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Relationships Between Politics, Supervisor Communication, and Job Outcomes
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This study investigated the influence of perceptions of politics on the consequences of turnover intentions and job frustration; 2 important outcomes in the organizational politics literature. Additionally, this study examined the role of supervisor communication as a moderator of these relationships. We investigated the relationships in a sample of 246 alumni from a midwestern university who were working in a wide range of occupations. Our results provide support for positive associations between POPs and intentions to turnover and job frustration; supervisor communication moderated these relationships. Managerial recomme...
Source: Journal of Applied Social Psychology - October 26, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Kenneth J. Harris, Ranida B. Harris, Anthony R. Wheeler Tags: Original Articles Source Type: journals
Music as an Unconditioned Stimulus: Positive and Negative Effects of Country Music on Implicit Attitudes, Explicit Attitudes, and Brand Choice1Email this article to a colleague.
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An experiment (N = 68) explored how background music in a realistic web advertisement could condition implicit and explicit attitudes toward a novel brand. Conditioning effects were apparent in both traditional explicit attitude measures and also in the Implicit Association Test (IAT). Further, brand choice was predicted by explicit attitudes, but prediction improved significantly when implicit attitudes were considered. Mood-congruent judgment, demand effects, and conditioning are considered as potential explanations for our results, and we argue that conditioning provides the most parsimonious explanation. Finally, the r...
Source: Journal of Applied Social Psychology - October 26, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Christopher M. Redker, Bryan Gibson Tags: Original Articles Source Type: journals
Asian Risk Seeking and Overconfidence1Email this article to a colleague.
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This study examined the 2 seemingly separated domains of research: risk taking and overconfidence. It compared individual and collective (both family and group) decisions among Chinese in Singapore. This permitted tests of both the cushion and the argument recruitment hypotheses. The overall results obtained no support for the cushion effect and partial support for the argument recruitment hypotheses.
Source: Journal of Applied Social Psychology - October 26, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Shu Li, Yan-Ling Bi, Yuching Zhang Tags: Original Articles Source Type: journals
The Effects of Stereotype Threat and Pacing on Older Adults' Learning OutcomesEmail this article to a colleague.
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This study examined the effects of stereotype threat and pacing on older adult training outcomes. Older adults (N = 51; M age = 71 years) were randomly assigned to stereotype threat and pacing conditions and completed computerized library training. Contrary to expectations, stereotype threat was found to improve performance significantly on both training practice exercises and a post-training knowledge test. Self-pacing was not found to affect training performance, but did produce more positive reactions to the training course. Implications for training design and for stereotype threat research are discussed.
Source: Journal of Applied Social Psychology - October 26, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Barbara A. Fritzsche, Renée E. DeRouin, Eduardo Salas Tags: Original Articles Source Type: journals
The Effects of Assessment Mode and Privacy Level on Self-Reports of Risky Sexual Behaviors and Substance Use Among Young Women1Email this article to a colleague.
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This study examined differences in reported behaviors by assessment mode under differing privacy levels. Females were randomized to a computer-administered self-interview (CASI) or self-administered questionnaire (SAQ) assessment of sexual risk and substance use behaviors that was completed non-anonymously or anonymously. There were few differences in reported behaviors between assessment modes and privacy levels. However, an assessment mode by privacy-level interaction was found for 2 outcomes (unprotected oral sex, recent sexual partner). Greater disclosure occurred in the CASI-anonymous condition than the CASI-non-anony...
Source: Journal of Applied Social Psychology - October 26, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Jennifer L. Brown, Peter A. Vanable Tags: Original Articles Source Type: journals
The importance of the repressive coping style: findings from 30 years of research.Email this article to a colleague.
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During the last three decades there has been substantial research exploring the repressive coping style as defined by Weinberger, Schwartz, and Davidson. As "repressors," who score low on trait anxiety and high on defensiveness, account for up to 50% of certain populations, they are an essential group for psychologists to study. However, there are methodological issues in identifying repressors as well as considerable evidence that repressors avoid negative self-relevant information. Possible methods of addressing these difficulties are discussed in this review. Importantly, there is a body of evidence linking repressi...
