MedWorm.com provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest items from the 'BioPsychoSocial Medicine' source. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 02:31:37 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5651903&cid=s_37208_36_f&fid=37208&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bpsmedicine.com%2Fcontent%2F6%2F1%2F3 Conclusions: The frequency of insecure attachment in obese individuals was comparable to that of the normal population. Our data suggest a greater weight-reduction for SAI than for UAI, and the patient-therapist relationship was rated more positively. The conclusion can be drawn that the attachment style plays a role in a interdisciplinary treatment program of obesity and has an influence on the effort to lose weight. (Source: BioPsychoSocial Medicine) BioPsychoSocial Medicine journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5651903 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 05:00:00 +0100 5651903 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5651902&cid=s_37208_36_f&fid=37208&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bpsmedicine.com%2Fcontent%2F6%2F1%2F4 Background: Anorexia nervosa is a severe psychosomatic disease with somatic complications in the long-term course and a high mortality rate. Somatic comorbidities independent of anorexia nervosa have rarely been studied, but pose a challenge to clinical practitioners. We investigated somatic comorbidities in an inpatient cohort and compared somatically ill anorexic patients and patients without a somatic comorbidity. In order to evaluate the impact of somatic comorbidity for the long-term course of anorexia nervosa, we monitored survival in a long-term follow-up.MethodOne hundred and sixty-nine female inpatients with anorexia nervosa were treated at the Charite University Medical Centre, Campus Benjamin Franklin, Berlin, between 1979 and 2011. We conducted retrospective analyses using pati... BioPsychoSocial Medicine journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5651902 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 05:00:00 +0100 5651902 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5651901&cid=s_37208_36_f&fid=37208&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bpsmedicine.com%2Fcontent%2F6%2F1%2F5 Conclusion: Women are likely to benefit from women's groups. Men may prefer to have one or two women in the group, but women fare better in gender segregated groups. (Source: BioPsychoSocial Medicine) BioPsychoSocial Medicine journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5651901 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 05:00:00 +0100 5651901 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5651904&cid=s_37208_36_f&fid=37208&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bpsmedicine.com%2Fcontent%2F6%2F1%2F2 Treatment of patients with chronic diseases will be one of the main challenges of medicine in the future. This paper presents an overview of different origins, mechanism, and symptoms necessary for understanding new and different interventions that include a psychosomatic view.In a psychosomatic therapeutic intervention there are very different targets, such as psychological symptoms, personality traits, attitudes toward disease and life, risk behaviour, and social isolation and as biological targets the change of autonomic imbalance and of the effects of the psycho-endocrinological or psycho-immunological stress responses. And there are also different psychosomatic measures that influence the individual biological, psychological and sociological targets. There is a need to give different ... BioPsychoSocial Medicine journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5651904 Tue, 31 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0100 5651904 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5121806&cid=s_37208_36_f&fid=37208&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bpsmedicine.com%2Fcontent%2F5%2F1%2F11 ${item.shortDescription} (Source: BioPsychoSocial Medicine) BioPsychoSocial Medicine journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5121806 Fri, 12 Aug 2011 23:00:00 +0100 5121806 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5121807&cid=s_37208_36_f&fid=37208&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bpsmedicine.com%2Fcontent%2F5%2F1%2F10 ${item.shortDescription} (Source: BioPsychoSocial Medicine) BioPsychoSocial Medicine journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5121807 Thu, 11 Aug 2011 23:00:00 +0100 5121807 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5112843&cid=s_37208_36_f&fid=37208&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bpsmedicine.com%2Fcontent%2F5%2F1%2F9 ${item.shortDescription} (Source: BioPsychoSocial Medicine) BioPsychoSocial Medicine journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5112843 Mon, 08 Aug 2011 23:00:00 +0100 5112843 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4941219&cid=s_37208_36_f&fid=37208&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bpsmedicine.com%2Fcontent%2F5%2F1%2F7 