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Citation: BioPsychoSocial Medicine 2016 10:9
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How can psychosomatic physicians contribute to behavioral medicine?
In Japan, there is a unique clinical department, “Psychosomatic Medicine”, while there is not a department of behavioral science or behavioral medicine in medical schools. Although only eight medical schools h...
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Special series on “The meaning of behavioral medicine in the psychosomatic field” establishment of a core curriculum for behavioral science in Japan: The importance of such a curriculum from the perspective of psychology
This article discusses the core curriculum for behavioral science, from the perspective of psychology, recommended by the Japanese Society of Behavioral Medicine and seeks to explain how the curriculum can be ...
Citation: BioPsychoSocial Medicine 2016 10:6 -
The meaning of behavioral medicine in the public health field—a review of documents related to medical education in Japan
International standardization of medical education requires Japanese medical schools to restructure their curricula to include “behavioral science.” Two influential documents for Japanese medical education, th...
Citation: BioPsychoSocial Medicine 2016 10:5 -
The physical and psychological problems of immigrants to Japan who require psychosomatic care: a retrospective observation study
As the number of immigrants to Japan increases, the health problems of foreign nationals also have an increasing impact on Japanese medical institutions. The aim of this study was to clarify the Japan–specific...
Citation: BioPsychoSocial Medicine 2016 10:7 -
Behavioral medicine in Teikyo University and Toho University
Behavioral medicine has increased in importance to become a promising field in medical education. The Teikyo University Graduate School of Public Health and Toho University School of Medicine were evaluated in...
Citation: BioPsychoSocial Medicine 2016 10:4 -
Key aims of the special series “the meaning of behavioral medicine in the psychosomatic field”
Citation: BioPsychoSocial Medicine 2016 10:3 -
Development and future perspectives of behavioral medicine in Japan
Development and Future Perspectives of Behavioral Medicine in Japan
Citation: BioPsychoSocial Medicine 2016 10:2 -
Reviewer acknowledgement 2015
The BioPsychoSocial Medicine editorial team would like to thank all reviewers who have contributed to the journal in Volume 9 (2015).
Citation: BioPsychoSocial Medicine 2016 10:1 -
A behavioral science/behavioral medicine core curriculum proposal for Japanese undergraduate medical education
Behavioral science and behavioral medicine have not been systematically taught to Japanese undergraduate medical students. A working group under the auspices of Japanese Society of Behavioral Medicine develope...
Citation: BioPsychoSocial Medicine 2015 9:24 -
Stress-induced cortisol is associated with generation of non-negative interpretations during cognitive reappraisal
Enhanced processing of emotional stimuli after stress exposure is reported to be associated with stress-induced cortisol. Because enhanced emotional information processing could make cognitive emotion regulati...
Citation: BioPsychoSocial Medicine 2015 9:23 -
Erratum to: Psychosomatic complaints and sense of coherence among adolescents in a county in Sweden: a cross-sectional school survey
Citation: BioPsychoSocial Medicine 2015 9:22 -
A family caregiver’s relaxation enhances the gastric motility function of the patient: a crossover study
The primary purpose of this study was to assess the effect of a caregiver’s relaxation on the gastric motility function of the patient. The secondary purpose was to evaluate changes in the caregiver’s willingn...
Citation: BioPsychoSocial Medicine 2015 9:21 -
Erratum to: Physical activity of elderly patients with rheumatoid arthritis and healthy individuals: an actigraphy study
Citation: BioPsychoSocial Medicine 2015 9:20 -
Physical activity of elderly patients with rheumatoid arthritis and healthy individuals: an actigraphy study
Most people with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) are physically inactive. An accelerometer worn on the waist has been used to evaluate physical activity in people with chronic conditions. It is useful for evaluating...
Citation: BioPsychoSocial Medicine 2015 9:19 -
Reduced health-related quality of life among Japanese college students with visual impairment
Although previous studies have shown detrimental effects of visual impairment on health-related quality of life (HRQOL), they were primarily conducted on elderly individuals with visual impairment. The objecti...
Citation: BioPsychoSocial Medicine 2015 9:18 -
Epidemiology of anorexia nervosa in Japanese adolescents
No epidemiologic survey examining eating disorders in Japan has been done at a national level since 1992. The prevalence of anorexia nervosa, as assessed by questionnaires to hospitals, is thought to be undere...
Citation: BioPsychoSocial Medicine 2015 9:17 -
Associations of physical activity with depressiveness and coping in subjects with high-grade obesity aiming at bariatric surgery: a cross-sectional study
Reduced physical activity is supposed to be associated with depressiveness and more passive coping patterns. For further evaluation of this assumed relation we studied energy expenditure due to physical activi...
Citation: BioPsychoSocial Medicine 2015 9:16 -
Life events, emotional responsiveness, and the functional prognosis of patients with rheumatoid arthritis
Stressors may differently affect human physiological systems according to the host properties relevant to psycho-behavioral processes that the stressors invoke. In a Japanese multicenter cohort study of patien...
