PurposeDespite the fact that prevalence of anxiety and depression in breast cancer survivors is higher than general female population, psychobiological substrate this phenomenon has yet to be elucidated. We aimed examine predictive role peripheral dopamine (DA), noradrenaline (NA), serotonin (5-HT) kynurenine (KYN) among survivors.MethodWe evaluated 107 women using Hospital Anxiety Depression S...

This article explores key conceptualisations of ‘somatisation’, a term that refers to physiological symptoms without organic causes. A history dating back to Freud identifies philosophical underpinnings of a dualistic theorising of bodily symptoms and subsequent medicalisations of bodily illness, with recent elaborations on influencing psychological sources in somatic symptom presentations. Con...

The aim of this study is to present the Cloninger’s psychobiological model and student procrastinating behaviour. The analysis shows the relationship of the results of Temperament and Character Inventory (TCI) and procrastinating behaviour. The sample included 110 students from the Budapest University of Technology and Economics. Our expectation were confirmed: the personality features like sel...

Recent evidence indicates that the propensity towards experiencing disgust may contribute to the development and maintenance of some anxiety disorders. This article summarizes the empirical evidence with emphasis on illuminating potential mediators, moderators, and mechanisms of the disgust-anxiety disorder association that may inform the development of an integrative conceptual model. Early re...

We outline our expectations for a new bioinformatic and neuroscience of therapeutic hypnosis, psychotherapy, and rehabilitation based on the Human Genome Project. Just as The Human Genome Project identified the psychobiological foundations of modern medicine with the new technology of sequencing DNA during the past decade, we propose extending this bioinformatic knowledge base with the technolo...

Objective: To identify nursing diagnoses and interventions implemented in clinical practice for patients the postoperative period of intestinal ostomy based on Theory Basic Human Needs (NHB). Method: Quantitative, retrospective, documentary study developed with 57 medical records who were admitted to a general surgery unit hospital south Brazil. Data analyzed using descriptive statistics groupe...

The expression of aggressiveness, which constitutes many facets of behavior, is influenced by a complex interaction of biologic, psychologic, and social variables. Even though individual differences in impulsivity and the behavioral consequences, such as aggression, addiction, and suicidality, are substantially heritable, they ultimately result from an interplay between genetic variations and e...

Method: This is an integrative review considering publications between years 2005 and 2014. Databases consulted were Cochrane, CINAHL, Lilacs, Pubmed, Scopus and Journal of Midwifery. It was used as inclusion criteria articles published in full that dealt indicators related to the need of women during pregnancy. In 36 articles selected 64 indicators were identified consistent to the physiologic...