Fibroblast growth factor (FGF) 23, a circulating 26-kDa peptide produced by osteogenic cells, is a novel phosphaturic factor. In our previous study, binge-eating/purging type anorexia nervosa (AN-BP) patients had elevated plasma intact FGF23 (iFGF23) levels, while restricting type (AN-R) patients had plasma iFGF23 levels similar to healthy controls. Although bulimia nervosa (BN) patients as well as some patients with AN-BP regularly engage in binge eating, there have been no studies regarding plasma iFGF23 levels in BN patients. Therefore, this study was performed to determine plasma iFGF23 concentrations in BN patients and healthy controls. The study population consisted of 13 female BN patients and 11 healthy female controls. Blood samples were collected from all subjects after overnight... BioPsychoSocial Medicine journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4941219 Thu, 16 Jun 2011 23:00:00 +0100 4941219 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4416321&cid=s_37208_36_f&fid=37208&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bpsmedicine.com%2Fcontent%2F5%2F1%2F1 Modern people are still influenced by the mind-body dualism of Rene Descartes. Some of these people said "Anxiety aggravated the symptoms of these patients," a notion that most people probably consider natural. By contrast, I would like to criticize this concept because anxiety is posited as an independent driving force that actively changes one's body. However, anxiety per se is a subjective feeling produced by the brain and somatic signals from the body. Actually, neural activities in the central and autonomic nervous systems along with endocrine and immune function change the body. From this point of view, anxiety is not the CAUSE of mind-body changes but the RESULT of them. The origin and synthetic processing of emotion are more important than simple idea that the "mind" directly chang... BioPsychoSocial Medicine journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4416321 Mon, 31 Jan 2011 00:00:00 +0100 4416321 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4416320&cid=s_37208_36_f&fid=37208&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bpsmedicine.com%2Fcontent%2F5%2F1%2F2 Conclusions: Consistent with our expectations, the findings provide evidence that the LEAS-J has good reliability and validity. In addition, women had significantly higher scores than men on LEAS-J, showing that the gender difference identified in the original LEAS was cross-culturally consistent. (Source: BioPsychoSocial Medicine) BioPsychoSocial Medicine journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4416320 Mon, 31 Jan 2011 00:00:00 +0100 4416320 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4365915&cid=s_37208_36_f&fid=37208&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bpsmedicine.com%2Fcontent%2F4%2F1%2F23 Bronchial Asthma is a worldwide condition with particularly high prevalence in first world countries. The reasons are multifactorial but a neglected area is the psychological domain. It is well known that heavy emotions can trigger attacks and that depression negatively affects treatment outcomes. It is also known that personality type has a greater effect on disease prevalence than in many other conditions. However, many potential psychological treatments are hardly considered, neither in treatment guidelines nor in reviews by asthma specialists. Moreover, there is very little research concerning the beliefs and practices of doctors regarding psychological treatments. Using a questionnaire survey we ascertained that local GPs in Saxony-Anhalt have reasonably good knowledge about the psych... BioPsychoSocial Medicine journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4365915 Mon, 20 Dec 2010 00:00:00 +0100 4365915 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4256029&cid=s_37208_36_f&fid=37208&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bpsmedicine.com%2Fcontent%2F4%2F1%2F22 In conclusion, CFS patients have unaltered autonomic responses to simple mental stress as compared to healthy control subjects. (Source: BioPsychoSocial Medicine) BioPsychoSocial Medicine journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4256029 Tue, 14 Dec 2010 00:00:00 +0100 4256029 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4243683&cid=s_37208_36_f&fid=37208&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bpsmedicine.com%2Fcontent%2F4%2F1%2F21 Conclusions: One preliminary interpretation is that the antagonist pleiotropic effects of androgens and glucocorticoids place a cost on attaining and maintaining high dominance rank in this species. Because of the costs associated with elevated steroid levels, dominance status may be an honest signal of survivorship against helminth parasites. (Source: BioPsychoSocial Medicine) BioPsychoSocial Medicine journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4243683 Thu, 09 Dec 2010 00:00:00 +0100 4243683 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4137194&cid=s_37208_36_f&fid=37208&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bpsmedicine.com%2Fcontent%2F4%2F1%2F14 