Source: Anxiety, Stress, and Coping - October 26, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Myers LB Tags: Anxiety Stress Coping Source Type: journals
Does God Have a Place in Psychiatric Treatment Plans?Email this article to a colleague.
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In 1992, my father drove (more like sped) me to the emergency of Lion's Gate Hospital. I was floridly psychotic. I ran from one end of the parkade to the other, shouting ‘I am one with God'. Neither of us knew what was happening. My dad describes it as one of the most terrifying experiences of his life, for me one of the most devastating yet liberating.
My diagnosis: rapid-cycling, mixed stated bipolar disorder with mild temporal lobe epilepsy and generalized anxiety disorder. Yeah, say that five times fast!
Over the next five years I had four further psychotic episodes, innumerable manias and suicidal depressions and fi...
Source: Psychology Today Anxiety Center - October 25, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Victoria Maxwell Tags: Anxiety bipolar disorder bucket of fish case worker discharge plan generalized anxiety disorder God health care providers health care team images of god intense focus manic depression mental illness non-compliance orderlies p Source Type: consumer
Just Listen - Maybe You're Just WrongEmail this article to a colleague.
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Illness vs. Hubris: What would you choose? Recently when I have been seeing couples or families or individuals in which an Axis I psychiatric illness (major depression, anxiety, bipolar illness, schizophrenia according to the current psychiatric diagnostic nomenclature that usually requires some sort of medication) is clearly not present I have offered them the following choice. “Either I can diagnose you as having a sickness or illness and direct you towards treatment with psychotherapy (possibly long term) and possible medication and refer you to someone else who does much more of both currently than I or… I and you ...
Source: Psychology Today Relationships Center - October 25, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Dr. Mark Goulston Tags: Relationships axis belief bipolar common goal conjunction couples couples therapy depression anxiety feelings hubris immutable fact interpersonal communication looking at the world major depression marital therapy medicatio Source Type: consumer
Glimpsing the BelovedEmail this article to a colleague.
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I've been writing of the importance of interacting with the wild "out there"[click here]. I've also said that wildness exists within, and is readily accessible through the passions - primal passions based on responsible use. I've expressed this idea as a rant.Here's another, which again I think reads best read fast and read aloud. See what you think.You can be sold to White masters and told to say: Yes'sir, yes'sir, you're so smart. You can say that all day and not believe a word. You could be the half-black child that Jefferson sired. You can be seduced by women. You can be seduced by men. You can be seduced by corporate ...
Source: Psychology Today Relationships Center - October 25, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Peter H. Kahn, Jr., Ph.D. Tags: Happiness Health Morality Relationships Social Life Spirituality anger bones car dealership corporate food corporate greed decades french fries grease hatred jealousy passions pearls procreation rant slaves stupid Source Type: consumer
Body Language MythsEmail this article to a colleague.
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Myths About Nonverbal Communications:The first myth claims that because we know so much about body language now that it is easy to spot a liar. The second myth, and it is exactly that, a myth, is that eye aversion is indicative of deception.
Beginning in the 1970's so called body language experts began to prattle that body language was the key to determining if someone was lying. Both law enforcement officers and the general public bought into this, and even today, with shows such as Fox Television's "Lie to Me" http://www.fox.com/lietome/ the myth continues.
In 1985 Paul Ekman and other researchers looked at this myth and...
Source: Psychology Today Personality Center - October 25, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Joe Navarro, M.A. Tags: Personality assertions aversion body cues body language confessions dna exonerations Fox Television interviewee language experts law enforcement officers liar myth myths Nonverbal communications nonverbals paul ekman pitc Source Type: consumer
Sustainability: The Second Business Bottom LineEmail this article to a colleague.
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Business can no longer operate from the perspective of short-term financial gain only. The world has become too complex, and social and environmental concerns now make financial profits at the expense of everything not only short sighted but dangerous. And we need only see the leadership debacles of an Enron, Worldcom and the recent Wall Street fiascos to see what selfish financial gain reaps on everyone. There is increasing support for the notion of a business triple bottom line: financial profits, social responsibility and sustainability. Tim Sanders, in his book, Saving The World at Work, says "the responsibility revo...
