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Citation: BioPsychoSocial Medicine 2009 3:1
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Comparison of temporal changes in psychological distress after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation among the underlying diseases of Japanese adult patients
Although hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) can potentially cure some hematological malignancies, patients who undergo HSCT experience psychological distress. However, there have been few studies o...
Citation: BioPsychoSocial Medicine 2008 2:24 -
Panic disorder and locomotor activity
Panic disorder is one of the anxiety disorders, and anxiety is associated with some locomotor activity changes such as "restlessness". However, there have been few studies on locomotor activity in panic disord...
Citation: BioPsychoSocial Medicine 2008 2:23 -
General practitioners' responses to the initial presentation of medically unexplained symptoms: a quantitative analysis
Physicians in primary and secondary care are frequently confronted with patients with medically unexplained symptoms (MUS). In order to solve their patients' problems and out of a fear of overlooking a serious...
Citation: BioPsychoSocial Medicine 2008 2:22 -
The ventro-medial prefrontal cortex: a major link between the autonomic nervous system, regulation of emotion, and stress reactivity?
Recent progress in neuroscience revealed diverse regions of the CNS which moderate autonomic and affective responses. The ventro-medial prefrontal cortex (vmPFC) plays a key role in these regulations. There is...
Citation: BioPsychoSocial Medicine 2008 2:21 -
Changes in salivary physiological stress markers induced by muscle stretching in patients with irritable bowel syndrome
Psychophysiological processing has been reported to play a crucial role in irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) but there has been no report on modulation of the stress marker chromogranin A (CgA) resulting from mus...
Citation: BioPsychoSocial Medicine 2008 2:20 -
The reliability and validity of a Japanese version of symptom checklist 90 revised
To examine the validity and reliability of a Japanese version of the Symptom Checklist 90 Revised (SCL-90-R (J)).
Citation: BioPsychoSocial Medicine 2008 2:19 -
High-utilizing Crohn's disease patients under psychosomatic therapy*
Few studies have been published on health care utilization in Crohn's disease and the influence of psychological treatment on high utilizers.
Citation: BioPsychoSocial Medicine 2008 2:18 -
The relationship between health-related quality of life and social networks among Japanese family caregivers for people with disabilities
The purpose of this study was to examine HRQOL depending on whether the participants have family members with disabilities or not. In addition, we examined the relationship between HRQOL and social networks am...
Citation: BioPsychoSocial Medicine 2008 2:17 -
A prospective study of the psychobehavioral factors responsible for a change from non-patient irritable bowel syndrome to IBS patient status
To investigate non-patient irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) change to IBS and to determine factors predictive of the onset of IBS, individual biological factors, psychological factors, behavioral factors, and en...
Citation: BioPsychoSocial Medicine 2008 2:16 -
In the shadow of the welfare society ill-health and symptoms, psychological exposure and lifestyle habits among social security recipients: a national survey study
In Sweden social security is a means-tested financial allowance. The Social Services Act states that an individual is entitled to financial support when his/her needs are not met in any other way. The aim of t...
Citation: BioPsychoSocial Medicine 2008 2:15 -
Stress and psychological factors before a migraine attack: A time-based analysis
The objective of this study is to examine the stress and mood changes of Japanese subjects over the 1–3 days before a migraine headache.
Citation: BioPsychoSocial Medicine 2008 2:14 -
Application of ecological momentary assessment in stress-related diseases
Many physical diseases have been reported to be associated with psychosocial factors. In these diseases, assessment relies mainly on subjective symptoms in natural settings. Therefore, it is important to asses...
Citation: BioPsychoSocial Medicine 2008 2:13 -
Effects of antidepressant treatment on heart rate variability in major depression: A quantitative review
The literature measuring effects of antidepressant and electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) for major depression on heart rate variability (HRV) in medically well individuals was reviewed.
Citation: BioPsychoSocial Medicine 2008 2:12 -
Does psychological status influence clinical outcomes in patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and other chronic gastroenterological diseases: An observational cohort prospective study
Whether there is a temporal relationship between psychological problems and clinical outcomes in patients with diseases of the digestive tract has not been widely researched. Thus, our aims were 1) To observe ...
Citation: BioPsychoSocial Medicine 2008 2:11 -
Plasma intact fibroblast growth factor 23 levels in women with anorexia nervosa
Fibroblast growth factor (FGF)23 is a novel phosphaturic factor associated with inorganic phosphate homeostasis. Previous human studies have shown that serum FGF23 levels increase in response to a high phospha...
Citation: BioPsychoSocial Medicine 2008 2:10 -
Relationship between cognitive appraisals of symptoms and negative mood for subtypes of irritable bowel syndrome
The onset and course of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) are strongly influenced by psychological factors, and treatment often includes cognitive-behavioral therapy. We conducted a study of the relationships bet...
