Background: A growing number of studies are questioning the validity of current DSM diagnoses, either as “discrete” or distinct mental disorders and/or as phenotypically homogeneous syndromes.
Paula Vigne +11 more
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Abstract Divergent thinking (DT) is an important constituent of creativity that captures aspects of fluency and originality. The literature lacks multivariate studies that report relationships between DT and its aspects with relevant covariates, such as cognitive abilities, personality traits (e.g. openness), and insight. In two multivariate studies (N
S. Weiss +6 more
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Clinical features of sleep disturbances in anxiety disorders of neurotic and organic genesis.
There is a bi-directional link between dyssomnia and psychological diseases. Sleep disorders can influence the severity of the underlying disease, complicate the process of treatment, and increase the risk of the recurrence further. Besides, there is an
Yu.V. Liashchenko, L.M. Yuryeva
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Progression on diagnosis and treatment of psychogenic nonepileptic seizure
Psychogenic nonepileptic seizure (PNES) is a common functional neurological disorder with complex neuropsychiatric etiology and clinical characteristics. Its diagnosis is mainly based on medical history and symptomatology, which is easily to misdiagnosis
CHE Xiang⁃qian +2 more
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Foreign National Patients in German Prison Psychiatry [PDF]
Introduction: Over the past few years, the share of foreign national prisoners in the European and American justice systems has increased at a disproportionately high rate, yet studies on mental health issues among this diverse group are rare.
Neumann, Britta +2 more
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Beyond the impasse : reflections on dissociative identity disorder from a Freudian–Lacanian perspective [PDF]
Dissociative identity disorder (DID) is a widely contested diagnosis. The dominant posttraumatic model (PTM) considers early life trauma to be the direct cause of the creation of alter identities and assumes that working directly with alter identities ...
Meganck, Reitske
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Addressing neuroticism in psychological treatment [PDF]
Neuroticism has long been associated with psychopathology and there is increasing evidence that this trait represents a shared vulnerability responsible for the development and maintenance of a range of common mental disorders. Given that neuroticism may
Barlow, David H. +2 more
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Prayer and psychological health: a study among sixth-form pupils attending Catholic and Protestant schools in Northern Ireland [PDF]
Eysenck's dimensional model of personality includes two indicators of psychological health, defined as neuroticism and psychoticism. In order to examine the association between psychological health and prayer, two samples of sixth-form pupils in Northern
Brierley P. +19 more
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Psychological Adaptive Mechanism Maturity Predicts Good Outcomes in Treatment for Refractory PTSD
Background: Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) severity follows a bell-shaped curve ranging from mild to severe. Those in the severe range often receive the most intensive treatments, including targeted residential rehabilitation stays.
Thomas Beresford +7 more
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Housing situation and healthcare for patients in a psychiatric centre in Berlin, Germany: a cross-sectional patient survey [PDF]
OBJECTIVE: To determine the housing situation among people seeking psychiatric treatment in relation to morbidity and service utilisation. DESIGN: Cross-sectional patient survey.
Bermpohl, Felix +11 more
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