Source: Psychology Today Work Center - October 25, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Ray B. Williams Tags: Work business commercial carpet tile effluent financial gain financial profits gallup organization greenhouse gas emissions industrialist Interface interface inc kyoto protocol manufacturing companies paul hawken petrochemical Source Type: consumer
Reclaiming CreativityEmail this article to a colleague.
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Discussion group at the European Academy of Management on "Managing Creativity for Innovation". I presented a framework to explain how we could delineate different types of creativity, the different stakeholders concerned and how we might evaluate the efficacy of any creative effort. The diagram below is an outline of that framework... The 3D framework distinguishes at the... Level at which creativity is operating (i.e. ranging from the level of the individual through to the breadth of society). We may further distinguish the... Facet(s) implicated (like the processes involved, the environmental surroundings or press ...
Source: Psychology Today Work Center - October 25, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Mark Batey, Ph.D. Tags: Creativity Work artistic product brainstorming bricks and mortar communication descriptive accuracy diversity issue elephants few words innovation intricacies mad men marketing monks orchestra conductor organization organ Source Type: consumer
Criticizing your adolescent.Email this article to a colleague.
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It's tempting for parents to criticize their adolescent.After all, normal developmental changes make the young person harder for them to live with as he or she breaks the boundaries of childhood to create more freedom to grow. Consider the three engines for independence that drive adolescent growth (separation, opposition, and differentiation) and the aggravation for parents that these changes can cause.In service of SEPARATION the adolescent pulls away from nuclear family to form a new family of friends. Now the young person becomes less communicative to create more privacy about this separate social world. Now he or she ...
Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center - October 25, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Carl Pickhardt, Ph.D. Tags: Parenting adolescent growth adolescent parents aggravation boundaries closeness companionship critical parents Criticizing criticizing adolescents criticizing and parental discipline criticizing teenagers developmental changes di Source Type: consumer
Media, The Knowledge Gap Hypothesis and Staying in the LoopEmail this article to a colleague.
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The Knowledge Gap Hypothesis is an idea put forth by scholars Tichenor, Olien and Donahue. They claimed that an ever-increasing gap in knowledge develops between ‘elites' and the ‘less fortunate' as media and its channels evolve. Those who have access to this media due to their social or economic position have a higher quality of information available to them. As a result, they are able to make more informed decisions that ultimately lead to a better quality of life.However, there is another side to this equation. It can be found where the lack of access to media is not due to social or economic reasons, but beca...
Source: Psychology Today Work Center - October 25, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Bakari Akil II, Ph.D. Tags: Work academic interests Apple iTunes breadth campus visit campuses dean donahue economic issues economic position economic reasons elites extreme ways free time gap horizons hypothesis interview ipod job search jour Source Type: consumer
Don't Retire, Keep Working To Stay HealthierEmail this article to a colleague.
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This study supported much earlier studies, such as a study at a major hospital in 1920 that showed that people who worked after retirement lived longer and a Yale University study published in the American Journal of Industrial Medicine, that showed being laid off or fired close to retirement or old age had a devastating effect on an individual's health, with particular reference to stroke. The American Geriatrics Society reported that people over age 65 who worked as volunteers had half the death risk of those who did not.The benefits of continuing to work, other than financial resources, are social interaction, and oppor...
Source: Psychology Today Work Center - October 24, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Ray B. Williams Tags: Work aarp age sex american journal of industrial medicine baby boomers cancer lung functional decline great depression health health researchers high blood pressure journal of occupational health journal of occupational health psyc Source Type: consumer
Science of Speed Dating - Part IIEmail this article to a colleague.
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Since there has been quite a bit of interest in the topic, I have decided to publish the second part to my recently begun "Science of Speed Dating" series here after all. If you previously read this evolutionary psychology discussion by fellow blogger Satoshi Kanazawa or stumbled over the original version of this post on my other blog, you will encounter some redundancy (I am sorry about that, but check back in for part 3). Otherwise, or maybe even nonetheless, I hope you will enjoy this post:By turning speed dating events into social science experiments, psychologists are gaining new insights into human behavior and mate ...
