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：BACKGROUND:Physical activity is strongly associated with lower risk of recurrent cardiac events in patients who experience an acute coronary syndrome (ACS), yet most patients do not meet recommended levels of physical activity. Psychological well-being is associated with higher levels of physical activity, but midlife ...

journal_title：Psychosomatics

authors： Feig EH,Celano CM,Massey CN,Chung WJ,Romero P,Harnedy LE,Huffman JC

更新日期：2020-06-12 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：BACKGROUND:Provision of palliative care is part of the standard of care for patients with serious, life-limiting medical illnesses. Patients in the palliative care setting have high rates of psychiatric co-morbidity. However, integration of mental health care into palliative care remains a significant gap. With appropr...

journal_title：Psychosomatics

authors： Shalev D,Nash SS,Levenson JA,Shapiro PA

更新日期：2020-01-01 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：BACKGROUND:Delirium is a prevalent neuropsychiatric disorder associated with increased morbidity and mortality. Half the cases remain misdiagnosed. OBJECTIVE:Assess the effectiveness of the Stanford Proxy Test for Delirium (S-PTD) in detecting delirium in an inpatient setting. METHODS:This is a comparison study. Dail...

journal_title：Psychosomatics

authors： Maldonado JR,Sher YI,Benitez-Lopez MA,Savant V,Garcia R,Ament A,De Guzman E

更新日期：2020-01-01 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：BACKGROUND:Mental illness is associated with an increased risk for medical hospitalizations. OBJECTIVE:This study investigates the degree to which nonpsychiatric factors account for these hospitalizations. METHODS:Using National Veterans Health Administration (VHA) fiscal year 2012 data for 2 million veterans under t...

journal_title：Psychosomatics

authors： Moore DT,Rosenheck RA

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Individuals with co-existing serious mental illness and non-psychiatric medical illness are at high risk of acute care utilization. Mining of electronic health record data can help identify and categorize predictors of psychiatric hospital readmission in this population. OBJECTIVE:This study aimed to identi...

journal_title：Psychosomatics

authors： Edgcomb J,Shaddox T,Hellemann G,Brooks JO 3rd

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The implementation of emergency codes has become standard practice in hospitals to provide system-wide preparedness for the early detection and prevention of crises. Psychiatric emergencies in medical/surgical locations, however, are not typically regarded as distinct entities from general security threats. ...

journal_title：Psychosomatics

authors： Parker CB

更新日期：2019-01-01 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：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:Psychosocial assessment is an essential component of the pretransplant evaluation. Many individuals have significant psychosocial problems, and they are either denied for transplantation or deferred from listing and transplant until the psychosocial issues are addressed. OBJECTIVE:The primary aim of this st...

journal_title：Psychosomatics

authors： Schneekloth TD,Hitschfeld MJ,Jowsey-Gregoire SG,Petterson TM,Dunlay SM,Niazi SK,Vasquez AR,Rummans TA

更新日期：2019-01-01 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：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：BACKGROUND:Consultation-liaison (C-L) psychiatry clerkship rotations may improve medical students' understanding of psychiatric principles relevant to the settings in which they will ultimately practice. This study aimed to characterize students' experiences on C-L rotations. METHODS:This cross-sectional survey study,...

journal_title：Psychosomatics

authors： Meyer F,Abbasi O,Kasick D,Lee K,Pelic C,Zinser J,Harris T,Funk M,Academy of Psychosomatic Medicine’s Medical Student Education Subcommittee.

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patients with severe psychiatric disorders such as schizophrenia and bipolar affective disorder (BPAD) have in the past been excluded from organ transplantation programs based on their psychiatric illness. However, there is little data on the outcomes of renal transplantation in these patients and little evi...

journal_title：Psychosomatics

authors： Butler MI,McCartan D,Cooney A,Kelly PO,Ahmed I,Little D,MacHale S,Conlon P

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is a widespread and costly cause of morbidity and mortality globally and in the United States. The treatment of HCV has been revolutionized with the recent development of direct-acting antiviral medications. These new treatments are substantially better tolerated and more efficacious ...

journal_title：Psychosomatics

authors： Chasser Y,Kim AY,Freudenreich O

更新日期：2017-01-01 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：BACKGROUND:Anxiety symptoms commonly occur in dermatological patients and can affect the severity of dermatological symptoms. Anxiety sensitivity (AS), defined as the fear of anxiety symptoms, is a well-supported cognitive vulnerability factor that may be particularly significant in these patients. OBJECTIVE:This stud...

