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：OBJECTIVE:This study examined whether anxiety and depression were independently associated with elevated blood pressure in elderly persons. METHOD:The study group consisted of 1389 subjects aged 59 to 71 years recruited from the electoral rolls of the city of Nantes (France). Subjects completed the Center for Epidemio...

journal_title：Psychosomatic medicine

authors： Paterniti S,Alpérovitch A,Ducimetière P,Dealberto MJ,Lépine JP,Bisserbe JC

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study examines whether stressful negative life events and pessimism were associated with lower natural killer cell cytotoxicity (NKCC) and T cytotoxic/suppressor cell (CD8+CD3+) percentage in black women co-infected with human immunodeficiency virus Type 1 (HIV-1) and human papillomavirus (HPV), a viral ...

journal_title：Psychosomatic medicine

authors： Byrnes DM,Antoni MH,Goodkin K,Efantis-Potter J,Asthana D,Simon T,Munajj J,Ironson G,Fletcher MA

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:In this article, we evaluated the prospective association between measures of trait anger, hostility, and anxiety and indices of carotid atherosclerosis in 200 healthy middle-aged postmenopausal women. METHODS:Starting in 1983, 541 premenopausal women were evaluated for their levels of standard cardiovascula...

journal_title：Psychosomatic medicine

authors： Matthews KA,Owens JF,Kuller LH,Sutton-Tyrrell K,Jansen-McWilliams L

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:While depression has been found to predict mortality in acute myocardial infarction, results from many other groups of medical patients are inconclusive. It is, therefore, unclear whether depression also predicts mortality in the typical mixed patient populations treated on medical hospital wards and whether ...

journal_title：Psychosomatic medicine

authors： Herrmann C,Brand-Driehorst S,Kaminsky B,Leibing E,Staats H,Rüger U

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study examined pituitary-adrenocortical responses to dietary doses of caffeine (3.3 mg/kg, equivalent to 2 to 3 cups of coffee), alone and combined with behavioral stress, in men at high risk versus low risk for hypertension. A randomized, double-blind, caffeine-placebo crossover design was used. METHOD...

journal_title：Psychosomatic medicine

authors： al'Absi M,Lovallo WR,McKey B,Sung BH,Whitsett TL,Wilson MF

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To study the sociocultural transformation of neurasthenia (shenjing shuairuo, SJSR), as both disease and illness, in Chinese society. METHOD:This is based on a critical review of evidence drawn from the psychiatric and anthropological literature, and the use of a single case study. RESULTS:SJSR remains a ub...

journal_title：Psychosomatic medicine

authors： Lee S

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The study investigated the effects of moderate doses of caffeine on ambulatory blood pressure and heart rate during workday activities. METHODS:Healthy, nonsmoking, habitual coffee drinkers (N = 21) received daily doses of 100 mg and 500 mg of caffeine on 2 days in a crossover design. Treatment order was ran...

journal_title：Psychosomatic medicine

authors： Lane JD,Phillips-Bute BG,Pieper CF

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess whether work characteristics and social support are predictors of physical, psychological, and social functioning. METHOD:Work characteristics (Karasek and Siegrist models) and social support at baseline were used to predict health functioning measured by the SF-36 General Health Survey 5 years lat...

journal_title：Psychosomatic medicine

authors： Stansfeld SA,Bosma H,Hemingway H,Marmot MG

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study investigates psychological and psychobiological processes in patients with somatization syndrome. METHOD:We compared physiological measures (heart rate, finger pulse volume, electrodermal activity, electromyography), cortisol levels, and subjective well-being during rest and during a mental stress...

journal_title：Psychosomatic medicine

authors： Rief W,Shaw R,Fichter MM

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Patients with recurrent chest pain but no evidence of coronary artery disease often meet diagnostic criteria for panic disorder (PD). However, it can be argued that the phenomenological diagnosis of PD may not be valid in these normal coronary chest pain (NCCP) patients. The purpose of this study is to additi...

journal_title：Psychosomatic medicine

authors： Maddock RJ,Carter CS,Tavano-Hall L,Amsterdam EA

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We examined the relationship between hostility and mononuclear leukocyte (MNL) beta-adrenergic receptor function in a sample of young healthy males. METHOD:Thirty subjects were selected for having scored above 20 (N = 11) and below 14 (N = 19) on the Cook-Medley Hostility (Ho) scale. MNL beta-adrenergic rece...

journal_title：Psychosomatic medicine

authors： Suarez EC,Shiller AD,Kuhn CM,Schanberg S,Williams RB Jr,Zimmermann EA

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The present investigation was designed to provide the first empirical examination of the effects of clonidine, a selective alpha 2-adrenergic agonist, on sexual arousal in women with and without prior sympathetic nervous system [SNS] stimulation by exercise. The purpose was to help elucidate the influence of ...

journal_title：Psychosomatic medicine

authors： Meston CM,Gorzalka BB,Wright JM

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To investigate the impact of cigarette smoking and oral contraceptive (OC) use on hemodynamic stress responses of women. Also, to examine gender differences in stress reactivity as a function of smoking status and acute nicotine administration. METHODS:Thirty men and 46 women, differing in smoking status an...

