abstract：BACKGROUND:Over the last years the way in which patients with chronic physical illness respond to their illness (illness behavior) has been explored by several studies. This study sought to examine characteristics of illness behavior and to investigate the association between illness behavior and psychosocial and clini...

journal_title：Psychotherapy and psychosomatics

authors： Grassi L,Righi R,Makoui S,Sighinolfi L,Ferri S,Ghinelli F

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:The effectiveness of brief psychotherapy is established, but criteria for the selection of patients remain elusive. This study examines the usefulness of some widely used criteria for the selection of patients for brief psychodynamic therapy (BPT). METHODS:A checklist of 39 criteria often use...

journal_title：Psychotherapy and psychosomatics

authors： Sigal JJ,Paris J,Kardos M,Zimmerman G,Buonvino M

更新日期：1999-01-01 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: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：BACKGROUND:The aim of this study was to investigate the clinical features of psychosomatic disorders in Japan. METHODS:A total of 1,432 outpatients (515 males and 917 females; 9-95 years of age, mean age 36) attending a psychosomatic clinic for the first time were assessed by the DSM-III-R or DSM-IV semistructured int...

journal_title：Psychotherapy and psychosomatics

authors： Nakao M,Nomura S,Yamanaka G,Kumano H,Kuboki T

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with hyperprolactinemia often present with emotional difficulties. These occasionally persist even after successful treatment. Insight into the roots of their diseased state makes a difference in the handling of all cases, but becomes crucial in the not-so-rare situations in which the normalization of hormona...

journal_title：Psychotherapy and psychosomatics

authors： Sobrinho LG

更新日期：1998-01-01 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：BACKGROUND:While the extent of medical comorbidity in depressive illness is widely recognised, there have been few studies where objective and subjective assessment of comorbidity in chronic depression have been made. The aim of this study was to determine the extent and nature of medical comorbidity, in terms of both ...

journal_title：Psychotherapy and psychosomatics

authors： Schrader GD

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In the present study the authors evaluated the relationship between personality traits (according to DSM-III-R) and poor metabolic control in an adult onset insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus sample (n = 77). METHODS:Personality traits were assessed with the Personality Diagnostic Questionnaire--Revised. M...

journal_title：Psychotherapy and psychosomatics

authors： Orlandini A,Pastore MR,Fossati A,Clerici S,Sergi A,Balini A,Maffei C,Secchi A,Pozza G

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The objective of this study was to assess physicians' perception of their work, organisation and professional development. METHODS:All major disciplines at a major regional hospital were studied. Participants responded to a structured questionnaire concerning broad aspects of physicians' work. The response ...

journal_title：Psychotherapy and psychosomatics

authors： Arnetz BB

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Stress has been associated with the course of Tourette's syndrome (TS). METHODS:The case report presented aims to emphasize the effect a severe traumatic experience has on the expression of TS. RESULTS:Following an intense traumatic experience, combat-related, a relatively mild case of TS became intractabl...

journal_title：Psychotherapy and psychosomatics

authors： Witzum E,Bar-On R,Dolberg OT,Kotler M

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The aim of the present study was to find out whether alexithymia is common in frequently attending primary health care patients and whether alexithymia and psychological distress are associated in these patients. METHODS:Alexithymia was measured by the TAS-26 and psychological distress by the SCL-25 in a ra...

journal_title：Psychotherapy and psychosomatics

authors： Joukamaa M,Karlsson H,Sholman B,Lehtinen V

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There has been relatively little research on subthreshold eating disorders and factors which might promote their transition to eating disorders. METHODS:A sample consisting of 1,944 Swiss adolescents of both sexes, 14-19 years of age, was investigated for eating behavior (EAT-26), psychological (SCL-90-R) a...

journal_title：Psychotherapy and psychosomatics

authors： Buddeberg-Fischer B,Bernet R,Schmid J,Buddeberg C

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:It is still unknown whether anxiety disorders observed in Graves' disease are a consequence of increased thyroid hormone levels or precede the onset of Graves' disease. METHODS:Two case reports are described. RESULTS:In 2 patients Graves' disease occurred in the setting of previously established euthyroid ...

