Assessing health care needs and clinical outcome with urological case complexity: a study using INTERMED.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The purpose of this study is to describe past traumatic experiences in medically-admitted pediatric and young adult patients diagnosed with somatoform disorders and to explore the demographic, diagnostic, and psychosocial differences between those with and without trauma histories. METHODS:Retrospective medi...

journal_title：Psychosomatics

authors： Thomson K,Randall E,Ibeziako P,Bujoreanu IS

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Medical directors need management skills; yet, few studies describe the specific tasks that directors consider most important, their confidence for these tasks, and how their confidence develops. We studied these questions among directors in the subspecialty of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry. METHODS:A nee...

journal_title：Psychosomatics

authors： Bronson B,Perlman G

更新日期：2020-09-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuropsychiatric complications are common in patients with chronic hepatitis C undergoing treatment with interferon alpha. These side effects include alterations of mood, cognition, and neuroendocrine function and are unpredictable. In a number of neurological disorders characterized by neuropsychiatric symptoms and c...

journal_title：Psychosomatics

authors： Gochee PA,Powell EE,Purdie DM,Pandeya N,Kelemen L,Shorthouse C,Jonsson JR,Kelly B

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patients with serious medical illnesses, such as cancer, are at increased risk of suicide but are also often facing death. The Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) is widely used to screen patients for depression. It includes an item that asks about thoughts of death and hurting yourself (Item-9). OBJECTI...

journal_title：Psychosomatics

authors： Walker J,Hansen CH,Butcher I,Sharma N,Wall L,Murray G,Sharpe M

更新日期：2011-09-01 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：BACKGROUND:In patients with Parkinson disease (PD), motor symptoms coexist with several nonmotor neuropsychiatric symptoms. Various anxiety subtypes (generalized anxiety disorder, panic disorder, and social anxiety disorder [SAD]) are more prevalent in patients with PD than in the general population. OBJECTIVE:We esti...

journal_title：Psychosomatics

authors： Moguel-Cobos G,Saldivar C,Goslar PW,Shill HA

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Authors evaluated the sensitivity and specificity of DSM-IV and ICD-10 criteria and the cutoff value of the Memorial Delirium Assessment Scale (MDAS) in diagnosing postoperative delirium in 260 cardiac surgery patients. Incidence of delirium diagnosed on the basis of DSM-IV and ICD-10 criteria, and with the use of the...

journal_title：Psychosomatics

authors： Kazmierski J,Kowman M,Banach M,Fendler W,Okonski P,Banys A,Jaszewski R,Sobow T,Kloszewska I

更新日期：2008-01-01 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：:To study the prevalence of somatoform disorders (SDs) in primary care, a questionnaire including the modified 25-item version of the Symptom Checklist-90 was administered to 191 patients consecutively consulting their family physician. A stratified sample of the patients was interviewed with the Schedules for Clinical...

journal_title：Psychosomatics

authors： Fink P,Sørensen L,Engberg M,Holm M,Munk-Jørgensen P

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

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:People with serious mental illness (SMI) are at elevated risk of HIV infection, but do not receive HIV tests regularly. Inpatient psychiatric admissions provide opportunities for HIV testing. OBJECTIVE:This study retrospectively examined the impact of three sequential interventions designed to increase HIV ...

journal_title：Psychosomatics

authors： Shumway M,Mangurian C,Carraher N,Momenzadeh A,Leary M,Lee EK,Dilley JW

更新日期：2018-01-01 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：:Patients with severe mental illness have elevated rates of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and diabetes compared with the general population, but little is known about the prevalence of the metabolic syndrome that predisposes patients with severe mental illness to both medical conditions. The purpose of this study was to...

journal_title：Psychosomatics

authors： Bermudes RA,Keck PE Jr,Welge JA

更新日期：2006-11-01 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：:Few studies have prospectively examined characteristics of implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) patients as predictors of postimplant outcome. In this study the authors considered the association between preimplant psychological characteristics, ICD shocks, and postimplant quality of life at short- and long-te...

journal_title：Psychosomatics

authors： Sears SF,Lewis TS,Kuhl EA,Conti JB

更新日期：2005-09-01 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：:This study identifies characteristics associated with problem substance use among 1,187 patients with either depressive symptoms (44%) or depressive disorders (56%) in primary care clinics of six managed care organizations. Sedative misuse (reported by 14% of all patients) was associated with greater wealth, social ph...

journal_title：Psychosomatics

authors： Roeloffs CA,Wells KB,Ziedonis D,Tang L,Unützer J

更新日期：2002-09-01 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 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 common complication of myeloablative hematopoietic stem-cell transplantation (HSCT), yet no studies have explored the later effects of an episode of delirium in this setting on patients' decision-making capacity after the acute symptoms of delirium have resolved. OBJECTIVE:The authors assessed...

journal_title：Psychosomatics

authors： Zaubler T,Fann JR,Roth-Roemer S,Katon WJ,Bustami R,Syrjala KL

更新日期：2010-07-01 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：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:The motivation of patients with functional gastrointestinal disorders to accept psychotherapy (PT) as a treatment option is not known. OBJECTIVE:The authors investigated motivation for patients' refusal to participate and dropout from PT/medical management programs. METHOD:Consecutive patients with symptom...

journal_title：Psychosomatics

authors： Martens U,Enck P,Matheis A,Herzog W,Klosterhalfen S,Rühl A,Zipfel S,Sammet I

更新日期：2010-05-01 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：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：:Depressive disorders are far more serious than most people realize, and depressive disorders are disabling affected persons progressively earlier in life. Heavy utilization of medical services, extensive disability and morbidity, and high suicide risk exact a staggering economic toll in the United States annually. Dep...

journal_title：Psychosomatics

authors： Cassem EH

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00

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:Compassion is an attribute central to professionalism and modern clinical care, yet little is known about how compassion is acquired and preserved in medical training. We sought to understand whether personal illness experiences are thought by residents to foster compassion. METHODS:The authors surveyed 155...

journal_title：Psychosomatics

authors： Roberts LW,Warner TD,Moutier C,Geppert CM,Green Hammond KA

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome (WKS) is a well described syndrome of neurological and cognitive problems that comprises both Wernicke's encephalopathy (WE) and Korsakoff syndrome (KS). WE is an acute neuropsychiatric disorder caused by thiamine deficiency. KS is a chronic consequence of thiamine deficiency with...

journal_title：Psychosomatics

authors： Isenberg-Grzeda E,Kutner HE,Nicolson SE

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The contributions of consultation-liaison psychiatrists have significantly influenced the practice of medicine. The author reviews the pertinent literature that substantiates this observation as well as suggests areas that hold promise for such contributions in the future. ...

journal_title：Psychosomatics

authors： Kornfeld DS

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00