Our objective was to systematically review and evaluate behavioral and psychological treatments applied to pediatric functional gastrointestinal disorders. Electronic searches were conducted in bibliographic databases including PubMed, PsychInfo, and Medline. Psychological and behavioral interventions were classified into the following 5 primary treatment modalities: psychoeducation, behavior t...

Psychological diagnosis is the process by which mental health professionals determine if problems that affect a person meet all specific criteria for a psychological disorder. In the last years decision support systems (DSS) have helped practitioners in the field of psychological clinical diagnosis with notable results. Given that ontologies are created, among other goals, to allow different so...

If we examine these VR application domains today, a clear commonality is that most are expensive, largescale applications that a few rich customers buy and use. Currently, there’s no such thing as a VR mass market. Successful commercial VR is based on selling expensive pieces of hardware and software to a few clients who have the financial, spatial, and human resources to purchase, house, and m...

A SYCHOLOGICAL variables, viewed as etiological factors or as concomitant processes in allergic disease, have long been of speculative interest. Since 1950, the body of research and clinical reports relating psychological variables and allergic illness has grown rapidly. This paper will summarize and critically review this body of literature with the aim of integrating findings from diverse sou...

Psychosurgery is a medical technique that can be used to treat the symptoms of psychological disorders. The technique is the most invasive of all the biological therapies and is also the least used because its effects are irreversible. For many centuries a crude psychosurgical technique called trepanning was used to try and help patients suffering from mental illnesses such as schizophrenia. Tr...

Psychotherapy outcomes and the mechanisms of change that are related to its effects have traditionally been investigated on the psychological and social levels, by measuring changes in symptoms, psychological abilities, personality, or social functioning. Many psychiatrists have also held the unfortunate dichotomized position that psychotherapy is a treatment for “psychologically based” disorde...

What are psychological constructs? On the nature and statistical modeling of emotions, intelligence, personality traits and mental disorders. Eiko I. Fried To cite this article: Eiko I. Fried (2017): What are psychological constructs? On the nature and statistical modeling of emotions, intelligence, personality traits and mental disorders., Health Psychology Review, DOI: 10.1080/17437199.2017.1...

background: parents of children with developmental problems are always bearing a load of stress. the aim of this study is to compare the stress in mothers of children with different disabilities to each other, considering their demographic background. materials and methods: this was a cross-sectional study conducted in isfahan, iran during 2012 on 285 mothers of 6-12 years old children with chr...

Background: The Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic can have many adverse personal and professional consequences for physicians and medical students. Therefore, the present study aimed to investigate the psychological consequences of the COVID-19 disease in physicians and medical students during the pandemic. Materials and Methods: Using the census method, this cross-sectional study was conducted ...

BACKGROUND Community studies have documented prevalence rates of psychological disorders among older individuals. Further, a growing number of studies have examined depression in older medical patients. However, little is known about the prevalence of a broad range of psychological disorders and psychosocial stressors among older primary care patients. The purpose of the present study was to ch...