journal_title：Psychosomatics

authors： Dixon LJ,Lee AA,Viana AG,McCowan NK,Brodell RT,Tull MT

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cerebral white matter lesions (WMLs) are more common in individuals with late-onset or late-life depression. It has been proposed that carotid atherosclerosis may predispose to WMLs by inducing cerebral hypoperfusion. This hemodynamic effect of carotid atherosclerosis could be important for the formation of ...

journal_title：Psychosomatics

authors： Devantier TA,Nørgaard BL,Poulsen MK,Garde E,Øvrehus KA,Marwan M,Achenbach S,Dey D,Sørensen LH,Videbech P

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Research has shown that Intensive Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy (ISTDP) can effectively decrease pain intensity and improve quality of life in patients with medically unexplained pain. OBJECTIVE:Understanding that not all patients with medically unexplained pain have access to in-person ISTDP, this study...

journal_title：Psychosomatics

authors： Chavooshi B,Mohammadkhani P,Dolatshahi B

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Job descriptions for psychiatrists will change significantly over the next decade, as psychiatrists will be called on to work as caseload consultants to the primary care team. OBJECTIVE:The purpose of this pilot study was to examine the effects of an American Association of Directors of Psychiatric Residenc...

journal_title：Psychosomatics

authors： Huang H,Barkil-Oteo A

更新日期：2015-11-01 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：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:Biofeedback-assisted relaxation training (BART) can treat several common pediatric presentations, including chronic pain and anxiety. Its effectiveness, applicability to a variety of conditions, and equipment portability make it an ideal treatment approach for use in an inpatient pediatric consultation-liais...

journal_title：Psychosomatics

authors： McKenna K,Gallagher KA,Forbes PW,Ibeziako P

更新日期：2015-07-01 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：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:Depression is commonly reported in patients after cardiac surgery and increases the risk of postoperative cardiac morbidity or mortality or both. Although preoperative depression has been implicated as the strongest predictor of depression after surgery, the characteristics thought to influence reactive or p...

journal_title：Psychosomatics

authors： Patron E,Messerotti Benvenuti S,Palomba D

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Comorbidity between vestibular and psychiatric disorders in predisposed individuals is underestimated, untreated, and may result in chronicization and poor quality of life. There are few studies concerning the type and the prevalence of psychiatric-psychosomatic distress in patients with benign paroxysmal po...

journal_title：Psychosomatics

authors： Ferrari S,Monzani D,Baraldi S,Simoni E,Prati G,Forghieri M,Rigatelli M,Genovese E,Pingani L

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although anesthetics have been used for more than a century, their mechanisms of action remain poorly understood. Given that a number of intraoperative and postoperative neuropsychiatric syndromes have been linked to the use of anesthetics, practitioners should familiarize themselves with these conditions. ...

journal_title：Psychosomatics

authors： Gross AF,Stern TA

更新日期：2014-01-01 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 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：OBJECTIVE:This study examines the use of substance abuse and mental health services among older adults with substance use disorders. METHODS:Participants were members of Humana Cares, a subsidiary of Humana, Inc., a care management program for chronically ill Medicare Advantage members, between 2008 and 2010. All adul...

journal_title：Psychosomatics

authors： Huang H,Chan YF,Bauer AM,Suzuki J,Katon W,Russo J,Hogan D,Unützer J

更新日期：2013-11-01 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：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

abstract：BACKGROUND:Delirium commonly occurs in hospitalized elderly patients, resulting in increased morbidity and mortality. Although evidence for treatment of delirium exists, evidence supporting pharmacologic prevention of delirium in high risk patients is limited. OBJECTIVE:This review examined whether delirium in at-risk...

journal_title：Psychosomatics

authors： Teslyar P,Stock VM,Wilk CM,Camsari U,Ehrenreich MJ,Himelhoch S

更新日期：2013-03-01 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：BACKGROUND:Psychiatric consultations involving the evaluation of patients' medical decision-making capacity often seem to have little to do with truly compromised patient autonomy. OBJECTIVE:The authors seek to examine hidden ethical dilemmas that lead to capacity evaluation requests. METHOD:The authors utilize the "...

journal_title：Psychosomatics

authors： Kontos N,Freudenreich O,Querques J

更新日期：2013-03-01 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