A large-scale survey of adverse events experienced in yoga classes
Conclusions:
The results of this large-scale survey demonstrated that approximately 30% of yoga class attendees had experienced some type of adverse event. Although the majority had mild symptoms, the survey results indicated that attendees with chronic diseases were more likely to experience adverse events associated with their disease. Therefore, special attention is necessary when yoga is introduced to patients with stress-related, chronic diseases. (Source: BioPsychoSocial Medicine)
Source: BioPsychoSocial Medicine - March 18, 2015 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Tomoko MatsushitaTakakazu Oka Source Type: research
Anger tendency may be associated with duration of illness in panic disorder
Conclusion:
The present study suggests that longer PD duration is related to a stronger tendency to experience anger. (Source: BioPsychoSocial Medicine)
Source: BioPsychoSocial Medicine - March 1, 2015 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Nagisa SugayaEiji YoshidaShin YasudaMamoru TochigiKunio TakeiTakeshi OtowaTadashi UmekageYoshiaki KonishiYuji SakanoShinobu NomuraYuji OkazakiHisanobu KaiyaHisashi TaniiTsukasa Sasaki Source Type: research
Effect of prolonged stress on the adrenal hormones of individuals with irritable bowel syndrome
Conclusions:
Individuals with IBS showed an elevated cortisol/DHEA ratio after awakening compared with individuals without IBS, and the elevated ratio peaked under the prolonged stress. The present study suggests that the cortisol effect is dominant in individuals with IBS under prolonged stress. (Source: BioPsychoSocial Medicine)
Source: BioPsychoSocial Medicine - January 23, 2015 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Nagisa SugayaShuhei IzawaKeisuke SaitoKentaro ShirotsukiShinobu NomuraHironori Shimada Source Type: research
Psychosocial factors are preventive against coronary events in Japanese men with coronary artery disease: The Eastern Collaborative Group Study 7.7-year follow-up experience
Conclusion:
The Japanese spirit of `Wa? is a preventive factor against coronary events for Japanese men with CAD. (Source: BioPsychoSocial Medicine)
Source: BioPsychoSocial Medicine - January 17, 2015 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Reiko HoriJun-ichiro HayanoKazuhiro KimuraNitaro ShibataFumio Kobayashi Source Type: research
Development of an ecological momentary assessment scale for appetite
Conclusions:
The within-individual reliability of the EMA scale to assess momentary appetite was confirmed in most subjects and it was also validated as a useful tool to understand eating behaviors in daily settings. Further refinement of the scale is necessary and further investigations need to be conducted, particularly on clinical populations. (Source: BioPsychoSocial Medicine)
Source: BioPsychoSocial Medicine - January 15, 2015 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Hiroe KikuchiKazuhiro YoshiuchiShuji InadaTetsuya AndoYoshiharu Yamamoto Source Type: research
Absence of change in the gray matter volume of patients with ulcerative colitis in remission: a voxel based morphometry study
Conclusion:
The brain morphology of patients with UC in remission is similar to controls. The lack of GM abnormalities in UC patients might reflect the mild clinical course of the inflammatory bowel disorder. Further research involving patients with different degrees of disease severity or during flares could shed more light on potential brain structural changes in UC. (Source: BioPsychoSocial Medicine)
Source: BioPsychoSocial Medicine - January 7, 2015 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Alessandro AgostiniMassimo CampieriAngela BertaniAntonella ScarcelliDaniela BallottaCarlo CalabreseFernando RizzelloPaolo GionchettiPaolo NichelliFrancesca Benuzzi Source Type: research
Isometric yoga improves the fatigue and pain of patients with chronic fatigue syndrome who are resistant to conventional therapy: a randomized, controlled trial
Background:
Patients with chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) often complain of persistent fatigue even after conventional therapies such as pharmacotherapy, cognitive behavioral therapy, or graded exercise therapy. The aim of this study was to investigate in a randomized, controlled trial the feasibility and efficacy of isometric yoga in patients with CFS who are resistant to conventional treatments.