journal_title：Psychosomatic medicine

authors： Girdler SS,Jamner LD,Jarvik M,Soles JR,Shapiro D

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study examined how the perception of parental caring, obtained from undergraduates, relates to subsequent health over the ensuing 35 years. METHODS:In the early 1950s, initial ratings of parental caring were obtained from a sample of healthy, Harvard undergraduate men who participated in the Harvard Mas...

journal_title：Psychosomatic medicine

authors： Russek LG,Schwartz GE

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Progress in the use of genetically altered animals for psychosomatic research is reviewed. METHOD:Analysis of the strengths and weaknesses of these models, particularly from a developmental and behavioral prospective is used to assess the validity of these models. RESULTS:Genetically altered animals can be ...

journal_title：Psychosomatic medicine

authors： Crnic LS

更新日期：1996-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Relationships of psychosocial factors (anger, hostility, hassles, and caregiving) with fasting insulin and glucose levels were examined. Samples included two groups of nondiabetic adults (mean age = 69.4 years): spouse caregivers (CG) of individuals with diagnoses of Alzheimer's disease (AD) (N = 78) and spouses of no...

journal_title：Psychosomatic medicine

authors： Vitaliano PP,Scanlan JM,Krenz C,Fujimoto W

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Acute myocardial infarction is often accompanied by anxiety, but the effect of this emotion on recovery is unclear. The purpose of this study was to determine the association between patient anxiety early after acute myocardial infarction and the incidence of subsequent in-hospital complications. METHODS:We ...

journal_title：Psychosomatic medicine

authors： Moser DK,Dracup K

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several pathologies of the oral cavity have been associated with stress, so we investigated salivary-induced aggregation during psychological stress. In addition, salivary total protein, alpha-amylase, and secretory immunoglobulin A (s-IgA) were assessed. In this longitudinal study, 28 dental students provided unstimu...

journal_title：Psychosomatic medicine

authors： Bosch JA,Brand HS,Ligtenberg TJ,Bermond B,Hoogstraten J,Nieuw Amerongen AV

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous work from our group has examined the relationship between stress and immunodepression in medical students taking National Boards, Part I, and has described a relationship between stress intrusion scores (SIS) and immunodepression. We have also shown that a high proportion of individuals with generalized anxie...

journal_title：Psychosomatic medicine

authors： La Via MF,Munno I,Lydiard RB,Workman EW,Hubbard JR,Michel Y,Paulling E

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study's purpose was to examine the extent to which optimism, knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs predict use of HIV testing services in a group of at-risk female adolescents. We prospectively interviewed 124 consecutive girls engaging in risky behaviors before regularly scheduled pediatric clinic appointments at a ...

journal_title：Psychosomatic medicine

authors： Goodman E,Chesney MA,Tipton AC

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Osteoporosis is a common problem in postmenopausal women. It has been linked to estrogen deficiency, other neuroendocrine processes such as hypercortisolemia and male hypogonadism, nutritional deficiencies, and other mechanisms. Some of these changes have been also reported in male and female patients with mental diso...

journal_title：Psychosomatic medicine

authors： Halbreich U,Rojansky N,Palter S,Hreshchyshyn M,Kreeger J,Bakhai Y,Rosan R

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Psychological stress is thought to undermine host resistance to infection through neuroendocrine-mediated changes in immune competence. Associations between stress and infection have been modest in magnitude, however, suggesting individual variability in stress response. We therefore studied environmental stressors, p...

journal_title：Psychosomatic medicine

authors： Boyce WT,Chesney M,Alkon A,Tschann JM,Adams S,Chesterman B,Cohen F,Kaiser P,Folkman S,Wara D

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was designed to investigate relationships between serum thyroid hormone levels and the severity of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms in a group of 65 male Vietnam combat veterans who participated as members of cohorts in an elective inpatient treatment program. Thyroid hormone measures included ...

journal_title：Psychosomatic medicine

authors： Wang S,Mason J,Southwick S,Johnson D,Lubin H,Charney D

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examined the effects of Hurricane Andrew on physical symptoms and functional impairments in a sample of chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) patients residing in South Florida. In the months after Hurricane Andrew (September 15-December 31, 1992), 49 CFS patients were assessed for psychosocial and physical functi...

journal_title：Psychosomatic medicine

authors： Lutgendorf SK,Antoni MH,Ironson G,Fletcher MA,Penedo F,Baum A,Schneiderman N,Klimas N

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors recruited 229 treatment-seeking anorexic and bulimic women for a prospective, longitudinal study. Telephone interviews were arranged every 3 months for at least 1 year for 225 patients. At intake, 132 subjects were menstruating, 34 subjects were taking oral contraceptives, 5 subjects had an organic cause f...

