Letter to the Editor: A comment on Borrione et al.
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Source: Psychiatry Research - June 26, 2018 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Abigail Ortiz Source Type: research
Exploration of Illness Perception among Patients with Mental illness in a Multi-ethnic Asian Sample
Illness perceptions are defined as cognitive representations or beliefs that patients have about their illness (Leventhal et al., 1984). These perceptions develop through information that a patient receives from both formal and informal sources including healthcare workers, media, family, friends and fellow patients (Petrie and Weinman, 2006). These perceptions may not only differ from that of the treating clinician but also from other patients suffering from the same illness and more importantly, these perceptions have been found to play an important role both in patients with physical and mental illnesses wherein they de...
Source: Psychiatry Research - June 23, 2018 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Mythily Subramaniam, Edimansyah Abdin, Anitha Jeyagurunathan, Sherilyn Chang, Ellaisha Samari, Saleha Binte Shafie, Ker Chiah Wei, Swapna Verma, Siow Ann Chong Source Type: research
Detecting implicit cues of aggressiveness in male faces in revictimized female PTSD patients and healthy controls
Child abuse (CA) is a serious and pervasive problem in all societies; child sexual abuse (CSA) is reported by 18-20% of women world-wide (20% in the U.S.; Stoltenborgh et al., 2011), and child physical abuse (CPA) is reported by 18% of women in the U.S. (Thombs et al., 2006). Survivors of child abuse show long-term effects such as Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (Perkonigg et al., 2000), but also depression, poor self-esteem (Bagley and Ramsay, 1986), suicide ideation (Sedney and Brooks, 1984), and difficulties in trusting others (Courtois, 1979). (Source: Psychiatry Research)
Source: Psychiatry Research - June 21, 2018 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Klara A. Lieberz, Meike M üller-Engelmann, Pia Bornefeld-Ettmann, Kathlen Priebe, Anke Weidmann, Thomas Fydrich, Shawn N. Geniole, Cheryl M. McCormick, Sophie Rausch, Janine Thome, Regina Steil Source Type: research
Distance to Threat and Risk of Acute and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Following Bank Robbery: A longitudinal study
Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a debilitating and often long-lasting psychiatric disorder that can develop following a traumatic event (Byers et al, 2014; Kessler et al., 1995a). To understand what environmental factors increase risk for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is important, both in terms of preventing PTSD by reducing the impact of such factors, as well as for predicting which individuals will develop PTSD following trauma. Knowledge of who will develop PTSD could ultimately be used to target interventions soon after traumatic exposure for these individuals. (Source: Psychiatry Research)
Source: Psychiatry Research - June 21, 2018 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Örjan Frans, Jill Åhs, Eva Bihre, Fredrik Åhs Source Type: research
Tonic immobility during re-experiencing the traumatic event in posttraumatic stress disorder
Tonic immobility (TI) is an adaptive, reflexive and involuntary defence response, characterised by profound but reversible motor inhibition and muscular rigidity, supressed vocalization, tremors, intermittent periods of eye closure, and analgesia with evidence of a preserved awareness of the surroundings (Gallup, 1977; Marx, Forsyth, Gallup, Fuse and Lexington, 2008). TI has been observed across species and is thought to occur in life-threatening situations, which are both inescapable and illicit intensive fear. (Source: Psychiatry Research)
Source: Psychiatry Research - June 21, 2018 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Rianne A. de Kleine, Muriel A. Hagenaars, Agnes van Minnen Source Type: research
Sex-related variation of neurocognitive functioning in Bipolar Disorder: focus on visual memory and associative learning
By now, a large number of studies have investigated neuropsychological performance in Bipolar Disorder (BD). Their results indicate impairments primarily in the areas of sustained attention, executive function and verbal or non-verbal memory both in the active phases of the disease and in euthymia (Bortolato et al., 2015; Cullen et al., 2016; Goodwin et al., 2008; Quraishi and Frangou, 2002). Neuropsychological deficits are related to non-adherence to medication and contribute to worse long-term functional outcomes such as poor quality of life and psychosocial disability (Dickerson et al., 2004). (Source: Psychiatry Research)
