Psychiatric evaluation of death-hastening requests. Lessons from dialysis discontinuation.

abstract：:Poor health-related quality of life (HRQL) is associated with mortality in cardiac patients. Patients (N=667) with poor HRQL after percutaneous coronary intervention had a higher incidence of early (< or =6 months) major adverse cardiac events (MACE) than did patients with good HRQL, whereas there was no difference fo...

journal_title：Psychosomatics

authors： Pedersen SS,Martens EJ,Denollet J,Appels A

更新日期：2007-07-01 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：:This study evaluated screening abilities of self-report questionnaires for depression in first myocardial infarction (MI) patients. One month post-MI, 206 patients with first MI were screened for major and minor depression using the 90-item Symptom Check List (SCL-90), the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), the Hospital...

journal_title：Psychosomatics

authors： Strik JJ,Honig A,Lousberg R,Denollet J

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Previous research in the area of medical decision-making capacity has demonstrated relatively poor agreement between experienced evaluators in "gray area" cases. We performed a survey to determine the level of agreement about gray area decision-making capacity case scenarios within and between individuals of...

journal_title：Psychosomatics

authors： Armontrout J,Gitlin D,Gutheil T

更新日期：2016-09-01 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

abstract：:The authors examined data collected from a randomly selected, representative sample of 755 women (ages 23-97 years) from southeastern Australia. Self-report questionnaires were utilized to determine lifetime rates of depression and cardiovascular risk factors within the study sample. A lifetime history of depression (...

journal_title：Psychosomatics

authors： Jacka FN,Pasco JA,McConnell S,Williams LJ,Kotowicz MA,Nicholson GC,Berk M

更新日期：2007-01-01 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：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：:Fourteen videotaped family interviews of patients with diagnosed pseudoseizures were studied to determine the relationship of the symptoms to unspeakable dilemmas as forced choices imposed by family or social circumstances under conditions that also require the ensuing distress to be hidden. An unspeakable dilemma was...

journal_title：Psychosomatics

authors： Griffith JL,Polles A,Griffith ME

更新日期：1998-03-01 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：:Much of the psychiatric literature advocates vigorous confrontation of patients with factitious physical disorder. Believing that such a strategy often drives the patient to a new physician, the author developed alternatives to confrontation. These strategies include use of inexact interpretations of psychological def...

journal_title：Psychosomatics

authors： Eisendrath SJ

更新日期：1989-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The impact of a community-based consultation-liaison (C-L) psychiatry service on family physicians' levels of psychiatric knowledge, diagnostic and treatment confidence, and patterns of referral to mental health care agencies was evaluated over a 12-month period. The physicians with long-term access to the C-L service...

journal_title：Psychosomatics

authors： Carr VJ,Faehrmann C,Lewin TJ,Walton JM,Reid AA

更新日期：1997-05-01 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: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:Neurodegenerative diseases cause progressive irreversible neuronal loss that has broad downstream effects. The neuroendocrine system regulates homeostasis of circuits that control critical functions such as the stress response, metabolism, reproduction, fluid balance, and glucose control. These systems are f...

journal_title：Psychosomatics

authors： Newhouse A,Chemali Z

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article reviews the effects of psychotropic medications on the eye. Although some of these effects have been known for years, they have been largely ignored by psychiatrists. The ophthalmologic effects of antidepressants, neuroleptics, benzodiazepines, carbamazepine, and lithium in therapeutic doses and overdose ...

journal_title：Psychosomatics

authors： Malone DA Jr,Camara EG,Krug JH Jr

更新日期：1992-07-01 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：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：:Depression and anxiety disorders are common clinical problems in organ transplant recipients, but there is a paucity of clinical data to inform the selection of psychopharmacologic treatment. The authors retrospectively compared 13 depressed organ transplant recipients treated with fluoxetine with 13 nondepressed matc...

journal_title：Psychosomatics

authors： Strouse TB,Fairbanks LA,Skotzko CE,Fawzy FI

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In an effort to control the costs of mental health care, many medical care systems have emphasized the management of psychiatric illness by primary care physicians and curtailed specialty mental health referrals. While this trend mandates that primary care physicians have expertise in the diagnosis and treatment of ps...

journal_title：Psychosomatics

authors： Stoudemire A

更新日期：1996-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Olfactory reference syndrome (ORS) is an underrecognized, understudied, and often severe psychiatric disorder characterized by a prominent and distressing or impairing preoccupation with a false belief of emitting an offensive body odor. As this condition has only recently been recognized in the Internationa...

journal_title：Psychosomatics

authors： Sofko C,Tremont G,Tan JE,Westervelt H,Ahern DC,Menard W,Phillips KA

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Only a few published accounts describe atypical anorexia nervosa. To provide more information about this eating-disorder subtype, 15 patients (12 females, 3 males) with atypical anorexia nervosa were studied. In general, the 12 female patients were characterized by 1) older age at onset and presentation, 2) recurring ...

journal_title：Psychosomatics

authors： Shisslak CM,Crago M,Yates A

更新日期：1989-07-01 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：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：:Antihistamines and their drug-drug interactions are reviewed in depth. The metabolism of "classic" or sedating antihistamines is coming to light through in vivo and in vitro studies. The polymorphic CYP 2D6 metabolic enzyme appears to be potently inhibited by many of these over-the-counter medications. The history of ...

journal_title：Psychosomatics

authors： Armstrong SC,Cozza KL

更新日期：2003-09-01 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: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：: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：:Fifty-seven of 100 women with recurrent abortion completed questionnaires designed to assess demographic and reproductive variables, depression, anxiety, social desirability, self-esteem, locus of control, and marital adjustment. The results indicated that 32% of the women could be classified as depressed. The subject...

journal_title：Psychosomatics

authors： Klock SC,Chang G,Hiley A,Hill J

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00