Citation: BioPsychoSocial Medicine 2015 9:15 -
Depression, anxiety and major adverse cardiovascular and cerebrovascular events in patients following coronary artery bypass graft surgery: a five year longitudinal cohort study
Although depression and anxiety have been implicated in risk for major adverse cardiovascular and cerebrovascular events (MACCE), a theoretical approach to identifying such putative links is lacking. The objec...
Citation: BioPsychoSocial Medicine 2015 9:14 -
Treatment for female patients with eating disorders in the largest medical prison in Japan
The number of offenders with eating disorders in women’s prisons in Japan has grown annually over the last 15 years. Women’s prisons have experienced significant difficulties in the management of patients with...
Citation: BioPsychoSocial Medicine 2015 9:13 -
Relationship between duration of illness and cardiac autonomic nervous activity in anorexia nervosa
The mortality rate associated with anorexia nervosa (AN) is high, and death is mainly attributable to cardiac events. A wide range of autonomic nervous system disturbances may be mechanisms underlying the incr...
Citation: BioPsychoSocial Medicine 2015 9:12 -
Inpatient and outpatient costs in patients with coronary artery disease and mental disorders: a systematic review
To systematically review in- and outpatient costs in patients with coronary artery disease (CAD) and comorbid mental disorders.
Citation: BioPsychoSocial Medicine 2015 9:11 -
Research prospects in BioPsychoSocial medicine: new year reflections on the “Cross-Boarder Dialogue” paradigm
Citation: BioPsychoSocial Medicine 2015 9:10 -
A large-scale survey of adverse events experienced in yoga classes
Yoga is a representative mind-body therapy of complementary and alternative medicine. In Japan, yoga is practiced widely to promote health, but yoga-associated adverse events have also been reported. To date, ...
Citation: BioPsychoSocial Medicine 2015 9:9 -
Psychosomatic treatment for allergic diseases
Many reports have been published concerning how psychosocial stress influences the occurrence and progression of allergic diseases such as bronchial asthma and atopic dermatitis. As for asthma, a typical aller...
Citation: BioPsychoSocial Medicine 2015 9:8 -
Parental stress and the onset and course of childhood asthma
The influence of a caregiver’s stress on the development of childhood asthma is an important aspect of the treatment and prevention of illness. Many cross-sectional studies have investigated the association be...
Citation: BioPsychoSocial Medicine 2015 9:7 -
Anger tendency may be associated with duration of illness in panic disorder
Several studies have reported an increased tendency towards anger in patients with panic disorder (PD). If this propensity for anger arises from the pathological process of PD, it may be associated with the du...
Citation: BioPsychoSocial Medicine 2015 9:6 -
Reviewer acknowledgement 2014
The BioPsychoSocial Medicine editorial team would like to thank the following colleagues who contributed to peer review for the journal in Volume 8 (2014).
Citation: BioPsychoSocial Medicine 2015 9:5 -
Effect of prolonged stress on the adrenal hormones of individuals with irritable bowel syndrome
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of prolonged stress on the salivary adrenal hormones (cortisol, dehydroepiandrosterone [DHEA], DHEA-sulfate [DHEA-S]) of individuals with irritable bowel...
Citation: BioPsychoSocial Medicine 2015 9:4 -
Psychosocial factors are preventive against coronary events in Japanese men with coronary artery disease: The Eastern Collaborative Group Study 7.7-year follow-up experience
The Japanese Coronary-prone Behaviour Scale (JCBS) is a questionnaire developed by the Eastern Collaborative Group Study (ECGS), a multi-centre study of coronary-prone behaviour among Japanese men. Subscale C ...
Citation: BioPsychoSocial Medicine 2015 9:3 -
Development of an ecological momentary assessment scale for appetite
An understanding of eating behaviors is an important element of health education and treatment in clinical populations. To understand the biopsychosocial profile of eating behaviors in an ecologically valid wa...
Citation: BioPsychoSocial Medicine 2015 9:2 -
Absence of change in the gray matter volume of patients with ulcerative colitis in remission: a voxel based morphometry study
Recent neuroimaging studies have investigated the brain involvement in patients with Crohn's disease (CD) and Ulcerative Colitis (UC). Functional studies found abnormalities in cognitive and emotional function...
Citation: BioPsychoSocial Medicine 2015 9:1 -
Isometric yoga improves the fatigue and pain of patients with chronic fatigue syndrome who are resistant to conventional therapy: a randomized, controlled trial
Patients with chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) often complain of persistent fatigue even after conventional therapies such as pharmacotherapy, cognitive behavioral therapy, or graded exercise therapy. The aim of...
Citation: BioPsychoSocial Medicine 2014 8:27 -
Management of post-hyperventilation apnea during dental treatment under monitored anesthesia care with propofol
Although hyperventilation syndrome generally carries a good prognosis, it is associated with the risk of developing severe symptoms, such as post-hyperventilation apnea with hypoxemia and loss of consciousness...