Source: Psychology Today Personality Center - October 24, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Daniel R. Hawes Tags: Evolutionary Psychology Gender Personality Relationships Sex attractiveness eastwick eli finkel human behavior mate selection minute speed new insights northwestern university researchers original version redundancy satoshi k Source Type: consumer
I Hate Dating in NYEmail this article to a colleague.
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Observations of a manhater in Manhattan
Source: Psychology Today - October 24, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Guest Blogger Tags: Relationships Dating 101 Source Type: consumer
Don't Do it!Email this article to a colleague.
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The Top 10 Dating Mistakes that you keep on making
Source: Psychology Today - October 24, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Allison Conner, Psy.D. Tags: Relationships Dating 101 Source Type: consumer
Do Assholes Really Finish First?Email this article to a colleague.
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The allure of the bad boy
Source: Psychology Today - October 24, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Scott Barry Kaufman, Ph.D. Tags: Relationships Dating 101 Source Type: consumer
You're Just Not That Into HimEmail this article to a colleague.
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Should you stay when you're the one who loves less?
Source: Psychology Today - October 24, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Linda Young, Ph.D. Tags: Relationships Dating 101 Source Type: consumer
Relinquish Dignity LastEmail this article to a colleague.
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Fact: In the United States there are now thirty-five million people over the age of sixty-five, 13 percent of the population. Their numbers are increasing and, with the reluctant help of the baby boom generation, there will be seventy million elderly by 2030. For obvious reasons, I've been paying more attention to the aging process lately. As a psychiatrist, I see a select sample of the elderly, but I also have the experience of friends and contemporaries to draw upon. It's not, in general, an attractive prospect. One of the risks we run t...
Source: Psychology Today Depression Center - October 24, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Gordon S. Livingston Tags: Aging Depression Happiness Morality Philosophy Resilience adult children attractive prospect baby boom generation complainers depredations deserved reputation family responsibilities food supplements futile attempts infirmity Source Type: consumer
Trauma, exposure, and world reconstruction.Email this article to a colleague.
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This article presents a reconceptualization of trauma in terms of the damage it inflicts on the patient's conception of his or her world. The article includes (1) an analysis of how this view renders the symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) intelligible, (2) a demonstration of how it integrates research findings on who is most vulnerable to PTSD, (3) a critique of the currently dominant "reprocessing of maladaptive memory structures" accounts of how exposure therapy works, and (4) a reanalysis of how exposure therapies achieve their salutary results.
PMID: 19845091 [PubMed - in process]
Source: American Journal of Psychotherapy - October 24, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Bergner RM Tags: Am J Psychother Source Type: journals
"I can't let anything go:" A case study with psychological testing of a patient with pathologic hoarding.Email this article to a colleague.
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This report describes a particular individual with characteristic features of hoarding, which is explored through formal psychological testing.
PMID: 19845090 [PubMed - in process]
Source: American Journal of Psychotherapy - October 24, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Koretz J, Gutheil TG Tags: Am J Psychother Source Type: journals
Is a psychodynamic perspective relevant to the clinical management of obsessive-compulsive disorder?Email this article to a colleague.
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Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) can be a severe and disabling condition with considerable variability in clinical presentation, course, and treatment response. Based upon demonstrated efficacy in clinical trials, selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) and cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) have become the treatments of choice for patients with OCD. By contrast, psychodynamic formulations and treatments are often considered irrelevant or contraindicated. In the present paper, the authors present five clinical cases of OCD where psychodynamic understanding and/or treatment was essential for optimizing outcom...
Source: American Journal of Psychotherapy - October 24, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Chlebowski S, Gregory RJ Tags: Am J Psychother Source Type: journals
From submission to autonomy: approaching independent decision making. A single-case study in a randomized, controlled study of long-term effects of dynamic psychotherapy.Email this article to a colleague.
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In the First Experimental Study of Transference Interpretations (FEST), showing the best treatment effects from dynamic psychotherapy with transference interpretations, one subgroup was female patients who had difficult relationships with others (low quality of object relations). The aim of the present study was to explore further a highly successful therapy for this subgroup with a single case study in a randomized, controlled study of long-term effects of dynamic psychotherapy with a patient who was depressed and felt exploitable. Case formulation, transcription of sessions, and repeated applications of self-reports ...
