Monatsarchive: Februar 2010

Role of Cardiac Disease Severity in the Predictive Value of Anxiety for All-Cause Mortality

Objective: To identify moderators that influence the relationship of anxiety and long-term prognosis in patients with coronary heart disease (CHD). It has been an ongoing source of controversy what the long-term effects of anxiety are on mortality in patients with … Weiterlesen

Verschlagwortet mit , , | Kommentare deaktiviert für Role of Cardiac Disease Severity in the Predictive Value of Anxiety for All-Cause Mortality

Generalized Anxiety and Major Depressive Disorders, Their Comorbidity and Hypertension in Middle-Aged Men

Objective: To examine the cross-sectional associations between generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) and major depressive disorder (MDD), their comorbidity, and hypertension. Methods: Participants (n = 4180) were drawn from a cohort of men who were members of the U.S. army during … Weiterlesen

Veröffentlicht unter Abstracts aus Zeitschriftenartikeln | Verschlagwortet mit , | Kommentare deaktiviert für Generalized Anxiety and Major Depressive Disorders, Their Comorbidity and Hypertension in Middle-Aged Men

Secondhand Smoke Exposure and Depressive Symptoms

Objective: To evaluate the association between secondhand smoke (SHS) exposure and depression. Tobacco smoking and depression are strongly associated, but the possible effects of SHS have not been evaluated. Methods: The 2005 to 2006 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey … Weiterlesen

Veröffentlicht unter Abstracts aus Zeitschriftenartikeln | Verschlagwortet mit , | Kommentare deaktiviert für Secondhand Smoke Exposure and Depressive Symptoms

Effect of Depression Treatment on Chronic Pain Outcomes

Objective: To examine the effect of depression treatment on medical and social outcomes for individuals with chronic pain and depression. People with chronic pain and depression have worse health outcomes than those with chronic pain alone. Little is known about … Weiterlesen

Veröffentlicht unter Abstracts aus Zeitschriftenartikeln | Verschlagwortet mit , , | Kommentare deaktiviert für Effect of Depression Treatment on Chronic Pain Outcomes

Inpatient treatment to online aftercare: E-mailing themes as a function of therapeutic outcomes

The authors applied the meaning extraction method (MEM) to 4,241 e-mails written by 297 participants of an email-based aftercare program following inpatient psychotherapy. Principal-components analysis of the most frequently used nouns in the e-mails yielded nine components: life decisions and … Weiterlesen

Veröffentlicht unter Allgemein | Verschlagwortet mit , , | Kommentare deaktiviert für Inpatient treatment to online aftercare: E-mailing themes as a function of therapeutic outcomes

Brain activation during autobiographical relationship episode narratives: A core conflictual relationship theme approach

The authors combined the core conflictual relationship theme (CCRT) method and functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to identify brain regions involved in recall of autobiographical relationship episodes, a key process in psychotherapy. Relationship narratives were obtained from healthy subjects and … Weiterlesen

Veröffentlicht unter Abstracts aus Zeitschriftenartikeln | Verschlagwortet mit , | Kommentare deaktiviert für Brain activation during autobiographical relationship episode narratives: A core conflictual relationship theme approach

Understanding how and why psychotherapy leads to change

The rich research literature on psychotherapies for children, adolescents, and adults has identified several interventions that can ameliorate or effect significant change in psychiatric disorders and a variety of social, behavioral, and emotional problems and can enhance medical outcomes and … Weiterlesen

Veröffentlicht unter Abstracts aus Zeitschriftenartikeln | Verschlagwortet mit , | Kommentare deaktiviert für Understanding how and why psychotherapy leads to change

Factors Associated with Posttraumatic Growth among the Spouses of Myocardial Infarction Patients

To clarify the rationale behind Posttraumatic Growth (PTG), a model by Schaefer and Moos describes the relative contribution of environmental resources, individual resources, event related factors, cognitive processing and coping (CPC) on PTG. In the present study, this model was … Weiterlesen

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Maladaptive Sleep Hygiene Practices in Good Sleepers and Patients with Insomnia

Previous studies examining the associations between sleep hygiene practices and insomnia have produced inconsistent results. This study further investigates this issue by examining different domains of sleep hygiene separately. One hundred and six insomnia patients and 89 good sleepers participated … Weiterlesen

Veröffentlicht unter Abstracts aus Zeitschriftenartikeln | Verschlagwortet mit | Kommentare deaktiviert für Maladaptive Sleep Hygiene Practices in Good Sleepers and Patients with Insomnia

Screening nach Gewalt gegen Frauen durch den Partner

Häusliche Gewalt und Partnergewalt gegen Frauen ist auch in Deutschland ein schwerwiegendes Problem mit weitreichenden sozialen, ökonomischen und gesundheitlichen Folgen für die Betroffenen. Der Gesundheitssektor kann bei Intervention und Prävention eine entscheidende Rolle spielen, wenn Gewalt als Ursache für Verletzungen … Weiterlesen

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