Citation: BioPsychoSocial Medicine 2014 8:26 -
Factors affecting the dental erosion severity of patients with eating disorders
Intraoral disease is a common occurrence in patients with eating disorders, particularly dental erosion, which frequently becomes severe and may hinder daily life. The severity varies from patient to patient. ...
Citation: BioPsychoSocial Medicine 2014 8:25 -
The effect of cognitive appraisal for stressors on the oral health-related QOL of dry mouth patients
Dry mouth is very common symptom, and psychological factors have an influence on this symptom. Although the influence of emotional factor related to patients with oral dryness has been examined in previous stu...
Citation: BioPsychoSocial Medicine 2014 8:24 -
Social and psychological factors of the suicidal tendencies of Chinese medical students
Over the past few decades, concern about suicide by college students has been on the rise worldwide, in general and in China particularly. The main objective of this study is to investigate the effects of soci...
Citation: BioPsychoSocial Medicine 2014 8:23 -
Orthostatic responses in adolescent chronic fatigue syndrome: contributions from expectancies as well as gravity
Orthostatic intolerance is common in chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), and several studies have documented an abnormal sympathetic predominance in the autonomic cardiovascular response to gravitational stimuli. ...
Citation: BioPsychoSocial Medicine 2014 8:22 -
Depressive symptoms of female nursing staff working in stressful environments and their association with serum creatine kinase and lactate dehydrogenase – a preliminary study
The activity of creatine kinase (CK) in serum has recently been reported to be potentially associated with several types of depression. The aim of this study is to evaluate whether serum enzymes, including CK,...
Citation: BioPsychoSocial Medicine 2014 8:21 -
The outcome of treatment for anorexia nervosa inpatients who required urgent hospitalization
This study was done to determine which psychosocial factors are related to the urgent hospitalization of anorexia nervosa patients (AN) due to extremely poor physical condition and to evaluate their outcome af...
Citation: BioPsychoSocial Medicine 2014 8:20 -
Development of a novel, short, self-completed questionnaire on empowerment for patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus and an analysis of factors affecting patient empowerment
Patient empowerment has recently been proposed as an important concept in self-management for effective glycemic control. A concise self-completed questionnaire for patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus was c...
Citation: BioPsychoSocial Medicine 2014 8:19 -
Unhappiness and mortality: evidence from a middle-income Southeast Asian setting
A relationship between happiness and mortality might seem obvious, but outside of affluent settings in developed countries there is almost no actual evidence that this is so.
Citation: BioPsychoSocial Medicine 2014 8:18 -
Why do general practitioners prescribe antidepressants to their patients? A pilot study
The frequency of antidepressant (ADs) prescription is high, with general practitioners (GPs) responsible for about 80% of the prescriptions. Some studies considered prescriptions meet DSM criteria, while other...
Citation: BioPsychoSocial Medicine 2014 8:17 -
Effects of gender, age, family support, and treatment on perceived stress and coping of patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus
We previously found that the empowerment of patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus can be strongly affected by gender and age in addition to self-managed diet and exercise behaviors and treatment. This study w...
Citation: BioPsychoSocial Medicine 2014 8:16 -
Psychosocial perception of adults with onychomycosis: a blinded, controlled comparison of 1,017 adult Hong Kong residents with or without onychomycosis
A survey was conducted amongst 1,017 Hong Kong residents ages 18 and over to determine their knowledge of fungal nail infections (onychomycosis) and the psychosocial impact of the disease on the relationships,...
Citation: BioPsychoSocial Medicine 2014 8:15 -
Comparative survey of go/no-go results to identify the inhibitory control ability change of Japanese children
This research, conducted in 1998 and 2008, uses go/no-go data to investigate the fundamentals of cognitive functioning in the inhibitory control ability of Japanese children. 844 subjects from kindergarten to ...
Citation: BioPsychoSocial Medicine 2014 8:14 -
Psychosocial distress and functioning of Greek youth with cystic fibrosis: a cross-sectional study
To assess psychosocial functioning and distress of children and adolescents with cystic fibrosis compared to healthy controls.
Citation: BioPsychoSocial Medicine 2014 8:13 -
Modeling students’ instrumental (mis-) use of substances to enhance cognitive performance: Neuroenhancement in the light of job demands-resources theory
Healthy university students have been shown to use psychoactive substances, expecting them to be functional means for enhancing their cognitive capacity, sometimes over and above an essentially proficient leve...
Citation: BioPsychoSocial Medicine 2014 8:12 -
Possible benefits of singing to the mental and physical condition of the elderly
The evaluation and management of stress are important for the prevention of both depression and cardiovascular disease. In addition, the maintenance of the oral condition of the elderly is essential to enable ...
Citation: BioPsychoSocial Medicine 2014 8:11