no doubt writing on subjects which they have studied exhaustively. Professor Dicks' account of some psychological studies of the German character presents concisely and most intelligibly the fruits of many years' research. Several chapters consist of surveys of recent writing, and experimental work, notably Dr. Eysenck's on War and Aggressiveness and Dr. Himmelweit's on Frustration and Aggressi...

background: a cross sectional study conducted to identify the organizational factors associated to the occupational stress among lecturers in selected community colleges, peninsular malaysia. methods: study was conducted by using cluster-sampling method and 189 self-administrated questionnaires were distributed. a validated malay version of job content questionnaire (jcq) was used to obtain the...

Anecdotal and anthropological evidence suggests that personal names are of considerable psychological significance, but they have not received much attention from psychologists. The relationship between the familiarity of first names and the degree to which they are liked is of particular interest from the point of view of research in related areas of experimental aesthetics. Evidence from inve...

Painful functional bowel syndromes such as irritable bowel syndrome and functional dyspepsia (FD) are characterized by unexplained persistent or recurrent pain in the abdomen. These syndromes are common across the world, affecting up to 15–20% of the population [3,10,12,15]. A number of mechanisms have been suggested to explain this syndrome, with two major themes dominating the clinical litera...

This paper reviews recent psychological studies of patients with the irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) or 'functional abdominal pain'. Many studies have used unreliable or invalid methods of assessment and some have confused personality with treatable psychiatric illness. Reliable and valid measures have indicated that 40-500/o of patients with recently diagnosed functional abdominal pain have dem...

Chronic pain syndrome is a major health and socioeconomic problem that is manifested by frequent asking of medical assistance, high price of health care, sick leave, work inability and disability as well as frequent compensation requests. Generally speaking, pain, especially chronic pain, significantly diminishes the patient and their family’s quality of life. Most people experience one or more...

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background: medical education and training can directly contribute to the development of psychological distress in medical students. this can lead to catastrophic consequences such as impaired academic performance, impaired competency, medical errors and attrition from medical school. this study aimed to assess the prevalence of psychological morbidity among iranian medical students. methods: t...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE Psychological factors are assumed to predict persistent or recurrent musculoskeletal pain. The influence of psychological factors in patients with low-back pain (LBP) or shoulder pain was explored to study whether there is similarity regarding the factors that predict persisting pain and disability. METHODS Patients presenting in primary care with a new episode of sho...