Source: American Journal of Psychotherapy - October 24, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Ulberg R, Høglend P, Marble A, Sørbye Ø Tags: Am J Psychother Source Type: journals
Psychodynamics of eating disorder behavior in sexual abuse survivors.Email this article to a colleague.
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The author reviews the psychodynamics of eating disorder behaviors in women with childhood sexual abuse histories, with a focus on anorexia, bingeing, purging, and overeating. The various defenses and behaviors interact with each other through numerous different feedback loops. The same behavior can have multiple defensive functions and the same defensive function can be served by different behaviors. None of the behaviors is specific to childhood sexual abuse, but the abuse history modifies the content, heightens the intensity of the feelings being defended against, and should be taken into account in the therapy. Sev...
Source: American Journal of Psychotherapy - October 24, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Ross CA Tags: Am J Psychother Source Type: journals
Why breaking up is SO hard to doEmail this article to a colleague.
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When I surveyed more than 1500 women for my book, Best Friends Forever: Surviving a Breakup with Your Best Friend, I discovered that most of them have an extraordinarily difficult time ending their friendships, even very toxic ones. It's not surprising. Like divorce, the potential losses can be staggering, extending well beyond the friendship per se.That's because when two women are close, they tend to draw others into their circle: family members, neighbors, co-workers, and other friends. For example, if you're best friends with your neighbor, the chances are pretty good that your school-age children are friends, too. The...
Source: Psychology Today Relationships Center - October 24, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Irene S. Levine, Ph.D. Tags: Relationships advice best friends Best Friends Forever: Surviving a Breakup with Your Best Friend breaking up business associates career children co workers collateral damage colleague ending a friendship extended family family m Source Type: consumer
What Do We Really Desire?Email this article to a colleague.
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"We always long for the forbidden things, and desire what is denied us." Francois Rebelais
"Burning desire to be or do something gives us staying power - a reason to get up every morning or to pick ourselves up and start in again after a disappointment." Marsha Sinetar
There are many aspects influencing our romantic desires, some of which relate to personality characteristics and others to circumstantial factors. In this post I would like to focus upon two major aspects-the aspect of attainability and the aspect of the reality of what we desire. With regard to this issue, there are two prevailing claims: a) our desire is g...
Source: Psychology Today Relationships Center - October 24, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Aaron Ben-Zeév, Ph.D. Tags: Philosophy Relationships attainability burning desire desires disappointment emotion Emotional intensity emotions excitement experiences fantasy good arguments holocaust imagination love marsha sinetar miss world nuclea Source Type: consumer
Women's Sexual Responses to Heterosexual and Lesbian Erotica: The Role of Stimulus Intensity, Affective Reaction, and Sexual History.Email this article to a colleague.
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Past research has demonstrated that women do not show a "category-specific" genital response to erotic stimuli. That is, on average, heterosexual and lesbian women are indistinguishable in terms of their physiological genital responses to heterosexual versus lesbian erotica. In two studies with heterosexual women (n = 28 for Study 1; n = 30 for Study 2) and lesbians (n = 24 for Study 1; n = 25 for Study 2), results confirmed that, on average, women did not show category-specific genital responses or category-specific subjective sexual arousal. However, there was evidence of notable within-group variability; many women ...
Source: Archives of Sexual Behavior - October 24, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Peterson ZD, Janssen E, Laan E Tags: Arch Sex Behav Source Type: journals
Methamphetamine Use, Attitudes About Condoms, and Sexual Risk Behavior Among HIV-Positive Men Who Have Sex with Men.Email this article to a colleague.
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This study examined attitudes about condoms as a moderator of the relationship between methamphetamine use and sexual risk behavior in a sample of 297 HIV-positive, methamphetamine-using men who have sex with men (MSM). To test for a moderating effect of attitudes towards condoms, an interaction term was included in multiple regression analysis along with age, income, negative condom attitudes, frequency of methamphetamine use, and Beck depression score. A post hoc analysis was conducted to determine the relations between methamphetamine use and unprotected sex for persons with more vs. less negative attitudes toward condo...