Source: Psychiatry Research - June 21, 2018 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Kalliopi Tournikiotia, Panagiotis Ferentinosa, Ioannis Michopoulosa, Dimitris Dikeosb, Constantin R. Soldatosc, Athanasios Douzenisa Source Type: research
Ecological Assessment of Daily Suicidal Thoughts and Attempts among Suicidal Teens after Psychiatric Hospitalization: Lessons about Feasibility and Acceptability
Youth suicide, the second leading cause of death among adolescents (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2014), has tragically increased in recent years (Curtin et al., 2016). Despite a great deal of knowledge concerning suicide risk and protective factors gained over the past several decades (see reviews by Bridge et al., 2006; Gould et al., 2003; Spirito and Esposito-Smythers, 2006), less is known about immediate (within hours or days) precursors to suicidal behavior that may be most clinically relevant (Glenn and Nock, 2014). (Source: Psychiatry Research)
Source: Psychiatry Research - June 21, 2018 Category: Psychiatry Authors: E.K. Czyz, C.A. King, I Nahum-Shani Source Type: research
Identity Processes and Clusters in Individuals with and without Pathological Buying
Pathological buying (PB) is defined as an extreme preoccupation with buying or the experience of irresistible, intrusive, and senseless impulses to buy. PB is associated with adverse emotional, social, and financial problems (Faber& O'Guinn, 1992; McElroy et al., 1994) and occurs offline as well as online (Pahlevan Sharif and Khanekharab, 2017; Rose and Dhandayudham, 2014; Trotzke et al., 2015). Based on a meta-analysis of Maraz et al. (2016), the pooled prevalence rate of PB in the populations studied is estimated around 5%. (Source: Psychiatry Research)
Source: Psychiatry Research - June 21, 2018 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Laurence Claes, Koen Luyckx, Birte Vogel, Margaux Verschueren, Astrid M üller Source Type: research
Metacognition in schizophrenia disorders: comparisons with community controls and bipolar disorder: replication with a Spanish language Chilean sample
Recovery from schizophrenia requires that persons make sense of challenges related to their psychiatric condition and accordingly decide how best to move towards wellness (Leonhardt et al., 2017). One potential barrier to recovery, however, is deficits in metacognition (Dimaggio and Lysaker, 2015; Lysaker and Klion, 2007). The term metacognition initially referred to cognitions about other cognition (Flavel, 1979), and a broader integrative model of metacognition has emer ged (Lysaker et al., 2018). (Source: Psychiatry Research)
Source: Psychiatry Research - June 21, 2018 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Paul H. Lysaker, Leonor Irarr ázaval, Emily C. Gagen, Ivan Armijo, Massimo Ballerini, Milena Mancini, Giovanni Stanghellini Source Type: research
The relationship between negative symptoms and cognitive functioning in patients at clinical high risk for psychosis
Early detection and intervention in patients at clinical high risk for psychosis (CHR) represents a growing and promising field of research (Riecher-R össler and McGorry, 2016; Riecher-Rössler and Studerus, 2017). According to the guidelines of the European Psychiatric Association, the CHR state can be characterized by two complementary conceptualizations, namely the ultra-high risk (UHR) and the basic symptom (BS) approach (see Schultze-Lutter et al., 2015 for overview). UHR criteria capture prepsychotic symptoms, such as attenuated psychotic symptoms (APS) and brief limited intermittent psychotic symptoms (BLIPS) bu...
Source: Psychiatry Research - June 21, 2018 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Letizia Leanza, Laura Egloff, Erich Studerus, Christina Andreou, Ulrike Heitz, Sarah Ittig, Katharina Beck, Martina Uttinger, Anita Riecher-R össler Source Type: research
Food addiction, in obese patients seeking bariatric surgery, is associated with higher prevalence of current mood and anxiety disorders and past mood disorders
Despite the fact that food is widely available in western societies, that eating is an essential and frequent human activity, and that certain foods have powerful rewarding and addictive effects similar to drugs (Volkow et al., 2012; Volkow and Wise, 2005), the hypothesis that some individuals are addicted to food or to their eating behavior has only recently been proposed (Meule and Gearhardt, 2014). The recognition of food addiction (FA) as an addictive disorder is a hotly debated topic with some authors suggesting that the FA phenotype should be viewed as an expression of strong habits and preferences rather than as an ...
