Carneiro, Élida Mara Tosta, Ariana de Melo Antonelli, Izabella Barberato Silva Soares, Veridiana Mariano Oliveira, Livia Figueira Avezum Borges, Rafaela Miranda Carneiro da Silva, Adriana Paula Borges, Maria de Fátima
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Journal of religion and health
The objective of this study was to evaluate the preoperative anxiety of hospitalized patients exposed to Spiritist "passe," laying on of hand with the intention of healing (Sham) and without laying on of hand. Other variables as depression, pain, physiological parameters, muscle tension, and well-being were assessed. Patients in the Spiritist "pass...
Larroy, Cristina Quiroga-Garza, Angélica González-Castro, Paola J Robles Sánchez, José I
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Archives of women's mental health
The aim of this study is to compare climacteric symptomatology and sociodemographic conditions and their effect on quality of life in two populations: Monterrey (Mexico) and Madrid (Spain). 469 women from Monterrey (mean age 50.5 + 4.3 years) and 452 (mean age 51.7 + 3.7 years) from Madrid participated in the study. Descriptive analyses of sociodem...
Taylor, Charles T Pearlstein, Sarah L Kakaria, Sanskruti Lyubomirsky, Sonja Stein, Murray B
Background:Anxiety and depressive disorders are often characterized by perceived social disconnection, yet evidence-based treatments produce only modest improvements in this domain. The well-established link between positive affect (PA) and social connectedness suggests that directly targeting PA in treatment may be valuable. Method:A secondary ana...
Woodward, Emma C Viana, Andres G Raines, Elizabeth M Trent, Erika S Candelari, Abigail E Storch, Eric A Zvolensky, Michael J
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Child psychiatry and human development
This investigation examined the synergistic role of parental emotion-focused socialization behaviors and children's perceptual sensitivity on children's fear reactivity. A sample of 105 children with anxiety disorders (8-12 years; M = 10.07 years, SD = 1.22; 57% female) and their clinically anxious mothers (M = 39.35 years, SD = 7.05) completed an ...
Yalınay Dikmen, Pınar Onur Aysevener, Elif Kosak, Seda Ilgaz Aydınlar, Elif Sağduyu Kocaman, Ayşe
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Acta neurologica Belgica
The co-existence of psychiatric comorbidities with migraine is well known; however, the relationship between alexithymia and migraine has not been persuasively shown yet. The aim of the study was to assess the relationships between migraine-related disability, depression, anxiety and alexithymia. One hundred and forty-five migraine patients (33.18 ...
Wang, Song Yang, Cheng Zhao, Yajun Lai, Han Zhang, Lei Gong, Qiyong
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European child & adolescent psychiatry
Psychological resilience refers to the ability to adapt effectively in the face of adversity, which is closely related to an individual's psychological and physical health and well-being. Although previous behavioural studies have shown sex differences in psychological resilience, little is known about the neural basis of sex differences in psychol...
Whiting, Diane Deane, Frank McLeod, Hamish Ciarrochi, Joseph Simpson, Grahame
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Neuropsychological rehabilitation
This study investigated if an Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) intervention (ACT-Adjust) can facilitate psychological adjustment and reduce psychological distress following severe traumatic brain injury (TBI). The study design comprised a single centre, two-armed, Phase II pilot randomized controlled trial. Nineteen individuals with severe ...
Johar, Hamimatunnisa Hoffmann, Julia Günther, Julia Atasoy, Seryan Stecher, Lynne Spies, Monika Hauner, Hans Ladwig, Karl-Heinz
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BMC Medicine
BackgroundMaternal weight variables are important predictors of postpartum depression (PPD). While preliminary evidence points to an association between pre-pregnancy obesity and PPD, the role of excessive gestational weight gain (GWG) on PPD is less studied. In this secondary cohort analysis of the German ‘healthy living in pregnancy’ (GeliS) tria...
Sun, Wei Zhang, Fengyi Wang, Hui Wang, Chen Zhou, Zangong Zhou, Yu
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Biochemical and biophysical research communications
Previous studies reported that ginsenoside Rg1 (Rg1) exerts antidepressant-like effect in animal models of depression. However, its effect on post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) remains elusive; PTSD is a common and costly psychiatric condition with negative cognitive and affective dysfunctions, such as anxiety and depression. In this study, we e...
Matthewson, J Tiplady, A Gerakios, F Foley, A Murphy, E
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Occupational medicine (Oxford, England)
During the COVID-19 pandemic, it has been essential for occupational health services (OHS) providers to react rapidly to increased demand and to utilize resources in novel ways. The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the psychological well-being of staff is already identified as an area of high risk; therefore, providing timely access to psychologi...