Citation: BioPsychoSocial Medicine 2008 2:9 -
Childhood physical abuse in outpatients with psychosomatic symptoms
In Japan and Asia, few studies have been done of physical and sexual abuse. This study was aimed to determine whether a history of childhood physical abuse is associated with anxiety, depression and self-injur...
Citation: BioPsychoSocial Medicine 2008 2:8 -
Symptoms of somatization as a rapid screening tool for mitochondrial dysfunction in depression
Somatic symptomatology is common in depression, and is often attributed to the Freudian-inspired concept of "somatization". While the same somatic symptoms and depression are common in mitochondrial disease, i...
Citation: BioPsychoSocial Medicine 2008 2:7 -
Somatic awareness in the clinical care of patients with body distress symptoms
The purpose of this paper is to provide primary care physicians and medical specialists with an experiential psychosomatic framework for understanding patients with body distress symptoms. The framework relies...
Citation: BioPsychoSocial Medicine 2008 2:6 -
Psychological and weight-related characteristics of patients with anorexia nervosa-restricting type who later develop bulimia nervosa
Patients with anorexia nervosa-restricting type (AN-R) sometimes develop accompanying bulimic symptoms or the full syndrome of bulimia nervosa (BN). If clinicians could predict who might change into the bulimi...
Citation: BioPsychoSocial Medicine 2008 2:5 -
Psychosomatic complaints and sense of coherence among adolescents in a county in Sweden: a cross-sectional school survey
Over the last five to ten years there has been an increase in psychosomatic complaints (PSC) in Swedish children. The objective of the study was to examine the relation between PSC and sense of coherence (SOC).
Citation: BioPsychoSocial Medicine 2008 2:4 -
Case report: a case of intractable Meniere's disease treated with autogenic training
Psychological stress plays an important role in the onset and course of Meniere's disease. Surgical therapy and intratympanic gentamicin treatment are options for cases that are intractable to conventional med...
Citation: BioPsychoSocial Medicine 2008 2:3 -
Green odor attenuates a cold pressor test-induced cardiovascular response in healthy adults
Green odor, a mixture of equal amounts of 2E-hexenal (leaf aldehyde) and 3Z-hexenol (leaf alcohol) has been demonstrated to have an anti-stress effect in rats. This study investigated whether or not green odor al...
Citation: BioPsychoSocial Medicine 2008 2:2 -
Towards a new strategy to implement psychosomatic knowledge in medical practice
Citation: BioPsychoSocial Medicine 2008 2:1 -
Altered autonomic nervous system activity as a potential etiological factor of premenstrual syndrome and premenstrual dysphoric disorder
Premenstrual syndrome (PMS) encompasses a wide variety of cyclic and recurrent physical, emotional, and behavioral symptoms occurring during the late luteal phase of the menstrual cycle and abating shortly fol...
Citation: BioPsychoSocial Medicine 2007 1:24 -
Specific components of face perception in the human fusiform gyrus studied by tomographic estimates of magnetoencephalographic signals: a tool for the evaluation of non-verbal communication in psychosomatic paradigms
The aim of this study was to determine the specific spatiotemporal activation patterns of face perception in the fusiform gyrus (FG). The FG is a key area in the specialized brain system that makes possible th...
Citation: BioPsychoSocial Medicine 2007 1:23 -
The empathic brain and its dysfunction in psychiatric populations: implications for intervention across different clinical conditions
Empathy is a concept central to psychiatry, psychotherapy and clinical psychology. The construct of empathy involves not only the affective experience of the other person's actual or inferred emotional state b...
Citation: BioPsychoSocial Medicine 2007 1:22 -
Rikkunshi-to attenuates adverse gastrointestinal symptoms induced by fluvoxamine
Upper gastrointestinal (GI) symptoms such as nausea and vomiting are common adverse events associated with selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), and may result in discontinuation of drug therapy in ...
Citation: BioPsychoSocial Medicine 2007 1:21 -
Insecure attachment is associated with the α-EEG anomaly during sleep
The α-EEG anomaly during sleep, originally associated with chronic pain, is noted in several psychiatric and medical conditions and is also present in some normal subjects. The exact significance of the α-EEG ...
Citation: BioPsychoSocial Medicine 2007 1:20 -
Sense of control and diabetes mellitus among U.S. adults: A cross-sectional analysis
Little is known about the influence of psychosocial factors on diabetes mellitus. The aim of this study was to improve understanding of the association between two psychosocial factors- sense of control and so...
Citation: BioPsychoSocial Medicine 2007 1:19 -
Response of spinal myoclonus to a combination therapy of autogenic training and biofeedback
Clinical evidence indicates that certain types of movement disorders are due to psychosomatic factors. Patients with myoclonic movements are usually treated by a variety of therapeutic agents. Autogenic traini...
Citation: BioPsychoSocial Medicine 2007 1:18 -
Clinical application of somatosensory amplification in psychosomatic medicine
Many patients with somatoform disorders are frequently encountered in psychosomatic clinics as well as in primary care clinics. To assess such patients objectively, the concept of somatosensory amplification m...
