METHODS:Data from 38 HIV-positive and 29 HIV-negative children born to serop...

journal_title：Psychosomatic medicine

authors： Thomas MR,Wara D,Saxton K,Truskier M,Chesney MA,Boyce WT

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The study consisted of 1101 Caucasian, male outpatients, who were screened for depression and hypertension in order to test the hypothesis that there is a unique relationship between these two illnesses. Depression was assessed by the Zung Self-Rating Depression Scale (SDS) while diastolic blood pressure (BP) was acce...

journal_title：Psychosomatic medicine

authors： Friedman MJ,Bennet PL

更新日期：1977-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Subjects with reported sleep-onset disturbance were given progressive relaxation training, placebo, or no-treatment. All three conditions showed significant improvement in daily reported sleep onset over the duration of the study. Between-condition effects were limited to relaxation superiority over no-treatment on St...

journal_title：Psychosomatic medicine

authors： Borkovec TD,Weerts TC

更新日期：1976-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied 572 men and women who participated in a blood pressure screening program at a government unemployment office. Before having their blood pressures taken, the subjects completed a brief questionnaire that included two items measuring conflict over anger expression. Information was also obtained on obesity, ra...

journal_title：Psychosomatic medicine

authors： Dimsdale JE,Pierce C,Schoenfeld D,Brown A,Zusman R,Graham R

更新日期：1986-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study addressed the issue of whether frequent exposure to life events is associated with aggravation or blunting of cardiovascular reactions to acute mental stress. METHODS:In a substantial cohort of 585 healthy young adults, systolic and diastolic blood pressure and pulse rate were recorded at rest and...

journal_title：Psychosomatic medicine

authors： Phillips AC,Carroll D,Ring C,Sweeting H,West P

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine whether high-frequency heart rate variability, an indirect measure of parasympathetic (vagal) control over variations in heart rate, is associated with immune reactivity to an in vitro inflammatory challenge. Convergent evidence from the animal literature shows that the autonomic nervous system pla...

journal_title：Psychosomatic medicine

authors： Marsland AL,Gianaros PJ,Prather AA,Jennings JR,Neumann SA,Manuck SB

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Several determinants of age-related hearing impairment have been identified, but little is known about the predictive value of psychological factors. The present study examined whether five-factor model personality traits are prospectively associated with hearing acuity in middle-aged and older adults. METHO...

journal_title：Psychosomatic medicine

authors： Stephan Y,Sutin AR,Caille P,Terracciano A

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00