In Japan, attention has increasingly focused on ensuring the quality of care, particularly in the area of cancer care. The 2006 Basic Cancer Control Act reinforced efforts to ensure the quality of cancer care in a number of sectors, including the role of government in ensuring quality. We initiated a government-funded research project to develop quality indicators to measure the quality of care for five major cancers (breast, lung, stomach, colorectal, and liver cancer) in Japan, and palliative care for cancers in general. While we successfully developed a total of 206 quality indicators, a number of issues have been raised regarding the concepts and methodologies used to measure quality. Examples include the choice between measuring the process of care versus the outcome of care; the degr... BioPsychoSocial Medicine journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4137194 Fri, 05 Nov 2010 00:00:00 +0100 4137194 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4137193&cid=s_37208_36_f&fid=37208&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bpsmedicine.com%2Fcontent%2F4%2F1%2F15 Suicide is among the most tragic outcomes of all mental disorders, and the prevalence of suicide has risen dramatically during the last decade, particularly among workers. This paper reviews and proposes strategies to avert suicide and depression with regard to the mind body medicine equation hypothesis, metrics analysis of mental health problems from a public health and clinical medicine view.In occupational fields, the mind body medicine hypothesis has to deal with working environment, working condition, and workers' health. These three factors chosen in this paper were based on the concept of risk control, called San-kanri, which has traditionally been used in Japanese companies, and the causation concepts of host, agent, and environment. Working environment and working condition were g... BioPsychoSocial Medicine journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4137193 Fri, 05 Nov 2010 00:00:00 +0100 4137193 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4137192&cid=s_37208_36_f&fid=37208&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bpsmedicine.com%2Fcontent%2F4%2F1%2F16 Conclusions: Our study showed that workers with different employment types, permanent and fixed-term, have dissimilar sources of job stress even though their degree of job stress seems to be the same. High ERI was associated with existing subjective symptoms and obesity in fixed-term workers. Therefore, understanding different sources of job stress and their association with health among permanent and fixed-term workers should be considered to prevent further health problems. (Source: BioPsychoSocial Medicine) BioPsychoSocial Medicine journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4137192 Fri, 05 Nov 2010 00:00:00 +0100 4137192 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4137191&cid=s_37208_36_f&fid=37208&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bpsmedicine.com%2Fcontent%2F4%2F1%2F17 With the globalization of occupational health psychology, more and more researchers are interested in applying employee well-being like work engagement (i.e., a positive, fulfilling, work-related state of mind that is characterized by vigor, dedication, and absorption) to diverse populations. Accurate measurement contributes to our further understanding and to the generalizability of the concept of work engagement across different cultures. The present study investigated the measurement accuracy of the Japanese and the original Dutch versions of the Utrecht Work Engagement Scale (9-item version, UWES-9) and the comparability of this scale between both countries. Item Response Theory (IRT) was applied to the data from Japan (N = 2,339) and the Netherlands (N = 13,406). Reliability of the sc... BioPsychoSocial Medicine journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4137191 Fri, 05 Nov 2010 00:00:00 +0100 4137191 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4137190&cid=s_37208_36_f&fid=37208&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bpsmedicine.com%2Fcontent%2F4%2F1%2F18 This article introduces current concepts and measurements of HL, and discusses the role of HL in health communication, as well as future research directions in this domain. Studies of HL have increased dramatically during the past few years, but a gap between the conceptual definition of HL and its application remains. None of the existing instruments appears to completely measure the concept of HL. In particular, studies on communication/interaction and HL remain limited. Furthermore, HL should be considered not only in terms of the characteristics of individuals, but also in terms of the interactional processes between individuals and their health and social environments. Improved HL may enhance the ability and motivation of individuals to find solutions to both personal and public healt... BioPsychoSocial Medicine journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4137190 Fri, 05 Nov 2010 00:00:00 +0100 