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... depression, hostility/suspiciousness and withdrawal/ retardation subscales showed the largest effect sizes suggesting these three areas contributed the most to the change in BPRS scores BSI There ... other schools of treatment Of course, the BPRS and the BSI not measure repetition compulsion as such, nor the instruments used in the cited studies capture the variously hypothesized core dysfunction ... semblances of dependency in later relationships, semblances of others' betrayal and of their own powerlessness The hypothesized shared mechanism of disorder for complex PTSD and BPD has not been investigated...

Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 23:21

... by intrusions In PTSD, the interpretation of intrusive symptoms such as flashbacks is seen as central to the maintenance of the disorder In psychosis, hallucinations and delusional beliefs are ... individual sessions for PTSD consisting of anxiety management therapy, psycho-education, social skills training and exposure therapy Participants showed a significant improvement of their PTSD symptoms ... of PTSD and/or psychotic disorders The independent diagnosis of PTSD with psychotic features remains an open issue Evidence seems to demonstrate that the two disorders - PTSD and psychosis - may...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 00:22

... assessment 1)-Depressive symptoms The severity of depressive symptoms was measured with the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) [59] Total scores of the BDI ranged from to 63 The Spanish version of ... 0.05 All the analyses were conducted using SPSS version 16 and PASW version 17 3)-Post-traumatic stress disorder Results The incidence and severity of symptoms of current PTSD were assessed with ... construct validity of this Spanish version [61,62] The Cronbach s alpha coefficient of the BDI scale was 0.90 In this study, the cut-off score was set at 18 2) -State anxiety Spielberger s State- Trait...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 16:22

... history Social capital was assessed through the Short Social Capital Assessment Tool (SASCAT) The SASCAT is a shortened version of the Adapted Social Capital Assessment Tool (ASCAT), and is specially ... homicides/ 100,000 inhabitants) In the second stage, all the census sectors within each stratus were mapped A number of census sectors was randomly selected within each stratus The number of census sectors ... resulting distress, they may be lead to severer post-traumatic stress symptoms [46,47] Peritraumatic panic attacks were assessed through the Physical Reaction Subscale (PRS) of the Initial Subjective...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 17:20

... peacekeepers' partners and parents (including more than 700 spouses and 330 parents) Partners of servicemen with symptoms of PTSD reported more sleeping and somatic problems and less positive social support ... further analyzed in terms of appropriateness, excluding those that did not pertain to the specific issues of this study or its test subjects During systematic scanning for content and study design ... partners of servicemen with no PTSD symptoms In addition, these partners rated their matrimonial satisfaction lower Differences in parents' responses were not significant Thus, peacekeepers' symptoms...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 00:20

... pattern of changes [31-33] The consistency of these results indicates that regardless on the mechanism that led to the PTSD diagnosis, the reduction of the quality of life was evident in these patients ... evaluation of the selected attributes of QOL during the previous weeks on a 5-point Likert-response scale Statistical analysis For statistical analysis, the WHOQOL-BREF assessment was first summarized ... to reduce the increased chances of false positive results with the presence of several distinctive clusters made up of several individuals suggests that there might be other mechanisms that determine...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 15:20

... K-SADS (Table 5) Items assessing sleep problems, distress at reminders of event, and exaggerated startle responses evidenced the best agreement across instruments PTSD Symptoms Table compares the ... reminders of the event, and nightmares), suggesting that these symptoms may be more sensitive indicators of PTSD pare traumatic events and symptoms across instruments, it must be noted that these instruments ... PTSD Nevertheless, the lack of significant differences in the numbers of symptoms reported between the measures suggests that these measures may be comparable in eliciting the average number of...

Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 21:20

... CSS CSS CSS (Constant) Age Previous trauma CSS CSS CSS CSS CSS CSS CSS GHQ-30 anxiety GHQ-30 depression (Constant) Age Previous trauma CSS CSS CSS CSS CSS CSS CSS GHQ-30 anxiety GHQ-30 depression ... trauma (Constant) Age Previous trauma CSS CSS CSS CSS CSS CSS CSS (Constant) Age Previous trauma CSS CSS CSS CSS CSS CSS CSS TSC-26 NA TSC-26 dissociation -0.03 -0.05 0.28 -0.07 0.28 0.15 -0.03 ... depression and 0–32 for the anxiety subscale The alpha values for the two GHQ-30 subscales in the explosion study was 0.83 for depression and 0.91 for anxiety The Crisis Support Scale (CSS) is used...

Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 23:21

... (DSM-IV) [25] and at the same time it measures the severity of PTSD symptoms The HTQ-IV hereby permits a dichotomous assessment of PTSD The HTQ originally contained 30 items based on the subscales ... prevalence of PTSD Among the male participants the prevalence of PTSD was highest from their mid 4 0s to their mid 5 0s, whereas, the female participants showed the highest prevalence of PTSD from their ... whereas, middle-aged people exhibited most distress in the presence of a disaster It is obvious to think that increased levels of distress are coherent with an increased risk of PTSD Norris et...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 01:21

... days, weeks, or even months, depending in part on the scale of the distressing event The key factor that differentiates these typical stress responses from the other types of stress reaction is ... types of catastrophes can cause PTSD, some life crises are far riskier than others Figure 1-1 shows statistics on the events most likely to trigger PTSD Several of these events score high on the ... acute stress disorder and PTSD Acute stress disorder becomes PTSD if symptoms last more than a month However, the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM) — the bible of psychiatry diagnoses — states...