Source: Archives of Sexual Behavior - October 24, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Nakamura N, Mausbach BT, Ulibarri MD, Semple SJ, Patterson TL Tags: Arch Sex Behav Source Type: journals
Neurofeedback for Autistic Spectrum Disorder: A Review of the Literature.Email this article to a colleague.
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We present a review of the literature on the application of Neurofeedback to the multiple problems associated with ASD. Directions for future research are discussed.
PMID: 19856096 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback - October 24, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Coben R, Linden M, Myers TE Tags: Appl Psychophysiol Biofeedback Source Type: journals
Young adults' social drinking as explained by an augmented theory of planned behaviour: The roles of prototypes, willingness, and gender.Email this article to a colleague.
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Conclusion Women's alcohol consumption is explained by TPB variables via a more controlled reasoned-action path only, whereas additional processes (e.g. pursuing the actor image intentionally, rejecting the abstainer image more intuitively) are important for men. The moderating role of gender is discussed in light of traditional gender roles and recent trends in alcohol consumption.
PMID: 19857374 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: British Journal of Health Psychology - October 24, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Zimmermann F, Sieverding M Tags: Br J Health Psychol Source Type: journals
Physically active patients with coronary artery disease: A longitudinal investigation of the processes of exercise behaviour change.Email this article to a colleague.
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Conclusion Although some POC support the exercise behaviour change process and the hierarchical structure is apparent, it may be beneficial to adapt the POC to give a more precise understanding of the change processes.
PMID: 19857373 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: British Journal of Health Psychology - October 24, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Kanning M Tags: Br J Health Psychol Source Type: journals
Assessment of cognitive abilities in multiethnic countries: The case of the Wolof and Mandinka in the Gambia.Email this article to a colleague.
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Conclusions Several suggestions are made on how to consider the ethnicity, language, education, and residence (urban vs. rural) of groups when conducting comparative cognitive assessments or collecting normative data.
PMID: 19857377 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: The British Journal of Educational Psychology - October 24, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Jukes MC, Grigorenko EL Tags: Br J Educ Psychol Source Type: journals
The significance of overvaluation of shape and weight in binge eating disorder.Email this article to a colleague.
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This study sought to further explore the convergent validity and diagnostic specificity of shape and weight overvaluation in BED. A total of 160 women with BED, and 108 women with non-eating disordered psychiatric disorders were recruited from the community. Women with BED were classified as more or less severe based on a global measure of eating-related psychopathology; subsequent receiver operating characteristics analysis determined that a threshold of at least "moderate" overvaluation best predicted membership into a more severe group. BED participants with threshold overvaluation exhibited poorer psychosocial function...
Source: Behaviour Research and Therapy - October 24, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Goldschmidt AB, Hilbert A, Manwaring JL, Wilfley DE, Pike KM, Fairburn CG, Striegel-Moore RH Tags: Behav Res Ther Source Type: journals
Weighing In (Part IV)Email this article to a colleague.
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We've now looked in some detail at the Daily and Weekly Weigh-Ins, a keeping of numbers that will tell you how much you've spent, what you've spent it on, and how much you could have saved had you bought only what's more necessary rather than less. In order for these numbers to begin revealing the particular figures in your shopping carpet, the patterns that characterize your spending, expect to keep this data for two-or better three-months. And to clarify those patterns, to give you a virtual x-ray of your spending habits, transfer the information from your Daily Weigh-Ins to the Weekly Spending by Categories form:Weekly ...
Source: Psychology Today Relationships Center - October 23, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: April Lane Benson, Ph.D. Tags: Addiction Happiness Health Relationships Self-Help Spirituality Therapy carpet compulsive buying compulsive buying disorder compulsive spending fri heartsongs ins nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp overshopping overspending shopaho Source Type: consumer
Impact of Bereavement on Progression of AIDS and HIV Infection: A Review [REVIEW ARTICLES]Email this article to a colleague.
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CONCLUSIONS: Patients who experience maladaptive grief show more rapid losses of CD4 T-cells over time, even when controlling for age, health status, use of antiretrovirals, and illicit drug abuse. This immune dysfunction may be managed by a variety of psychotherapeutic techniques.