Source: Psychiatry Research - June 20, 2018 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Farid Benzerouk, Fabien Gierski, Pierre-Henri Ducluzeau, C éline Bourbao-Tournois, Isabelle Gaubil-Kaladjian, Éric Bertin, Arthur Kaladjian, Nicolas Ballon, Paul Brunault Source Type: research
Prevalence of psychological distress and the effects of resilience and perceived social support among Chinese college students: Does gender make a difference?
College students undergo a developmental transition from adolescence to adulthood, which poses a great challenge for them and makes them vulnerable to mental health problems. For example, previous studies have reported that individuals aged 16 to 24 years have the highest prevalence of mental disorders (Slade et al., 2009). Most college students are in this age group, with the highest risk of developing mental disorders. Although it seems that college students have some advantages compared with the non-students of the same age; in fact, the former have reported an even higher prevalence of mental heal th problems (Cvetk...
Source: Psychiatry Research - June 20, 2018 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Mingliang Zhang, Jianmei Zhang, Feng Zhang, Li Zhang, Danjun Feng Source Type: research
Spiritually Integrated Care for PTSD: A Randomized Controlled Trial of “Building Spiritual Strength”
The research literature on spirituality and trauma evidences important relationships between spiritual distress and clinical outcomes among trauma survivors in both cross-sectional and longitudinal studies (Currier et al., 2015; Currier et al., 2014; Harris et al., 2008; Harris et al., 2012; Ogden et al., 2011). Cross-lag analysis shows that among veterans in intensive treatment for PTSD, levels of spiritual functioning before treatment predicted improvements in PTSD symptoms, which suggests that spiritual distress may be an etiological factor in posttraumatic recovery (Currier et al., 2015). (Source: Psychiatry Research)
Source: Psychiatry Research - June 20, 2018 Category: Psychiatry Authors: J. Irene Harris, Timothy Usset, Cory Voecks, Paul Thuras, Joseph Currier, Christopher Erbes Source Type: research
Duration of untreated psychosis (DUP) and outcome of people with schizophrenia in rural China: 14-year follow-up study
Duration of untreated psychosis (DUP) refers to the period from the onset of first psychotic symptoms to initiation of adequate treatment (Marshall et al., 2005). The rationale for advocating early intervention and reducing delay in treatment is premised on the belief that the early phase following the manifestation of the first episode of psychosis carries important implications for long-term outcomes (Cechnicki et al., 2014; Malla et al. , 2005). (Source: Psychiatry Research)
Source: Psychiatry Research - June 20, 2018 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Mao-Sheng Ran, Yunyu Xiao, Cheryl H.K. Chui, Xian-Zhang Hu, Yue-Hui Yu, Man-Man Peng, Wen-Jun Mao, Bo Liu, Eric Yu-Hai Chan, Cecilia Lai-Wan Chan Source Type: research
Emotional labor and depressive mood in service and sales workers: Interactions with gender and job autonomy
Work is viewed as one of the most important aspects in an individual's quality of life, and an unfavorable psychosocial working environment can substantially exert harmful effects on worker's mental health (Nieuwenhuijsen et al., 2010). In a nationally representative sample of workers in the United States, 6.4% workers met the diagnostic criteria of major depressive episode for 12 months according to the World Health Organization (WHO) Composite International Diagnostic Interview (CIDI) (Kessler et al., 2006), a nd a previous meta-analysis showed that job-related stressors were strongly associated with onset of major ...
Source: Psychiatry Research - June 20, 2018 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Kyu-Man Han, Cheolmin Shin, Ho-Kyoung Yoon, Young-Hoon Ko, Yong-Ku Kim, Changsu Han Tags: Research article Source Type: research