journal_title：Psychotherapy and psychosomatics

authors： Matsubayashi S,Tamaí H,Matsumoto Y,Tamagawa K,Mukuta T,Morita T,Kubo C

更新日期：1996-01-01 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：:The introduction of DSM-III/DSM-III-R and ICD-10 implies fundamental innovations to the diagnostic process. The changes relate both to formal aspects (e.g. symptom and time-related criteria) and to content (e.g. the abandonment of the concept of neurosis). Additionally, specific assessment instruments are introduced. ...

journal_title：Psychotherapy and psychosomatics

authors： Stieglitz RD,Schüssler G

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nurses make up a considerable proportion of the Swedish health care staff. Few nationally representative studies of their work environment and health, however, have been published. The present questionnaire study on work conditions, skill utilization, health and well-being of a national representative sample of 3,500 ...

journal_title：Psychotherapy and psychosomatics

authors： Petterson IL,Arnetz BB,Arnetz JE,Hörte LG

更新日期：1995-01-01 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：:Given the contradictory reports concerning psychophysiological reactivity of hypertensives this issue was reexamined. In contrast to the large majority of studies, the hypertensive sample should not be made up of patients in medical care and the control group should be comparable in all relevant aspects other than blo...

journal_title：Psychotherapy and psychosomatics

authors： Köhler T,Scherbaum N,Ritz T

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Psychiatric clinicians frequently prescribe biologic treatments such as antidepressant medication in combination with psychologic treatments such as psychotherapy. In the present article we propose a model integrating antidepressant treatment with Beck's cognitive therapy, a form of psychotherapy with established effi...

journal_title：Psychotherapy and psychosomatics

authors： Pava JA,Fava M,Levenson JA

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:By way of introduction the concepts 'helpful-supportive' (in analytical psychotherapy) and 'exclusive-supportive' psychotherapy are defined. Then the indications and the patients' characteristics (marked ego weakness, dependency wishes) concerning exclusive-supportive psychotherapy in psychosomatic medicine are outlin...

journal_title：Psychotherapy and psychosomatics

authors： Freyberger H,Freyberger HJ

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a small pilot controlled study over 8 weeks, 12 obsessive-compulsive ruminators listened for 2 h daily to their own audiotaped voice either (1) describing their anxiogenic thoughts (exposure) but omitting anxiolytic thoughts (mental/cognitive rituals), or (2) reading neutral prose or poetry. Taking all patients, bo...

journal_title：Psychotherapy and psychosomatics

authors： Lovell K,Marks IM,Noshirvani H,O'Sullivan G

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to compare hypochondriacal phenomena in patients with generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) and panic disorder (PD), and in order to examine the relationship between worries about illness on one hand, and disease fears/phobias and hypochondriacal beliefs on the other, the authors administered the Illness Attitud...

journal_title：Psychotherapy and psychosomatics

authors： Starcevic V,Fallon S,Uhlenhuth EH,Pathak D

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A psychometric analysis on patients with duodenal ulcer using latent structure coefficients (Loevinger and Mokken) showed that the MMPI subscales of depression, psychasthenia, hypochondriasis, hysteria, schizophrenia and social introversion all could be considered as indicators of Eysenck's dimension of neuroticism. B...

journal_title：Psychotherapy and psychosomatics

authors： Jess P,Bech P

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Based on the situation in the Federal Republic of Germany, this article reviews the development, organization and theoretical framework of in-patient and ward psychosomatic psychotherapy. Indications for treating psychosomatic patients in hospital, the effects of treatment and some results on the process of in-patient...

journal_title：Psychotherapy and psychosomatics

authors： Strauss B,Burgmeier-Lohse M

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The political or ecological concept of quality of life refers to irreplaceable aspects of life. The health-related quality of life concept has the same impact of considering the irreplaceable (idiographic) aspects of treatment outcome in patients with chronic disorders. When comparing the different attempts to measure...

journal_title：Psychotherapy and psychosomatics

authors： Bech P

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The studies described in this paper provide evidence for the importance of social factors in determining the response of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (H-P-A) system to stress. The presence of familiar social partners can reduce or eliminate the cortisol response to either loss of a significant social relationshi...