Source: Psychosomatics - October 23, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Goforth, H. W., Lowery, J., Cutson, T. M., McMillan, E. S., Kenedi, C., Cohen, M. A. Tags: Depression, Syndromes Secondary to General Medical Disorders REVIEW ARTICLES Source Type: journals
Cancer-Related Fatigue and Its Associations With Depression and Anxiety: A Systematic Review [REVIEW ARTICLES]Email this article to a colleague.
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CONCLUSION: This review confirms the association of fatigue with depression and anxiety. Directionality needs to be better delineated in longitudinal studies.
Source: Psychosomatics - October 23, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Brown, L. F., Kroenke, K. Tags: Anxiety Disorders (General), Depression, Syndromes Secondary to General Medical Disorders REVIEW ARTICLES Source Type: journals
Pattern of Depressive Symptoms in Parkinson's Disease [ORIGINAL RESEARCH REPORTS]Email this article to a colleague.
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CONCLUSION: There is a relatively high prevalence of dPD. Items on the HANDS that discriminated best between depressed and nondepressed subjects with PD included feeling blue, feeling hopeless, feeling worthless, lack of interest, and self-blame. It remains to be defined whether dPD should be understood primarily as a psychological reaction to a physical disability or perceived impending one, or as a direct expression of the neuropathology of PD.
Source: Psychosomatics - October 23, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Farabaugh, A. H., Locascio, J. J., Yap, L., Weintraub, D., McDonald, W. M., Agoston, M., Alpert, J. E., Growdon, J., Fava, M. Tags: Depression, Parkinson's Disease ORIGINAL RESEARCH REPORTS Source Type: journals
Fatigue in Psychiatric HIV Patients: A Pilot Study of Psychological Correlates [ORIGINAL RESEARCH REPORTS]Email this article to a colleague.
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DISCUSSION: The results suggest that fatigue in the era of effective antiretroviral treatment is prevalent, relevant, and related to psychological morbidities. Recognition and treatment of these comorbidities may be important in reducing this fatigue.
Source: Psychosomatics - October 23, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Paddison, J., Fricchione, G., Gandhi, R. T., Freudenreich, O. Tags: Depression, Syndromes Secondary to General Medical Disorders ORIGINAL RESEARCH REPORTS Source Type: journals
Poor Perceived Social Support in Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (ICD) Patients and Their Partners: Cross-Validation of the Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support [ORIGINAL RESEARCH REPORTS]Email this article to a colleague.
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CONCLUSIONS: The validity and reliability of the MSPSS were confirmed in a mixed group of Dutch and Danish cardiac patients and their partners. Preliminary findings indicate that ICD patients and their partners may be more in need of support than CHF patients.
Source: Psychosomatics - October 23, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Pedersen, S. S., Spinder, H., Erdman, R. A.M., Denollet, J. Tags: ORIGINAL RESEARCH REPORTS Source Type: journals
Psychiatric Evaluation of Mental Capacity in the General Hospital: A Significant Teaching Opportunity [ORIGINAL RESEARCH REPORTS]Email this article to a colleague.
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CONCLUSION: A mental capacity evaluation alone was insufficient to resolve two-thirds of problems eliciting requests. Consultation–liaison psychiatrists can use these evaluations as teaching opportunities.
Source: Psychosomatics - October 23, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Kornfeld, D. S., Muskin, P. R., Tahil, F. A. Tags: Primary Care, Education, Psychiatrists ORIGINAL RESEARCH REPORTS Source Type: journals
Obesity and Quality of Life: A Controlled Study of Normal-Weight and Obese Individuals [ORIGINAL RESEARCH REPORTS]Email this article to a colleague.
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CONCLUSION: Physical and mental disorders are important detrimental factors for both physical and mental dimensions of HRQL.
Source: Psychosomatics - October 23, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Zwaan, M. d., Petersen, I., Kaerber, M., Burgmer, R., Nolting, B., Legenbauer, T., Benecke, A., Herpertz, S. Tags: Primary Care, Syndromes Secondary to General Medical Disorders ORIGINAL RESEARCH REPORTS Source Type: journals
Anxiety Predicts Poor Perceived Health in Patients With an Implantable Defibrillator [ORIGINAL RESEARCH REPORTS]Email this article to a colleague.
