Search Results - "Advances in psychosomatic medicine"

Addiction and brain reward and antireward pathways by Gardner, Eliot L

“…Addictive drugs have in common that they are voluntarily self-administered by laboratory animals (usually avidly), and that they enhance the functioning of the…”
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Epilogue by Alarcón, Renato D

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The impact of mental illness on sexual dysfunction by Zemishlany, Zvi, Weizman, Abraham

“…Sexual dysfunction is prevalent among psychiatric patients and may be related to both the psychopathology and the pharmacotherapy. The negative symptoms of…”
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Culture and psychiatric diagnosis by Lewis-Fernández, Roberto, Aggarwal, Neil Krishan

“…Since the publication of DSM-IV in 1994, neurobiologists and anthropologists have criticized the rigidity of its diagnostic criteria that appear to exclude…”
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Opening up mental health service delivery to cultural diversity: current situation, development and examples from three northern European countries by Bäärnhielm, Sofie, Jávo, Cecilie, Mösko, Mike-Oliver

“…There are inequalities in health among migrants and local populations in Europe. Due to migration, Germany, Norway and Sweden have become ethnic culturally…”
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Transcultural aspects of somatic symptoms in the context of depressive disorders by Bagayogo, Issa P, Interian, Alejandro, Escobar, Javier I

“…Somatic symptoms are a common presentation of mental disorders or psychological distress worldwide, and may often coexist with depressive and anxiety symptoms,…”
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General and specialized medicine and psychiatry by Fava, Giovanni A, Sonino, Nicoletta, Wise, Thomas N

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Cultural psychiatry: research strategies and future directions by Kirmayer, Laurence J, Ban, Lauren

“…This chapter reviews some key aspects of current research in cultural psychiatry and explores future prospects. The first section discusses the multiple…”
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Asthma and anxiety disorders by Goodwin, Renee D

“…In this chapter we have reviewed recent findings on the co-occurrence of asthma and anxiety disorders in youth and adults in clinical and community-based…”
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Telomeres, early-life stress and mental illness by Ridout, Samuel J, Ridout, Kathryn K, Kao, Hung-Teh, Carpenter, Linda L, Philip, Noah S, Tyrka, Audrey R, Price, Lawrence H

“…Telomeres are structures of tandem TTAGGG repeats that are found at the ends of chromosomes and preserve genomic DNA by serving as a disposable buffer to…”
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Joint hypermobility, anxiety and psychosomatics: two and a half decades of progress toward a new phenotype by Bulbena, Antoni, Pailhez, Guillem, Bulbena-Cabré, Andrea, Mallorquí-Bagué, Nuria, Baeza-Velasco, Carolina

“…The strong association between a heritable collagen condition and anxiety was an unexpected finding that we first described in 1988 at the Hospital del Mar in…”
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Communication with patients suffering from serious physical illness by Grassi, Luigi, Caruso, Rosangela, Costantini, Anna

“…Communication is the corner stone of the relationship with the patient in all medical settings with the main aims of creating a good inter-personal…”
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Fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue: the underlying biology and related theoretical issues by Romano, Graziella F, Tomassi, Simona, Russell, Alice, Mondelli, Valeria, Pariante, Carmine M

“…There is an increasing interest in understanding the biological mechanism underpinning fibromyalgia (FM) and chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS). Despite the…”
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The impact of physical illness on sexual dysfunction by Clayton, Anita, Ramamurthy, Sujatha

“…Sexuality is the ultimate union of mind and body. Sexual dysfunction is often the first manifestation of physical illness but is often not inquired about on…”
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Recent advances in the classification, neurobiology and treatment of premature ejaculation by Waldinger, Marcel D

“…Premature ejaculation (PE) is distinguished as a 'complaint' versus a 'syndrome'. Complaints of PE in men with normal ejaculation time durations are highly…”
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Emotions and family factors in childhood asthma: psychobiologic mechanisms and pathways of effect by Miller, Bruce D, Wood, Beatrice L

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Psychodermatology by Brown, Gabrielle E, Malakouti, Mona, Sorenson, Eric, Gupta, Rishu, Koo, John Y M

“…Psychodermatology is an underappreciated field that studies psychocutaneous disorders, which are conditions that have both dermatologic and psychiatric…”
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Evaluating childhood adversity by Thabrew, Hiran, de Sylva, Sonali, Romans, Sarah

“…Childhood adversity increases risk of psychological and physical disorders. The comprehensive psychosomatic assessment of an individual's vulnerability to…”
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Culture and demoralization in psychotherapy by de Figueiredo, John M, Gostoli, Sara

“…In most societies, members of a culture have attempted to help each other in times of trouble with various types of healing methods. Demoralization - an…”
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Ethnopsychopharmacology and pharmacogenomics by Silva, Hernán

“…Significant differences in response to psychotropic drugs are observed in various ethnic and cultural groups. Ethnopsychiatry is the study of how culture and…”
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