4137190 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4137189&cid=s_37208_36_f&fid=37208&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bpsmedicine.com%2Fcontent%2F4%2F1%2F19 The journal, BioPsychoSocial Medicine, was launched in January 2007, and more than three and a half years have passed since the start of publication. A total of 70 articles have been published, as of August 2010, but the number of those directly discussing issues of public health or social medicine is relatively small. Psychosomatic medicine, or biopsychosocial medicine, encompasses all aspects of the interrelationships between the biological, psychological, social, and behavioral factors of health and illness, and is not limited to mind and body connections in humans. Thus, it is meaningful that social aspects of health and illness are discussed in the current issue of this journal. The purpose of this special series is to introduce important concepts of social medicine relevant to the re... BioPsychoSocial Medicine journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4137189 Fri, 05 Nov 2010 00:00:00 +0100 4137189 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4058422&cid=s_37208_36_f&fid=37208&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bpsmedicine.com%2Fcontent%2F4%2F1%2F13 Conclusion: The results suggested that sympathetic dysfunction is a factor underlying SART stress-induced OH. (Source: BioPsychoSocial Medicine) BioPsychoSocial Medicine journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4058422 Mon, 11 Oct 2010 23:00:00 +0100 4058422 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4038822&cid=s_37208_36_f&fid=37208&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bpsmedicine.com%2Fcontent%2F4%2F1%2F12 Conclusions: Different types of parental stress/coping behaviors and parenting styles may differently predict their children's asthmatic status, and such associations may change as children grow. (Source: BioPsychoSocial Medicine) BioPsychoSocial Medicine journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4038822 Wed, 06 Oct 2010 23:00:00 +0100 4038822 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3990730&cid=s_37208_36_f&fid=37208&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bpsmedicine.com%2Fcontent%2F4%2F1%2F11 Conclusions: The strong cardio-protective association between optimistic ratings of cardiovascular disease risk and lower rates of cardiovascular disease mortality among men is not confounded by baseline biomarkers of systemic inflammation or endothelial dysfunction. (Source: BioPsychoSocial Medicine) BioPsychoSocial Medicine journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3990730 Mon, 20 Sep 2010 23:00:00 +0100 3990730 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3931438&cid=s_37208_36_f&fid=37208&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bpsmedicine.com%2Fcontent%2F4%2F1%2F10 Conclusion: Findings suggest that training in self-regulation for exercise and eating may benefit self-efficacy and weight-loss outcomes. Thus, these variables should be considered in both the theory and behavioral treatment of obesity. (Source: BioPsychoSocial Medicine) BioPsychoSocial Medicine journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3931438 Thu, 02 Sep 2010 23:00:00 +0100 3931438 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3894066&cid=s_37208_36_f&fid=37208&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bpsmedicine.com%2Fcontent%2F4%2F1%2F9 Conclusion: Of the 70 patients studied, 17 had EEG abnormalities. Among these 17 cases, "repeated slow waves in the theta-band" was the most common abnormality. Only two out of the 70 cases examined had epileptiform discharges. The factors identified as being related to EEG abnormalities are nausea or abdominal distress, derealization or depersonalization, and paresthesias. The study indicated that physiological predispositions symbolized in EEG abnormality are closely related to panic attacks. (Source: BioPsychoSocial Medicine) BioPsychoSocial Medicine journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3894066 Sun, 22 Aug 2010 23:00:00 +0100 3894066 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3627916&cid=s_37208_36_f&fid=37208&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bpsmedicine.com%2Fcontent%2F4%2F1%2F5 Background: Alexithymia is a disturbance associated with psychosomatic disorders, pain syndromes, and a variety of psychiatric disorders. The Affect School (AS) based on Tomkins Affect Theory is a therapy focusing on innate affects and their physiological expressions, feelings, emotions and scripts. In this pilot study we tried the AS-intervention method in patients with chronic benign pain. Methods: The AS-intervention, with 8 weekly group sessions and 10 individual sessions, was offered to 59 patients with chronic non-malignant pain at a pain rehabilitation clinic in Sweden 2004-2005. Pre and post intervention assessments were done with the Hospital Anxiety and Depression scale (HAD), the Toronto Alexithymia Scale-20 (TAS-20), the Visual Analogue Scale for pain assessment (VAS-pain), the... BioPsychoSocial Medicine journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3627916 Thu, 03 Jun 2010 23:00:00 +0100 3627916 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3601912&cid=s_37208_36_f&fid=37208&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bpsmedicine.com%2Fcontent%2F4%2F1%2F4 This article introduces key concepts of work-related stress relevant to the clinical and research fields of psychosomatic medicine. Stress is a term used to describe the body's physiological and/or psychological reaction to circumstances that require behavioral adjustment. According to the Japanese National Survey of Health, the most frequent stressors are work-related problems, followed by health-related and then financial problems. Conceptually, work-related stress includes a variety of conditions, such as overwork, unemployment or job insecurity, and lack of work-family balance. Job stress has been linked to a range of adverse physical and mental health outcomes, such as cardiovascular disease, insomnia, depression, and anxiety. Stressful working conditions can also impact employee well... BioPsychoSocial Medicine journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3601912 Tue, 25 May 2010 23:00:00 +0100 3601912 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3528577&cid=s_37208_36_f&fid=37208&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bpsmedicine.com%2Fcontent%2F4%2F1%2F3 This research reports immune function and health outcomes in women with depression, as compared with a non-depressed control group. Using Psychoneuroimmunolgy theory and a descriptive comparison design, scores on the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) were used to divide 40 non-hospitalized Caucasian women between the ages of 18 and 65 years into either the control or depression comparison group. Women with depression were found to report significantly more incidences of illness over the previous two months and they were found to have significantly more indicators of illness at the time of the exam as compared to the controls. However, contrary to what has been documented in some earlier studies of depression, women with depression were not found to have significantly different immune functio... BioPsychoSocial Medicine journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3528577 Sun, 02 May 2010 23:00:00 +0100 3528577 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3261238&cid=s_37208_36_f&fid=37208&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bpsmedicine.com%2Fcontent%2F4%2F1%2F1 Conclusions: Our results showed that middle-aged, newly diagnosed and medication-free patients with type 2 diabetes have a particular neuropsychological deficit in inhibitory control of impulsive response, which is an independent effect of diabetes apart from being overweight. (Source: BioPsychoSocial Medicine) BioPsychoSocial Medicine journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3261238 Thu, 11 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0100 3261238 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3010927&cid=s_37208_36_f&fid=37208&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bpsmedicine.com%2Fcontent%2F3%2F1%2F13 Conclusion: An inconsistency of visceral sensitivity between lower and higher pressure distention might be a key feature for understanding the pathogenesis of FAPS. (Source: BioPsychoSocial Medicine) BioPsychoSocial Medicine journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3010927 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0100 3010927 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2953261&cid=s_37208_36_f&fid=37208&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bpsmedicine.com%2Fcontent%2F3%2F1%2F12 Conclusions: The present findings indicated that subjective difficulties in identifying and describing feelings are associated with empathetic and linguistic abilities. The developmental aspect to emotional awareness herein described suggests that self-reported questionnaires for alexithymia must be carefully constructed and examined, even for adults. (Source: BioPsychoSocial Medicine) BioPsychoSocial Medicine journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2953261 Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0100 2953261 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2830768&cid=s_37208_36_f&fid=37208&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bpsmedicine.com%2Fcontent%2F3%2F1%2F9 Background: The weight-loss effect of team medical care in which counseling is provided by clinical psychologists was investigated in an university hospital obesity (OB) clinic. Nutritional and exercise therapy were also studied. In our previous study, we conducted a randomized, controlled trial with obese patients and confirmed that subjects who received counseling lost significantly more weight than those in a non-counseling group. The purpose of this study was to identify the psychological characteristics assessed by ego states that promote behavior modification by obese patients. Methods: 147 obese patients (116 