Search Results - "Alvarenga, Marlies"
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Anxiety and Depression After a Cardiac Event: Prevalence and Predictors
Published in Frontiers in psychology (29-01-2020)“…Patients who are anxious or depressed after an acute cardiac event are at increased risk of a subsequent event and premature death. It is therefore important…”
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Editorial: Community series in psychocardiology: exploring the brain-heart interface - Volume II
Published in Frontiers in psychiatry (13-06-2024)Get full text
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Socioecological factors influencing physical activity engagement for women across the menopausal transition: a systematic review
Published in Menopause (New York, N.Y.) (01-05-2024)“…Physical activity during menopause can be effective in reducing the physiological changes associated with reproductive aging that increase risks for…”
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Editorial: Psychocardiology then and now – the genesis of a discipline
Published in Frontiers in psychiatry (16-08-2022)Get full text
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Development of a short form of the Cardiac Distress Inventory
Published in BMC cardiovascular disorders (18-08-2023)“…Background Cardiac distress may be viewed as a persistent negative emotional state that spans multiple psychosocial domains and challenges a patient's capacity…”
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Does coping style mediate the relationship between knowledge and psychosocial outcomes in women with atrial fibrillation?
Published in Frontiers in psychiatry (2024)“…In patients affected by atrial fibrillation (AF) disease-specific knowledge and coping style may be associated with psychosocial well-being. This study aimed…”
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Unraveling the Complexity of Cardiac Distress: A Study of Prevalence and Severity
Published in Frontiers in psychiatry (31-03-2022)“…While much research attention has been paid to anxiety and depression in people who have had a recent cardiac event, relatively little has focused on the…”
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The cardiac distress inventory: A new measure of psychosocial distress associated with an acute cardiac event
Published in BMC cardiovascular disorders (03-11-2022)“…Background Many challenges are posed by the experience of a heart attack or heart surgery which can be characterised as 'cardiac distress'. It spans multiple…”
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Measurement of Noradrenaline and Serotonin Metabolites With Internal Jugular Vein Sampling: An Indicator of Brain Monoamine Turnover in Depressive Illness and Panic Disorder
Published in Frontiers in psychiatry (02-06-2022)“…In research spanning three decades we have estimated brain monoamine turnover (approximately equating with synthesis rate) with sampling from the internal…”
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Buffering the Fear of COVID-19: Social Connectedness Mediates the Relationship between Fear of COVID-19 and Psychological Wellbeing
Published in Behavioral sciences (21-03-2022)“…Social connections are crucial for an individual's health, wellbeing, and overall effective functioning. During the COVID-19 pandemic, one major preventative…”
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Protocol for the development and validation of a measure of persistent psychological and emotional distress in cardiac patients: the Cardiac Distress Inventory
Published in BMJ open (11-06-2020)“…IntroductionDistress is experienced by the majority of cardiac patients, yet no cardiac-specific measure of distress exists. The aim of this project is to…”
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CHRONIC MENTAL STRESS IS A CAUSE OF ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION: PRESENCE OF BIOLOGICAL MARKERS OF STRESS
Published in Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology (01-04-2008)“…SUMMARY 1 In searching for biological evidence that essential hypertension is caused by chronic mental stress, a disputed proposition, parallels are noted with…”
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Psychophysiological mechanisms in panic disorder: a correlative analysis of noradrenaline spillover, neuronal noradrenaline reuptake, power spectral analysis of heart rate variability, and psychological variables
Published in Psychosomatic medicine (01-01-2006)“…The risk of adverse clinical cardiac events is increased in patients with panic disorder (PD). We evaluated possible mechanistic links between PD and heart…”
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Kindergarten attendance may reduce developmental impairments in children: Results from the Bavarian Pre-School Morbidity Survey
Published in Scandinavian journal of public health (01-08-2010)“…Background: The relative risks and benefits of children attending kindergarten or pre-school remain uncertain and controversial. We used data from the Bavarian…”
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Single-unit analysis of sympathetic nervous discharges in patients with panic disorder
Published in The Journal of physiology (01-02-2006)“…Patients with panic disorder are at increased cardiac risk. While the mechanisms responsible remain unknown, activation of the sympathetic nervous system may…”
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Effect of Omega-3 Fatty Acids on the Lipid Profile of Patients Taking Clozapine
Published in Australian and New Zealand journal of psychiatry (01-08-2006)“…Objective: This study aimed to assess the lipid-lowering properties of omega-3 fatty acids (also known as n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids) in a group of…”
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The neuronal noradrenaline transporter, anxiety and cardiovascular disease
Published in Journal of psychopharmacology (Oxford) (01-07-2006)“…Panic disorder can serve as a clinical model for testing whether mental stress can cause heart disease. Potential neural mechanisms of cardiac risk are the…”
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Cardiac Sympathetic Nerve Biology and Brain Monoamine Turnover in Panic Disorder
Published in Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences (01-06-2004)“…: Panic disorder serves as a clinical model for testing whether mental stress can cause heart disease. Our own cardiologic management of panic disorder…”
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Malingered psychotic symptoms and quetiapine abuse in a forensic setting
Published in The journal of forensic psychiatry & psychology (01-12-2009)“…Quetiapine is an antipsychotic drug whose effect appears to be mediated through antagonist activity at the dopamine and serotonin receptors. While Quetiapine…”
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Health service utilization in patients with major depression and co‐morbid pain
Published in Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences (01-02-2009)“…Aims: Patients with depression often have co‐morbid pain symptoms. However, rates of service utilization by psychiatric in‐patients with co‐morbid pain…”
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