Introduction This study aimed to examine the reliability and validity of the Korean version of the Utrecht Grief Rumination Scale (UGRS) among healthcare workers who witnessed patient deaths.
Jeong Hye Kim PhD, Seockhoon Chung
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Evaluating Depressive Symptoms in Schizophrenia: A Psychometric Comparison of the Calgary Depression Scale for Schizophrenia and the Hamilton Depression Rating Scale [PDF]
Background: The aim of this study was to compare two measures of depression in patients with schizophrenia and schizophrenia spectrum disorder, including patients with delusional and schizoaffective disorder, to conclude implications for their ...
Addington D +52 more
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Dysfunctional beliefs about health and illness: a family study
: Cognitive models about hypochondriasis postulate that early experiences with illness can lead individuals to develop dysfunctional beliefs about having an illness.
Sandra Arnáez +2 more
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Sadder but fitter. The evolutionary function of depressive symptoms following fetal loss [PDF]
A literature review about an evolutionary model of fetal loss depression is presented. This model conceptualizes depression following miscarriage or stillbirth as an evolutionary protective mechanism to avoid further fetal loss.
Binser, Martin J. +6 more
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Psychological and behavioral correlates of health anxiety and other anxiety phenomena in adolescence-A cross-sectional study in the Copenhagen Child Cohort 2000. [PDF]
Abstract Background Health anxiety (HA) is characterized by impairing worry about being or becoming seriously ill. This cross‐sectional study aimed to explore psychological and behavioral correlates of HA compared to other anxiety phenomena in adolescents, that is, with respect to depression, physical symptoms, bodily dissatisfaction, health‐related ...
Duholm CS +6 more
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Cognitive behaviour therapy for health anxiety [PDF]
Commentary on: Clinical and cost-effectiveness of cognitive behaviour therapy for health anxiety in medical patients (Tyrer et al THE LANCET-D-13 ...
Allan House +7 more
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Psychoeducation for hypochondriasis:A comparison of a cognitive-behavioural approach and a problem-solving approach [PDF]
In this study, two 6-week psychoeducational courses for hypochondriasis are compared, one based on the cognitive-behavioural approach, and the other on the problem-solving approach. Effects of both courses on hypochondriacal complaints, depression, trait
Bouman, Theo. K. +3 more
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Anxiety Sensitivity and Panic Symptomatology: The Mediator Role of Hypochondriacal Concerns [PDF]
The present study tests the mediating role of hypochondriasis to explain the relation between anxiety sensitivity and panic symptomatology. Fifty-seven outpatients with clinically significant levels of panic symptomatology were selected to participate in
Berrocal, Carmen +2 more
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Somatic symptom disorder in dermatology [PDF]
Somatic symptom disorder (SSD) is defined by the prominence of somatic symptoms associated with abnormal thoughts, feelings, and behaviors related to the symptoms, resulting in significant distress and impairment.
Levenson, James L. +2 more
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Electrophysiological evidence for changes in attentional orienting and selection in functional somatic symptoms [PDF]
Neurophysiology Objective: We investigated changes in attention mechanisms in people who report a high number of somatic symptoms which cannot be associated with a physical cause.
Forster, B., Jones, A., Karlinski, M.
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