females, 31 males; mean age: 45.9+/-15.4 years) participated in a 6-month weight-loss program in our OB clinic. Their psychosocial characteristics were assessed using the Tokyo... BioPsychoSocial Medicine journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2830768 Thu, 24 Sep 2009 23:00:00 +0100 2830768 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2693903&cid=s_37208_36_f&fid=37208&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bpsmedicine.com%2Fcontent%2F3%2F1%2F8 Conclusion: A cyclical combination of yoga postures and supine rest in CM improved memory scores immediately after the practice and decreased state anxiety more than rest in a classical yoga relaxation posture (shavasana). (Source: BioPsychoSocial Medicine) BioPsychoSocial Medicine journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2693903 Wed, 12 Aug 2009 23:00:00 +0100 2693903 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2451190&cid=s_37208_36_f&fid=37208&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bpsmedicine.com%2Fcontent%2F3%2F1%2F7 Background: Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) is an illness characterised by pervasive physical and mental fatigue without specific identified pathological changes. Many patients with CFS show reduced physical activity which, though quantifiable, has yielded little information to date. Nonlinear dynamic analysis of physiological data can be used to measure complexity in terms of dissimilarity within timescales and similarity across timescales. A reduction in these objective measures has been associated with disease and ageing. We aimed to test the hypothesis that activity patterns of patients with CFS would show reduced complexity compared to healthy controls. Methods: We analysed continuous activity data over 12 days from 42 patients with CFS and 21 matched healthy controls. We estimated com... BioPsychoSocial Medicine journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2451190 Tue, 02 Jun 2009 04:00:00 +0100 2451190 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2184390&cid=s_37208_36_f&fid=37208&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bpsmedicine.com%2Fcontent%2F3%2F1%2F2 Conclusion: When an illness persists for many years and conditioning and a vicious cycle occur secondarily, systematic biopsychosocial approaches are needed in addition to general treatment. Also, secondary symptoms make the diagnosis more difficult when efforts at treatment are ineffective. (Source: BioPsychoSocial Medicine) BioPsychoSocial Medicine journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2184390 Fri, 23 Jan 2009 05:00:00 +0100 2184390 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2126210&cid=s_37208_36_f&fid=37208&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bpsmedicine.com%2Fcontent%2F3%2F1%2F2 Conclusions: When an illness persists for many years and conditioning and a vicious cycle occur secondarily, systematic biopsychosocial approaches are needed in addition to general treatment. Also, secondary symptoms make the diagnosis more difficult when efforts at treatment are ineffective. (Source: BioPsychoSocial Medicine) BioPsychoSocial Medicine journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2126210 Fri, 23 Jan 2009 05:00:00 +0100 2126210 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2126211&cid=s_37208_36_f&fid=37208&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bpsmedicine.com%2Fcontent%2F3%2F1%2F1 - (Source: BioPsychoSocial Medicine) BioPsychoSocial Medicine journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2126211 Thu, 22 Jan 2009 05:00:00 +0100 2126211 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1976656&cid=s_37208_36_f&fid=37208&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bpsmedicine.com%2Fcontent%2F2%2F1%2F24 Conclusions: It may be important to provide psychological support to patients throughout the period of HSCT in consideration of differences in mood changes associated with the underlying disease and patient sex in order to provide efficient psychiatric intervention for both better psychiatric and survival outcomes. (Source: BioPsychoSocial Medicine) BioPsychoSocial Medicine journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1976656 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 05:00:00 +0100 1976656 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1964786&cid=s_37208_36_f&fid=37208&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bpsmedicine.com%2Fcontent%2F2%2F1%2F22 Conclusions: To address the potential psychological basis of patients' medically unexplained symptoms, GPs should pay more attention to the specific clues patients present to them. Likewise, in order to receive full attention, patients should try to present their concerns more explicitly. (Source: BioPsychoSocial Medicine) BioPsychoSocial Medicine journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1964786 Mon, 17 Nov 2008 05:00:00 +0100 1964786 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1934832&cid=s_37208_36_f&fid=37208&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bpsmedicine.com%2Fcontent%2F2%2F1%2F20 