Psychotherapy and psychosomatics
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Psychother Psychosom · Jan 2005
Tridimensional personality questionnaire factors in major depressive disorder: relationship to anxiety disorder comorbidity and age of onset.
We used the Tridimensional Personality Questionnaire (TPQ) to study the relationship between temperamental traits and comorbid anxiety disorders as well as age of onset of major depressive disorder (MDD) in 263 patients with MDD. ⋯ Features of temperament are related to patterns of anxiety disorder comorbidity and age of onset among patients with MDD. Higher levels of HA and lower levels of RD and NS were associated with an increased risk of anxiety disorder comorbidity in our sample. HA may also be related to early onset of depression.
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Psychother Psychosom · Jan 2005
In the face of pain: the relationship between psychological well-being and disability in women with fibromyalgia.
Few studies have examined the potentially beneficial role of positive psychological functioning in individuals with chronic pain. This study examined the relationship of psychological well-being (PWB) to pain and disability in women with fibromyalgia (FM) as compared to women with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and healthy controls (HC). We targeted several domains of PWB that have been associated with health, and also tested whether PWB was related to the women's social network. ⋯ This assessment of PWB provides insight into those psychological domains that should be emphasized in treatments aimed at reducing the disabling aspects of FM.
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Psychother Psychosom · Jan 2005
Randomized Controlled TrialEffects of mind-body therapy on quality of life and neuroendocrine and cellular immune functions in patients with ulcerative colitis.
The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of mind-body therapy on neuroendocrine and cellular immune measures, health-related quality of life and disease activity in patients with ulcerative colitis (UC) in remission. ⋯ Mind-body therapy may improve quality of life in patients with UC in remission, while no effects of therapy on clinical or physiological parameters were found, which may at least in part be related to selective patient recruitment.
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The aim of this study was to analyze changes of coping strategies in severely injured accident victims over time and to compare patients with high and low posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptom levels with regard to their coping patterns and accident-related cognitions. ⋯ Active problem-focused coping, although utilized most frequently and often regarded as protective, might be an inadequate strategy in face of acute stress following a severe accident. Clinicians should not expect their patients to cope very actively in the acute ICU phase. In the subsequent rehabilitation, active coping seems to be more adaptive.