Attachment representation and cortisol response to the adult attachment interview in idiopathic spasmodic torticollis.

abstract：:We have described examples of behaviors that occur antecedent to, concurrent with, or as a consequence of childhood asthma. Ways these patterns can be altered have also been described. Three points should be emphasized: first, social learning techniques can contribute to a child acquiring self-monitoring and self-mana...

journal_title：Psychotherapy and psychosomatics

authors： Creer TL,Burns KL

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:51 patients on chronic dialysis, awaiting transplantation, were assessed using a standardised psychiatric interview, together with measures of anxiety, depression, locus of control and social adjustment. 33% of the patients warranted a psychiatric diagnosis. During the study period, 30 patients received a transplanted...

journal_title：Psychotherapy and psychosomatics

authors： Sensky T

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Integration of psychodynamic, behavioral and biological perspectives is necessary to fully practice contemporary psychosomatic medicine. This discipline is best exemplified by the activities within consultation-liaison psychiatry. Common clinical tasks within consultation-liaison work are discussed from this integrate...

journal_title：Psychotherapy and psychosomatics

authors： Wise TN

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Preliminary results are reported on the efficacy of a behaviorally oriented group therapy (n = 17) intended to improve coping with fear of long-term complications in patients with diabetes mellitus. Treatment consisted of exposure in imagination, relaxation training and analysis of dysfunctional health beliefs. Pre-, ...

journal_title：Psychotherapy and psychosomatics

authors： Zettler A,Duran G,Waadt S,Herschbach P,Strian F

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The information on the psychodynamics of monosymptomatic functional sexual disorders in men obtained so far from individual psychoanalytical investigations were tested on a large body of patients. In 74 men with psychogenic monosymptomatic primary or secondary potency disorders, several psychoanalytical interviews and...

journal_title：Psychotherapy and psychosomatics

authors： Janssen PL

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Depressive syndromes that do not comply with the diagnostic criteria for specific depressive disorders are designated as 'subclinical' or 'subsyndromal' depressive syndromes. Using our own data from a clinical study, this paper outlines the significance of subclinical depressive syndromes and demonstrates th...

journal_title：Psychotherapy and psychosomatics

authors： Schneider G,Kruse A,Nehen HG,Senf W,Heuft G

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Bupropion SR (Zyban) has been shown in randomized controlled trials to be an efficacious pharmacological aid for smoking cessation; however, recent reports have raised serious concerns about the breadth of its applicability without complications or contraindications. METHODS:We examined this issue in a well...

journal_title：Psychotherapy and psychosomatics

authors： Kohlenberg BS,Antonuccio DO,Hayes SC,Gifford EV,Piasecki MP

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Past studies have found that medical patients with the diagnosis of depression (comorbidity) have longer hospital lengths of stay (LOS) than those without the diagnosis of depression. This suggested that scores on a depression scale would be positively correlated with LOS. On a rehabilitation ward, 14 stroke and 17 am...

journal_title：Psychotherapy and psychosomatics

authors： Schubert DS,Burns R,Paras W,Sioson E

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A review of some recent studies on the psychosomatic aspects of hyperprolactinemia is presented. Women seem to be more prone to suffer from the behavioral effects of prolactin than males. Women with hyperprolactinemic amenorrhea rated themselves significantly more hostile, more depressed and more anxious than women wi...

journal_title：Psychotherapy and psychosomatics

authors： Fava M,Fava GA,Kellner R,Buckman MT,Lisansky J,Serafini E,DeBesi L,Mastrogiacomo I

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors examined (1) strength of stress, (2) awareness of stress, and (3) influence of type A behavior and narcissistic personality on stress and its related factors in a sample of 500 middle-aged women. Compared to 400 middle-aged working men, the women scored lower on the type A and coping scales, suggesting the...

journal_title：Psychotherapy and psychosomatics

authors： Fukunishi I,Moroji T,Okabe S

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An overview is presented of psychosomatic problems in women - the epidemiology, physiology and psychology. Surveys of sickness rates in women and psychological studies are used as a basis of speculation about higher female morbidity rates. Theories of psychosomatic illness, the somatic concomitants of hysteria and ale...

journal_title：Psychotherapy and psychosomatics

authors： Apfel RJ

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alexithymic characteristics were examined in a sample of 30 patients fulfilling the DSM-III criteria for psychogenic pain disorder using an interviewer-rated scale (Beth Israel Hospital Psychosomatic Questionnaire), a self-rated scale (Toronto Alexithymia Scale) and a projective technique (Thematic Apperception Test)....

journal_title：Psychotherapy and psychosomatics

authors： Sriram TG,Chaturvedi SK,Gopinath PS,Shanmugam V

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Families can have considerable influence on the health of a patient with a chronic physical disease, and attempts have been made to optimise treatment by involving family members. This meta-analysis aimed to systematically assess the effects of family-oriented interventions on adults with chronic physical di...

journal_title：Psychotherapy and psychosomatics

authors： Hartmann M,Bäzner E,Wild B,Eisler I,Herzog W

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper traces the author's empirical research journey into the measurement of symbolic function as a dimension of alexithymia. The archetypal test with 9 elements (AT9) is proposed as a tool to discrimnate between forms and degrees of disorganization in symbolic behavior of alexithymic subjects. The results seem t...

journal_title：Psychotherapy and psychosomatics

authors： Demers-Desrosiers LA

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The present study compared the efficacy of psychotherapy for childhood anxiety disorders (excluding trials solely treating post-traumatic stress disorder or obsessive-compulsive disorder). METHODS:The meta-analysis included studies that met the basic CONSORT (consolidated standards of reporting trials) crit...