Background: Psychophysiological processing is supposed to play a crucial role in irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) but there has been no report on modulation of the stress marker chromogranin A (CgA) resulting from muscle stretching. We hypothesized that abdominal muscle stretching as a passive operation would have a beneficial effect on a biochemical index of the activity of the sympathetic/adrenomedullary system (salivary CgA) and anxiety. Methods: Fifteen control and eighteen untreated IBS subjects underwent experimental abdominal muscle stretching for 4 min. Subjects relaxed in a supine position with their knees fully flexed while their pelvic and trunk rotation was passively and slowly moved from 0 degrees of abdominal rotation to about 90 degrees or the point where the subject reported... BioPsychoSocial Medicine journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1934832 Tue, 04 Nov 2008 05:00:00 +0100 1934832 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1912222&cid=s_37208_36_f&fid=37208&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bpsmedicine.com%2Fcontent%2F2%2F1%2F19 Conclusion: We confirmed the validity and reliability of SCL-90-R(J) for the measurement of individual distress. The nine primary subscales were consistent with the items of the original English version. (Source: BioPsychoSocial Medicine) BioPsychoSocial Medicine journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1912222 Tue, 28 Oct 2008 04:00:00 +0100 1912222 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1871405&cid=s_37208_36_f&fid=37208&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bpsmedicine.com%2Fcontent%2F2%2F1%2F18 ObjectiveFew studies have been published on health care utilization in Crohn's disease and the influence of psychological treatment on high utilizers. Methods: The present sub study of a prospective multi center investigation conducted in 87 of 488 consecutive Crohn's disease (CD) patients was designed to investigate the influence of the course of Crohn's disease on health care utilization (hospital days (HD) and sick leave days (SLD) collected by German insurance companies) and to examine the conditions of high-utilizing patients. Predictors of health care utilization should be selected. Based on a standardized somatic treatment, high health care utilizing patients of the psychotherapy and control groups should be compared before and after a one-year treatment. Results: Multivariate reg... BioPsychoSocial Medicine journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1871405 Mon, 13 Oct 2008 04:00:00 +0100 1871405 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1841730&cid=s_37208_36_f&fid=37208&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bpsmedicine.com%2Fcontent%2F2%2F1%2F17 Conclusions: It is reasonable to conclude that the HRQOL of family caregivers was lower than that of non-family caregivers, and that the HRQOL of family caregivers was estimated by their social networks. (Source: BioPsychoSocial Medicine) BioPsychoSocial Medicine journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1841730 Wed, 01 Oct 2008 04:00:00 +0100 1841730 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1838281&cid=s_37208_36_f&fid=37208&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bpsmedicine.com%2Fcontent%2F2%2F1%2F15 Background: In Sweden social security is a means-tested financial allowance. The Social Services Act states that an individual is entitled to financial support when his/her needs are not met in any other way. The aim of the present study was to analyse the prevalence and impact of various illness factors and symptoms in social security recipients compared to non-recipients in a welfare state, in this case Sweden. Methods: A simple random sample of 20 100 individuals was selected from a national survey that covered all individuals in the 18–84 year age group in Sweden. A postal survey was thereafter conducted. Multiple logistic regression was employed as a statistical test. Odds ratio (OR) and a 95% confidence interval (CI) was used. Results: Social security recipients were found to have ... BioPsychoSocial Medicine journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1838281 Mon, 22 Sep 2008 04:00:00 +0100 1838281 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1813098&cid=s_37208_36_f&fid=37208&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bpsmedicine.com%2Fcontent%2F2%2F1%2F15 Background: In Sweden social security is a means-tested financial allowance. The Social Services Act states that an individual is entitled to financial support when his/her needs are not met in any other way. The aim of the present study was to analyse the prevalence and impact of various illness factors and symptoms in social security recipients compared to non-recipients in a welfare state, in this case Sweden. Methods: A simple random sample of 20 100 individuals was selected from a national survey that covered all individuals in the 18-84 year age group in Sweden. A postal survey was thereafter conducted. Multiple logistic