Methods:
This trial enrolled 30 patients with CFS who did not have satisfactory improvement after receiving conventional therapy for at least six months. They were randomly divided into two groups and were treated with either conv...
Source: BioPsychoSocial Medicine - December 11, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Takakazu OkaTokusei TanahashiTakeharu ChijiwaBattuvshin LkhagvasurenNobuyuki SudoKae Oka Source Type: research
Isometric yoga improves the fatigue and pain of patients with chronic fatigue syndrome who are resistant to conventional therapy: a randomized, controlled trial
Background:
Patients with chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) often complain of persistent fatigue even after conventional therapies such as pharmacotherapy, cognitive behavioral therapy, or graded exercise therapy. The aim of this study was to investigate in a randomized, controlled trial the feasibility and efficacy of isometric yoga in patients with CFS who are resistant to conventional treatments.
Methods:
This trial enrolled 30 patients with CFS who did not have satisfactory improvement after receiving conventional therapy for at least six months. They were randomly divided into two groups and were treated with either conv...
Source: BioPsychoSocial Medicine - December 11, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Takakazu OkaTokusei TanahashiTakeharu ChijiwaBattuvshin LkhagvasurenNobuyuki SudoKae Oka Source Type: research
Management of post-hyperventilation apnea during dental treatment under monitored anesthesia care with propofol
Although hyperventilation syndrome generally carries a good prognosis, it is associated with the risk of developing severe symptoms, such as post-hyperventilation apnea with hypoxemia and loss of consciousness. We experienced a patient who suffered from post-hyperventilation apnea. A 17-year-old female who suffered from hyperventilation syndrome for several years developed post-hyperventilation apnea after treatment using the paper bag rebreathing method and sedative administration during a dental procedure. We subsequently successfully provided her with monitored anesthesia care with propofol. Monitored anesthesia care wi...
Source: BioPsychoSocial Medicine - December 4, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Masato KobayashiShinji KurataTakuro SanukiIchiro OkayasuTakao Ayuse Source Type: research
Factors affecting the dental erosion severity of patients with eating disorders
Conclusions:
While self-induced vomiting is the main cause of dental erosion in eating disorder patients, the erosion severity may be affected by behavior when inducing vomiting or by routine consumption of certain foods and beverages. Addressing these factors may help prevent severe dental erosion in patients who chronically induce vomiting. (Source: BioPsychoSocial Medicine)
Source: BioPsychoSocial Medicine - November 19, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Mitsuhiro OtsuAkira HamuraYuiko IshikawaHiroyuki KaribeTomoyasu IchijyoYoko Yoshinaga Source Type: research
Orthostatic responses in adolescent chronic fatigue syndrome: contributions from expectancies as well as gravity
Conclusions:
These results suggest that in CFS patients expectancies towards orthostatic challenge might be additional determinants of autonomic cardiovascular modulation along with the gravitational stimulus per se. (Source: BioPsychoSocial Medicine)
Source: BioPsychoSocial Medicine - September 15, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Vegard WyllerEven FagermoenDag SulheimAnette WingerEva SkovlundJerome Saul Source Type: research
The outcome of treatment for anorexia nervosa inpatients who required urgent hospitalization
Conclusion:
None of the parameters of the psychosocial tests studied were significantly different between the groups. The outcome of the urgent group was poor. Two years after discharge they had difficulty maintaining weight and continued to have poor social adaptation. (Source: BioPsychoSocial Medicine)
Source: BioPsychoSocial Medicine - September 3, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Keisuke KawaiSakino YamashitaGen KomakiMiki ShimizuMegumi NakashimaSamami EtouShu TakakuraMasato TakiiChiharu KuboNobuyuki Sudo Source Type: research
Unhappiness and mortality: evidence from a middle-income Southeast Asian setting
Conclusion:
Our study provides empirical evidence that the epidemiological effect of happiness is not confined to affluent Western countries, but it also increases the probability of staying alive in a middle-income Asian country. (Source: BioPsychoSocial Medicine)
Source: BioPsychoSocial Medicine - August 7, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Vasoontara YiengprugsawanSam-ang SeubsmanAdrian Sleigh Source Type: research