journal_title：Psychosomatic medicine

authors： Copeland PM,Sacks NR,Herzog DB

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The plasma cholesterol levels of 279 students were measured and related to decision and movement times in choice reaction time tasks with one, two, four, and eight lamps. In female subjects, low plasma cholesterol levels were associated with slower movement times and, when responding to one or two lamps, slower decisi...

journal_title：Psychosomatic medicine

authors： Benton D

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies suggest that the ways in which parents respond to children's health complaints (reinforcement) and the ways in which they cope with their own illnesses (modeling) influence the frequency of symptoms, disability days, and health care visits made by these children when they grow up. However, previous st...

journal_title：Psychosomatic medicine

authors： Whitehead WE,Crowell MD,Heller BR,Robinson JC,Schuster MM,Horn S

更新日期：1994-11-01 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：:Earlier studies suggest that cardiovascular responses in the laboratory and in the field are likely to be related when the laboratory tasks involve active coping, when the field measure is taken continuously, and when there is allowance for the effects of autocorrelation and physical activity on the ambulant cardiovas...

journal_title：Psychosomatic medicine

authors： Johnston DW,Schmidt TF,Albus C,Vagt S,McSorley K,Klingmann I,Bethge H

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examined the role of chronic life stress (homelessness), coping style, and hypertension on beta-adrenergic receptors in a sample of homeless men. Sixteen healthy normotensive subjects and nine untreated hypertensive subjects were studied. Life stress was measured with the Brown and Harris categorization; co...

journal_title：Psychosomatic medicine

authors： Dimsdale JE,Mills P,Patterson T,Ziegler M,Dillon E

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A number of psychosomatic studies have suggested that alexithymia, impairment in identifying and expressing inner feelings, might somehow affect the course of various illnesses. However, none of these studies have distinguished between an impact of alexithymia on actual pathophysiological change versus an impact only ...

journal_title：Psychosomatic medicine

authors： Kauhanen J,Kaplan GA,Cohen RD,Salonen R,Salonen JT

更新日期：1994-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examines the effectiveness of an intervention for minor depression in primary care patients. One hundred fifty public care medical patients were randomly assigned to either an 8-week cognitive-behavioral course intended to help them use pleasant activities, constructive thinking, and interpersonal relations...

journal_title：Psychosomatic medicine

authors： Miranda J,Muñoz R

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of a 2-hour laboratory challenge on heart rate, blood pressure, catecholamines, and cortisol; and investigate the contribution of the physical act of speaking on both neuroendocrine and cardiovascular measures. Using a within-subjects design, 14 subjects were tested...

journal_title：Psychosomatic medicine

authors： McCann BS,Carter J,Vaughan M,Raskind M,Wilkinson CW,Veith RC

更新日期：1993-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although increased morbidity and mortality have been reliably associated with social isolation and less satisfying personal relationships, relatively little is known about the underlying biopsychosocial mechanisms. We assessed problem-solving behaviors and changes in immune function in 90 newlywed couples who were adm...

journal_title：Psychosomatic medicine

authors： Kiecolt-Glaser JK,Malarkey WB,Chee M,Newton T,Cacioppo JT,Mao HY,Glaser R

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The association of apolipoprotein E (apoE) polymorphism with temperament and Type A behavior was studied in 1577 randomly selected healthy children, adolescents, and young adults during a follow-up period of 9 years. Temperament was correlated with apoE phenotypes. Motor activity, even hyperactivity, in childhood and ...

journal_title：Psychosomatic medicine

authors： Keltikangas-Järvinen L,Räikkönen K,Lehtimäki T

更新日期：1993-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study compared the neurobehavioral performance of hypertensive and normotensive men and women using neuropsychological, information-processing, and psychometric assessments. One hundred subjects, including 68 hypertensive and 32 normotensive individuals, completed a test battery that yielded scores on measures of...

journal_title：Psychosomatic medicine

authors： Blumenthal JA,Madden DJ,Pierce TW,Siegel WC,Appelbaum M

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A general population sample of 100 primigravid women was studied prospectively to describe the changes in eating that occur in pregnancy with particular reference to cravings and aversions and the behavior and attitudes characteristic of clinical eating disorders. Assessment was by standardized interview. Dietary crav...

journal_title：Psychosomatic medicine

authors： Fairburn CG,Stein A,Jones R

更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty-two studies on the effects of psychological treatment on cancer patients are reviewed. Only studies that compared one or more experimental conditions with at least one control group have been considered. The studies were evaluated with respect to a) research methods, b) psychological interventions, and c) resul...

journal_title：Psychosomatic medicine

authors： Trijsburg RW,van Knippenberg FC,Rijpma SE

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the cardiovascular responses to orthostatic and mental stress of 43 healthy subjects who daily received six cups of boiled or filtered coffee and of 21 healthy subjects who abstained from caffeine-containing beverages. All 64 subjects first received six cups of filtered coffee/day for 2 weeks. Then blood pr...

journal_title：Psychosomatic medicine

authors： van Dusseldorp M,Smits P,Lenders JW,Temme L,Thien T,Katan MB

更新日期：1992-05-01 00:00:00