regression was employed as a statistical test. Odds ratio (OR) and a 95% confidence interval (CI) was used. Results: Social security recipients were found to have a ... BioPsychoSocial Medicine journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1813098 Mon, 22 Sep 2008 04:00:00 +0100 1813098 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1640553&cid=s_37208_36_f&fid=37208&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bpsmedicine.com%2Fcontent%2F2%2F1%2F12 Conclusion: We confirm that TCAs are associated with a large decrease in HRV and increase HR. However, data for SSRIs is not clear. Although the effect of SSRIs on HRV is weaker than for TCAs, evidence shows that SSRIs are associated with a small decrease in HR, and an increase in one measure of HRV. The use of TCAs in depression leads to changes in HRV that are associated with increased risk of mortality. (Source: BioPsychoSocial Medicine) BioPsychoSocial Medicine journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1640553 Mon, 30 Jun 2008 04:00:00 +0100 1640553 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1557210&cid=s_37208_36_f&fid=37208&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bpsmedicine.com%2Fcontent%2F2%2F1%2F8 Conclusion: A history of childhood physical abuse is associated with psychological distress such as anxiety, depression and self-injurious behavior in outpatients with psychosomatic symptoms. It is important for physicians to consider the history of abuse in the primary care of these patients. (Source: BioPsychoSocial Medicine) BioPsychoSocial Medicine journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1557210 Fri, 21 Mar 2008 04:00:00 +0100 1557210 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1557211&cid=s_37208_36_f&fid=37208&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bpsmedicine.com%2Fcontent%2F2%2F1%2F7 Conclusion: Our preliminary data suggest that a small number of specific somatic-related questions can be constructed into a valid screening tool for cases at high risk for having a component of energy metabolism in their pathogenesis. (Source: BioPsychoSocial Medicine) BioPsychoSocial Medicine journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1557211 Fri, 22 Feb 2008 05:00:00 +0100 1557211 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1557212&cid=s_37208_36_f&fid=37208&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bpsmedicine.com%2Fcontent%2F2%2F1%2F6 The purpose of this paper is to provide primary care physicians and medical specialists with an experiential psychosomatic framework for understanding patients with body distress symptoms. The framework relies on somatic awareness, a normal part of consciousness, to resolve the dualism inherent in conventional multidisciplinary approaches. Somatic awareness represents a guiding healing heuristic which acknowledges the validity of the patient's physical symptoms and uses body sensations to identify the psychological, physiological, and social factors needed for symptom self-regulation. The experiential approach is based on psychobiologic concepts which include bodily distress disorder, central sensitization, dysfunctional breathing, and contextual nature of mood. (Source: BioPsychoSocial Me... BioPsychoSocial Medicine journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1557212 Thu, 21 Feb 2008 05:00:00 +0100 1557212 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1557213&cid=s_37208_36_f&fid=37208&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bpsmedicine.com%2Fcontent%2F2%2F1%2F5 Conclusion: The present findings suggest a tendency toward obesity among patients who cross over from AN-R to BN. Low self-directedness and high parental criticism may be associated with the development of BN by patients with AN-R, although the differences may also be associated with depression. (Source: BioPsychoSocial Medicine) BioPsychoSocial Medicine journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1557213 Tue, 12 Feb 2008 05:00:00 +0100 1557213 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1557214&cid=s_37208_36_f&fid=37208&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bpsmedicine.com%2Fcontent%2F2%2F1%2F4 Conclusion: Our study indicates that SOC can help the adolescents to choose a coping strategy that is appropriate for the situation and thereby may prevent them from developing PSC. However, additional studies are needed to confirm our findings. (Source: BioPsychoSocial Medicine) BioPsychoSocial Medicine journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1557214 Fri, 08 Feb 2008 05:00:00 +0100 1557214 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1557215&cid=s_37208_36_f&fid=37208&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bpsmedicine.com%2Fcontent%2F2%2F1%2F3 Conclusion: AT together with CBT can be a viable and palatable treatment option for Meniere's disease patients who are not responsive to other therapies. (Source: BioPsychoSocial Medicine) BioPsychoSocial Medicine journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1557215 Fri, 25 Jan 2008 05:00:00 +0100 1557215