journal_title：Psychotherapy and psychosomatics

authors： In-Albon T,Schneider S

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Research on Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) has supported the utility of the technique in a number of clinical settings. This study explored whether MBSR, used as an adjunct to individual psychotherapy, would result in more rapid alleviation of symptoms, increased achievement of therapeutic goals, ...

journal_title：Psychotherapy and psychosomatics

authors： Weiss M,Nordlie JW,Siegel EP

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There is a scarcity of published studies of the effects of cardiac counselling among professional drivers (PD). Aims of the study were: (1) to examine explanatory variables for two classical 'driver' risk factors - body mass index (BMI), and smoking - and to analyse the interrelations among smoking cessation...

journal_title：Psychotherapy and psychosomatics

authors： Emdad R,Belkic K,Theorell T,Cizinsky S

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Psychological debriefing uses brief unsystematic exposure, and is ineffective for posttraumatic stress symptoms and disorder. Systematic exposure alone and cognitive restructuring alone are each effective. Other approaches too may be useful. METHODS:The treatment of 3 posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) pa...

journal_title：Psychotherapy and psychosomatics

authors： Belaise C,Fava GA,Marks IM

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this article the results of a study to determine the degree of somatopsychic vulnerability in children with encopresis are discussed. A checklist was constructed for the registration of somatic and functional data relevant to encopresis. Twenty-five children with encopresis were compared with a control group. The e...

journal_title：Psychotherapy and psychosomatics

authors： Wolters WH,Wauters EA

更新日期：1975-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The personality trait of alexithymia was assessed in 95 patients (35 male, 60 female) with affective illnesses, receiving lithium prophylactically, by means of Schalling-Sifneos Personality Scale (SSPS). The mean SSPS score was similar to that of the healthy population: only 8 patients had a score below 50 points. No ...

journal_title：Psychotherapy and psychosomatics

authors： Rybakowski JK,Dyson WL,Amsterdam JD

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There is growing evidence that cardiovascular diseases are relatively more prevalent in subjects who feel anxious. An increased clotting diathesis might subject anxious individuals to an elevated arterial thrombotic risk. We investigated whether panic-like anxiety would relate to a hypercoagulable state. ME...

journal_title：Psychotherapy and psychosomatics

authors： von Känel R,Kudielka BM,Schulze R,Gander ML,Fischer JE

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The results of several studies on sleep EEG and dreams in patients with eating disorders are presented and compared with the data obtained in patients with a major depression. The sleep pattern, which is characteristic of depression, could not be found in the eating disorder group. Regarding the cholinergic REM induct...

journal_title：Psychotherapy and psychosomatics

authors： Dippel B,Lauer C,Riemann D,Majer-Trendel K,Krieg JC,Berger M

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of short-term dynamic psychotherapy is, through working with a central conflict and transference reactions, to obtain lasting changes based on cognitive and emotional understanding of the main dynamics of the central conflict, called insight. The aim of the present study was to construct a follow-up form that ...

journal_title：Psychotherapy and psychosomatics

authors： Husby R,Dahl AA,Dahl CI,Heiberg AN,Olafsen OM,Weisaeth L

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Metatherapy (a psychotherapeutic procedure based upon parental couple collaboration) is a technique useful for working with severely disorganized family contexts, in which psychopathological diseases (such as psychotic or psychosomatic disorders, suicide attempts of the children etc.) can appear. The management of the...

journal_title：Psychotherapy and psychosomatics

authors： Vaz-Leal FJ

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Scarce data are available on the influence of psychological aspects on 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure patterns either in normotensive or hypertensive subjects. This study was designed to evaluate the relationship between psychological profile and changes in daytime/nighttime blood pressure rhythm. METHOD...

journal_title：Psychotherapy and psychosomatics

authors： Fallo F,Barzon L,Rabbia F,Navarrini C,Conterno A,Veglio F,Cazzaro M,Fava GA,Sonino N

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In an exploratory study, we used a novel computerized battery of neuropsychological tests of attention to assess residual cognitive impairment in marijuana users. METHODS:We compared 25 college students who were heavy marijuana smokers (who had smoked a median of 29 days in the last 30 days) with 30 student...

journal_title：Psychotherapy and psychosomatics

authors： Pope HG Jr,Jacobs A,Mialet JP,Yurgelun-Todd D,Gruber S

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The author discusses the development of the psychosomatic asthma theory as a paradigm of theory formation in psychomatic medicine. The first formulation of the theory was based on clinical and psychiatric observations. It was tested by psychological, physiological and experimental methods and as a result was reformula...

journal_title：Psychotherapy and psychosomatics

authors： Groen JJ

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The relation between psychosomatic and psychosocial symptoms and blood pressure was studied in Swedish schoolchildren. METHODS:Blood pressure was measured in 122 healthy Swedish schoolchildren, aged 6-16 years. Psychosomatic and psychosocial symptoms, delinquent behaviour, parental health and employment sta...

journal_title：Psychotherapy and psychosomatics

authors： Borres MP,Tanaka H,Thulesius O

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pathological hyperprolactinaemia (PH) is significantly associated with: (1) paternal deprivation during childhood, (2) depression, (3) non-specific symptoms including obesity and weight gain. The clinical onset of the symptoms often follows pregnancy or a loss. Prolactin is an insulin antagonist which does not promote...

journal_title：Psychotherapy and psychosomatics

authors： Sobrinho LG,Almeida-Costa JM

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present study of 253 patients with chronic pain syndrome we have made a multidimensional approach. All patients have been included in the study independent of coexisting states of anxiety or depression. We included criteria for diagnosis, duration, generability and intensity of pain, anxiety and depression, psy...

journal_title：Psychotherapy and psychosomatics

authors： Poulsen DL,Hansen HJ,Langemark M,Olesen J,Bech P

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00