Ngày tải lên: 26/03/2014, 23:34

... traumatic stress symptoms and their professional quality of life For assessing post traumatic stress symptoms, the PTSD Checklist, civilian version (PCL-C) was used [14,15] This is a 17- item self ... ProQOL is a 30 item self-report measure to assess the dimensions compassion satisfaction, burnout and compassion fatigue The compassion satisfaction dimension (CS) measures pleasure derived from ... forensic psychiatric care with a multiple logistic regression procedure The Statistical Package for Social Sciences, SPSS 14.0 for Windows was used Results Sixty-seven of the 70 respondents (95.7%)...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 18:20

... categories: the respectable The children of the village discussed their summer holidays and these were used as the index of our parents’ status Our own family s highest aspirations, of a week at Hunstanton ... This book discusses in considerable detail the methods used, and what is known about their success, as well as the author s own experiences with them Anyone suffering from obsessive-compulsive ... thyself!’, and the attempts of these two authors to run the gamut of therapies offered on all sides is one of the most interesting aspects of their work It will certainly be of considerable interest to...

Ngày tải lên: 06/07/2014, 15:21

... This study was focused on the functional state of the major mediator of the inflammation, the complement system, in PTSD The results obtained clearly demonstrated that pathogenesis of PTSD is ... mechanisms responsible for the development of inflammatory processes and complement dysfunction in PTSD as well as their role in PTSD pathogenesis further studies are needed Conclusions Pathogenesis ... the statistical analysis and the interpretation of data and drafting of manuscript SS was responsible for selection and diagnostics of PTSD patients, and organization of intervies with diseased...

Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 21:20

... Freud 's publication in 1909 of the psychoanalysis of a case of obsessional neurosis (the Rat Man), obsessive and compulsive actions came to be seen as the results of unconscious conflicts and the ... compulsions trying to overcome obsessions Diagnostic criteria The main features of OCD are the obsessions and compulsions According to DSM-IV-TR, the obsessions and compulsions cause marked distress, ... both, but occasionally they can manifest only obsessions or compulsions; this is sufficient for OCD diagnosis regardless Up to 20% of severe depression cases present obsessive symptoms and treatment...

Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 23:21

... Anxiety and Stress Scale (DASS) [22] will be used to assess the effects of the program on depressive and anxiety symptoms The DASS is a 42item self report instrument that measures the related ... emotional states of depression, anxiety and tension/stress Mobility, Fitness and Strength Assessments of mobility will include tests of standing balance [23] (tandem, semi-tandem and single-leg stance ... minutes to administer All assessments will be carried out by an assessor blinded to group allocation Outcome measures Post Traumatic Stress Disorder symptoms The primary aim of this study is to...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 15:22

... variables, and (ii) assessment of emotional responses using visual analog scales (VAS) The main outcome measures were the symptoms of emotional distress based on visual analog sales and the secondary ... post traumatic stress disorder and depression [12] The SQD was administered to the participants days before the present study as days were required to screen the participants for the present study ... CTRI/2009/091/000285 Assessments Assessments were done on the first day and eighth day of the study, a month after the floods, in October 2008 There were two categories of assessments; (i) autonomic and respiratory...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 16:22

... was most convincing for the SSRIs Furthermore, medication was superior to placebo in reducing the severity of the three symptom clusters of PTSD, as well as alleviating the symptoms of depression, ... intervals A modified version of the Global Assessment Scale (GAS) was included in DSM-III as the Global Assessment of Functioning (GAF) Scale • The Clinical Global Impression – Severity scale (CGI -S) ... to diagnose PTSD and rate its severity It is comprised of 30-items to assess PTSDrelated symptom frequency and severity Scores range from to 136, with scores classified as follows: subclinical,...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 17:20

... as mood disorders, panic disorders, PTSD, obsessive-compulsive disorders, eating disorders, and schizophrenia Investigations of functions and connections of the IC suggest that sensory information ... measure of posttraumatic stress disorder: the Distressing Event Questionnaire (DEQ) Psychol Assess 2000, 12:197-209 Shulin Chen, Lingjiang Li: Reliability and Validity of the PTSD symptoms self-rating ... 1995) and assessed the severity of PTSD using the Chinese version of the Distress Event Questionnaire (DEQ) [30,31] The two groups did not differ significantly in age (34.56 years ± 4.91 [PTSD] and...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 17:20

... activities Obsessions are usually perceived to be excessive and senseless by the external world and often cause considerable distress to their sufferers Obsessivecompulsive events usually consume ... challenges successfully often seek help and apply to the university health center for psychiatric distress They usually experience feelings of distress and hopelessness These sentiments can translate ... by binary assessments A Chi-square test was used for analyses Then, logistic regression analysis (LRA) was performed to analyze the effect of these variables together Before the LRA, the correlation...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 17:20