journal_title：Psychotherapy and psychosomatics

authors： Levine S

更新日期：1993-01-01 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：:Results of a study of over 100 children whose father killed their mother have been summarized and principles for practice have been formulated. All children orphaned by the death of one parent at the other's hands should be seen as soon as possible in a child psychiatry department and assessed. An immediate crisis int...

journal_title：Psychotherapy and psychosomatics

authors： Black D,Harris-Hendriks J,Kaplan T

更新日期：1992-01-01 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：:The Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS) offers a reliable method to measure alexithymia, a personality construct describing individuals endorsing the inability to identify and report emotions, processing a minimal fantasy life, utilizing an analytic cognitive style, and tending to somatize. Utilizing four cohorts of both ...

journal_title：Psychotherapy and psychosomatics

authors： Mann LS,Wise TN,Shay L

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Compliance is an ancient topic subjected to intense recent scrutiny as a result of scientific and social changes which focus on lifestyle adjustment to chronic illness and emphasize increasing patient involvement in self-care. Difficulties in definition, measurement and research design as well as the complexity of the...

journal_title：Psychotherapy and psychosomatics

authors： Blackwell B

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eighty morbidly obese married women and 69 of their husbands completed a self-report measure of personal and marital adjustment before the women proceeded to gastric restriction surgery. Fifty-five women and 41 husbands repeated the measure 12 months after surgery, at which time the women had lost a mean of 35.4 kg. W...

journal_title：Psychotherapy and psychosomatics

authors： Hafner RJ

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study investigates the possibilities to identify, within a group of acute low-back pain patients, individuals with psychogenic etiology to pain. 26 acute back pain patients and 25 healthy control subjects were tested with the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory Hysteria: (Hs), Hypochondria (Hy), Depressio...

journal_title：Psychotherapy and psychosomatics

authors： Sivik TM

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Derogatis Stress Profile (DSP) is unique among the numerous measures of 'stress' in that it incorporates the interactional model of Lazarus and Folkman in a multidimensional structure. Derogatis has studied the psychometric properties of the DSP but its validity has not been demonstrated in the 'real world' nor ha...

journal_title：Psychotherapy and psychosomatics

authors： Dobkin PL,Pihl RO,Breault C

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The concept of the specificity of psychosomatic diseases (Alexander) is being differentiated at the time. In order to clarify some aspects of this problem, we want to investigate whether types of self-rating of normal persons differ from those of patients with bronchial asthma. In a second step we shall examine whethe...

journal_title：Psychotherapy and psychosomatics

authors： Deter HC,Schepank H

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Little is known about prognostic factors in the treatment of bulimic patients. In the context of an ongoing study we looked at 1-year symptomatic outcome of 37 outpatients fulfilling DSM-III-R criteria for bulimia nervosa in relation to a variety of measures at first assessment. These included multiple measures of dep...

journal_title：Psychotherapy and psychosomatics

authors： Herzog T,Hartmann A,Sandholz A,Stammer H

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is stated that much psychoneuroendocrinological research is carried out that lacks a theoretical framework and therefore adds little to our current knowledge. Therefore, five research issues have been presented which need further exploration: (1) the temporal relation between subjective and biological stress respon...

journal_title：Psychotherapy and psychosomatics

authors： Vingerhoets AJ,Assies J

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The concept of denial is important for the psychosomatic understanding of cardiovascular disease and treatment. This study evaluated denial using several psychometric assessment scales in patients referred for psychiatric evaluations prior to heart transplantation. Surviving patients who had a mean survival of more th...

journal_title：Psychotherapy and psychosomatics

authors： Young LD,Schweiger J,Beitzinger J,McManus R,Bloedel C,Koob J

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Psychodynamics can interfere with medical compliance, especially in psychologically vulnerable patients. A case is presented of a cancer patient who developed a powerful transference reaction to her oncologist, jeopardizing her treatment for cancer. Strategies for integrating techniques of insight-oriented psychothera...

journal_title：Psychotherapy and psychosomatics

authors： Wyszynski AA

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00