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CONCLUSION: Identifying and supporting ICD patients with various anxiety symptoms is important. Future research should examine the differential predictive value of different forms of anxiety toward medical endpoints as well as possible interventions for disease-related anxiety.
Source: Psychosomatics - October 23, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: van den Broek, K. C., Nyklicek, I., Denollet, J. Tags: Depression, Syndromes Secondary to General Medical Disorders ORIGINAL RESEARCH REPORTS Source Type: journals
Minor Depression as a Short-Term Risk Factor in Outpatients With Congestive Heart Failure [ORIGINAL RESEARCH REPORTS]Email this article to a colleague.
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CONCLUSION: Clinicians should thus assess minor depression among other psychological variables in these patients.
Source: Psychosomatics - October 23, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Rafanelli, C., Milaneschi, Y., Roncuzzi, R. Tags: Depression, Syndromes Secondary to General Medical Disorders ORIGINAL RESEARCH REPORTS Source Type: journals
Antiviral Completion Rates and Sustained Viral Response in Hepatitis C Patients With and Without Preexisting Major Depressive Disorder [ORIGINAL RESEARCH REPORTS]Email this article to a colleague.
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CONCLUSION: Patients with MDD can be safely and effectively treated with antiviral therapy.
Source: Psychosomatics - October 23, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Hauser, P., Morasco, B. J., Linke, A., Bjornson, D., Ruimy, S., Matthews, A., Rifai, A., Indest, D. W., Loftis, J. M. Tags: Depression, Syndromes Secondary to General Medical Disorders ORIGINAL RESEARCH REPORTS Source Type: journals
Symptoms of Depression and Delirium Assessed Serially in Palliative-Care Inpatients [ORIGINAL RESEARCH REPORTS]Email this article to a colleague.
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DISCUSSION: Delirium should be considered in patients with altered mood states, and screening for depression should initially rule out delirium. Sustained alterations in mood may be more frequent in delirium than previously recognized.
Source: Psychosomatics - October 23, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Leonard, M., Spiller, J., Keen, J., MacLullich, A., Kamholtz, B., Meagher, D. Tags: Depression, Delirium ORIGINAL RESEARCH REPORTS Source Type: journals
Medically Unexplained Physical Symptoms in Primary Care: A Controlled Study on the Effectiveness of Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment by the Family Physician [ORIGINAL RESEARCH REPORTS]Email this article to a colleague.
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CONCLUSION: Possibly, the intensity of treatment was insufficient for the severe and persistent symptoms that were encountered in primary care.
Source: Psychosomatics - October 23, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Arnold, I. A., de Waal, M. W.M., Eekhof, J. A.H., Assendelft, W. J.J., Spinhoven, P., van Hemert, A. M. Tags: Primary Care, Syndromes Secondary to General Medical Disorders ORIGINAL RESEARCH REPORTS Source Type: journals
Religiosity and Hope: A Path for Women Coping With a Diagnosis of Breast Cancer [ORIGINAL RESEARCH REPORTS]Email this article to a colleague.
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CONCLUSION: Special attention should be given to the role of hope for religious patients because it increases the positive effects of religion in coping with cancer.
Source: Psychosomatics - October 23, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Hasson-Ohayon, I., Braun, M., Galinsky, D., Baider, L. Tags: Cross-Cultural Psychiatry, Depression, Syndromes Secondary to General Medical Disorders ORIGINAL RESEARCH REPORTS Source Type: journals
Delusion of Oral Parasitosis and Thalamic Pain Syndrome [CASE REPORTS]Email this article to a colleague.
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DISCUSSION: The authors speculate that this specific type of delusion can be elicited by the disruption of the somatosensory pathway and that the subsequent cortical sensory deafferentiation and reorganization arising from this disruption may contribute to the development of delusional parasitosis.
Source: Psychosomatics - October 23, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Hanihara, T., Takahashi, T., Washizuka, S., Ogihara, T., Kobayashi, M. Tags: Somatoform Disorders CASE REPORTS Source Type: journals
