Showing papers in "Psychosomatics in 2009"

TL;DR: The PHQ-4 is a valid ultra-brief tool for detecting both anxiety and depressive disorders and has a substantial effect on functional status that was independent of depression.

TL;DR: It is suggested that postoperative sedation with dexmedetomidine was associated with significantly lower rates of postoperative delirium and lower care costs.

TL;DR: Because stomach, pancreatic, head and neck, and lung cancers have higher levels of mixed anxiety/depression symptoms, the question can be raised as to whether these are associated with a more biological type of anxiety/Depression and whether this phenotype should be actively targeted because of its frequent occurrence in these cancers.

TL;DR: Evidence regarding associations of cancer-related fatigue with depression and anxiety is confirmed and Directionality needs to be better delineated in longitudinal studies.

TL;DR: The relatively high levels of psychological distress experienced by parents coupled with the potential negative outcomes on the parent and infant suggest that it is important to try to prepare parents for the expected psychological reactions that may occur in the event of a NICU hospitalization and also to support parents during the transition to home care.

TL;DR: Despite the high incidence of severe consequences of TBI, there are scarce empirical data to guide psychiatric treatment, and some approaches that have been helpful include cognitive and behavioral therapy and pharmacologic treatment.

TL;DR: Investigation of the phenomenology of delirium severity as measured with the Memorial Delirium Assessment Scale among older patients in post-acute care suggests that instruments measuring delIRium severity and psychomotor features provide important prognostic information and should be integrated into the assessment ofdelirium.

TL;DR: Delirium and increased delirium durations are significantly associated with higher mortality in inpatients age 65 and older.

TL;DR: Post-stroke depression is highly prevalent in both sexes, but appears to be slightly more common among women than men, and further research is needed to determine whether there are sex-specific differences in response to treatment.

TL;DR: The risk of major depression among persons with diabetes is increased by previous depression history, baseline diabetes symptoms, and having had cardiovascular procedures, a prospective study of primary-care patients with diabetes found.

TL;DR: Improving the recognition of undiagnosed delirium may lead to sustainable and successful fall prevention programs, and can lead to improvements in patient safety, functioning, and quality of life.

TL;DR: The results indicate that the Korean version of the PHQ–15 is appropriate for measuring the severity of somatic symptoms in a psychiatric outpatient setting.

TL;DR: Further research should clarify the aim and outcome of different treatment strategies in CFS/FM, as well as the underlying mechanisms of change, including those facilitating neurobiological recovery.

TL;DR: Preliminary findings indicate that ICD patients and their partners may be more in need of support than CHF patients, and the validity and reliability of the MSPSS were confirmed in a mixed group of Dutch and Danish cardiac patients andTheir partners.

TL;DR: The Ambiguity subscale had the strongest relationships with depressive symptoms, QOL, and fatigue, and three of the four subscales were significantly correlated with pain.

TL;DR: Investigation of the associations between health-related quality of life (HRQL) and Body Mass Index (BMI), gender, age, mental and somatic disorders, as well as therapy-seeking status revealed that physical and mental disorders are important detrimental factors for both physical andmental dimensions of HRQL.

TL;DR: Patients with depression had higher median per-patient annual non-mental health costs than patients without depression in all 11 diseases studied, and there was a higher-than-random comorbidity between depression and all 11 chronicComorbid diseases.

TL;DR: Alexithymia may be a predisposing factor to poorer health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and the TAS-20 subfactor Difficulties Identifying Feelings was the strongest common denominator between alexithymia and HRQoO.

TL;DR: The study did not demonstrate a statistically significant benefit for paroxetine-CR over placebo on the primary outcome measure, although there was improvement in secondary outcome measures.

TL;DR: Women with MRKH had significantly more pathological scores on some of the scales and subscales, such as phobic anxiety and psychoticism (interpersonal alienation), with a similar trend for subscales measuring depression and anxiety.

TL;DR: It would be useful in future research to follow up patient samples to determine how many and which patients engage in fatal and nonfatal suicidal behavior and the relationship of these parameters with quality of life.

TL;DR: The risk of major depression among persons with diabetes is increased by previous depression history, baseline diabetes symptoms, and having had cardiovascular procedures.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined models of cross-disciplinary integrated health services that have been shown to promote health and lower cost in medically-complex patients, those with complicated admixtures of physical, mental, social, and health-system difficulties.

TL;DR: The literature on fatal complications of clozapine-related constipation and bowel obstruction is reviewed, with the most common mechanisms of death being severe impaction leading to feculent vomiting or bowel necrosis.

TL;DR: The DRS-R-98 has good construct validity in this Latino population and may correspond to Cognition and Psychosis/Agitation factors.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigated the relationship between in-hospital delirium and subsequent depressive and anxiety symptoms, and found that psychological distress is common after Delirium, warranting comprehensive evaluation and treatment.

TL;DR: Clinicians utilizing antipsychotics in managing delirium or agitation are advised to be vigilant for NMS and further study is required to determine whether certain patient characteristics or medications present greater risk for this serious adverse event.

TL;DR: Special attention should be given to the role of hope for religious patients because it increases the positive effects of religion in coping with cancer.

TL;DR: The emotional exchange between partners after the loss of the child appears to be crucial for a process of concordant grief, which in turn is associated with a more synchronous process of individual posttraumatic growth.

TL;DR: It is suggested that aripiprazole may play an important niche role in treating psychotic patients sensitive to elevated Prolactin and patients with prolactin-secreting pituitary tumors.