Psychological and somatic factors contribute and interact across the spectrum of health and illness. Their relative influence varies from disorder to disorder and from case to case, and specific instances of disorder might in theory be plotted along a continuum to represent different weightings of psychological and somatic causation (Lipowski, 1986; Oken, 1987). We can criticize such a model fo...

Psychological and somatic factors contribute and interact across the spectrum of health and illness. Their relative influence varies from disorder to disorder and from case to case, and specific instances of disorder might in theory be plotted along a continuum to represent different weightings of psychological and somatic causation (Lipowski, 1986; Oken, 1987). We can criticize such a model fo...

This study focuses on the psychological symptoms experienced by Mother in Pemintal Kegelapan (The Dark Spinner) Intan Paramadhita. Hysteria is understood as a neurosis form based an element of anxiety character’s past life. Psychological disorders short story can be seen from dual personality to avoid or cure she suffers. As disorder, hysteria certainly has therapy known catharsis. That method ...

This study extends prior research on family caregiving in mental illness by investigating late-life parenting of adult children with bipolar disorder using a randomly selected community-based sample. The health and mental health, psychological well-being, marriage, work-life, and social resources of 145 parents of adult children with bipolar disorder were examined when parents were in their mid...

Depersonalisation disorder involves an unpleasant, chronic and disabling alteration in the experience of self and environment. In addition to these classic features of depersonalisation and derealisation, symptoms may also encompass alterations in bodily sensation and a loss of emotional reactivity. Primary depersonalisation disorder is probably more common than previously thought, and here we ...

Up to one third of patients with cancer will develop an affective disorder (generalised anxiety disorder, major depressive illness or an adjustment disorder) [1–5] regardless of disease stage [6, 7]. Key psychological factors include the following: difficulties patients have in coming to terms with the inherent uncertainty of their prognosis; a lack of practical or psychological support from re...

For a century and a half, Tourette's syndrome (TS) has been a mystery to the medical profession with physicians believing that it was a psychological disorder, then a neurological brain disorder, and then, an infectious disease caused by streptococcus. What was never considered was that this disorder called Tourette's was due to a structural deformity which would manifest itself as a neurologic...