Citation: BioPsychoSocial Medicine 2007 1:17 -
Cilnidipine lowered psychological stress-induced increase in blood pressure in a hypertensive man: a case report
In some hypertensive patients, psychological stress makes blood pressure difficult to control and causes physical symptoms such as headache or dizziness. We report the case of a hypertensive man whose psycholo...
Citation: BioPsychoSocial Medicine 2007 1:16 -
Psychopathological features of anorectic patients who dropped out of inpatient treatment as assessed by the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory
Anorexia nervosa often requires inpatient treatment that includes psychotherapeutic intervention in addition to physical and nutritional management for severe low body weight. However, such patients sometimes ...
Citation: BioPsychoSocial Medicine 2007 1:15 -
Measuring Japanese mothers' perception of child abuse: development of a Japanese version of the child abuse blame scale – physical abuse (CABS-PA-J)
The Child Abuse Blame Scale – Physical Abuse (CABS-PA) was translated into Japanese and its subscale items modified by the authors according to the Japanese cultural context. The aim of the current study was t...
Citation: BioPsychoSocial Medicine 2007 1:14 -
Psychosocial factors associated with smoking and drinking among Japanese early adolescent boys and girls: Cross-sectional study
Smoking and drinking alcohol among early adolescents are serious public health concerns, but few studies have been conducted in Japan to assess their prevalence and etiology. A regional survey was conducted in...
Citation: BioPsychoSocial Medicine 2007 1:13 -
Pilot study of fluvoxamine treatment for climacteric symptoms in Japanese women
Selective serotonin-reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) are commonly prescribed for the treatment of depression and can be used as nonhormonal alternatives to manage hot flashes for women with a history of breast canc...
Citation: BioPsychoSocial Medicine 2007 1:12 -
Age and gender differences of psychogenic fever: a review of the Japanese literature
Psychogenic fever is one of the most common psychosomatic diseases. Patients with psychogenic fever have acute or persistent body temperature above normal range in psychologically stressful situations. In spit...
Citation: BioPsychoSocial Medicine 2007 1:11 -
Effect of juggling therapy on anxiety disorders in female patients
The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of juggling therapy for anxiety disorder patients.
Citation: BioPsychoSocial Medicine 2007 1:10 -
Intra- and extra-familial adverse childhood experiences and a history of childhood psychosomatic disorders among Japanese university students
Japan has been witnessing a considerable increase in the number of children with psychosomatic disorders. The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between the risk of psychosomatic disorder in ...
Citation: BioPsychoSocial Medicine 2007 1:9 -
Lower peripheral circulation in eumenorrheic young women with premenstrual symptoms
A majority of women from all cultures and socioeconomic levels experience diverse psychosomatic and behavioral symptoms premenstrually, a phenomenon commonly termed premenstrual syndrome, although symptoms and...
Citation: BioPsychoSocial Medicine 2007 1:8 -
Age and gender effect on alexithymia in large, Japanese community and clinical samples: a cross-validation study of the Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS-20)
The construct validity of alexithymia and its assessment using the 20-item Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS-20) in Japan is unknown. Low reliability has been found for the third factor of the TAS-20 in some cult...
Citation: BioPsychoSocial Medicine 2007 1:7 -
Translation and validation of a Japanese version of the irritable bowel syndrome-quality of life measure (IBS-QOL-J)
To compare quality of life (QOL) for patients with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) between the U.S. and Japan, it is indispensable to develop common instruments. The IBS-QOL, which is widely used in Western cou...
Citation: BioPsychoSocial Medicine 2007 1:6 -
Personality may influence reactivity to stress
Possible mechanisms behind psychophysiological hyperreactivity may be located at a cognitive-emotional level. Several personality traits have been associated with increased cardiovascular reactivity. Subjects ...
Citation: BioPsychoSocial Medicine 2007 1:5 -
Translation and equivalence assessment for a Japanese version of the modified Parental Nurturance Scale: a comparative study
This paper reports on the modification of the Parental Nurturance Scale (PNS), translation of the modified version (PNSM) from English to Japanese, and equivalence assessment between the PNSM and the translate...
Citation: BioPsychoSocial Medicine 2007 1:4 -
Temporomandibular disorder is associated with a serotonin transporter gene polymorphism in the Japanese population
Recent genetic studies have linked serotonin-related genetic polymorphisms with diverse disorders characterized by functional somatic symptoms, including chronic fatigue syndrome, irritable bowel syndrome, and...
Citation: BioPsychoSocial Medicine 2007 1:3 -
Psychological adjustment of men with prostate cancer: a review of the literature
Prostate cancer (PCA) is the most common malignancy and a major cause of death in men but, importantly, a substantial proportion will live for several years following diagnosis. However, they face the prospect...
Citation: BioPsychoSocial Medicine 2007 1:2 -
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Citation: BioPsychoSocial Medicine 2007 1:1