OBJECTIVE The primary aim of this study was to examine the role of affective lability in maladaptive behaviors in a sample of women who meet DSM criteria for current bulimia nervosa (BN). METHOD Participants were administered a semistructured diagnostic interview (SCID-P) and only those who currently met criteria for BN (N = 134) were included in the analyses. All other data were collected th...

objectives: the attentional control scale is a self- report questionnaire that assesses individual differences in attentional control. despite its extensive use, the psychometric properties of the persian version of the acs are not well understood. thus, the present study aimed at investigating the psychometric properties of the attentional control scale and its relationship with symptoms of an...

Anxiety relating to a multitude of ecological crises, or eco-anxiety, is subject growing research significance. We used multi-study mixed-methods design explore eco-anxiety in Australia and New Zealand, validating new scale. In Study One, we developed tested 7-item scale (n = 334), finding that this captured some, but not all, experiences eco-anxiety. found people were anxious about range envir...

BACKGROUND There are inconsistencies in findings as to whether cannabis use has a negative impact on clinical outcomes for people with established psychosis. Effects may be more evident on patients with recent onset psychosis. AIM To investigate the relationship between cannabis use and clinical outcome, including whether change in cannabis use affects psychotic symptoms, affective symptoms, ...

It is well documented that language learning success or failure is influenced by the affective side of the learner. Self-efficacy and anxiety are among the affective factors influencing language learning. This study first explores the relationship between EFL learners' self-efficacy in reading comprehension and their reading anxiety. Secondly, it explores the relationship between EFL learners' ...

It is well documented that symptoms of hyperthyroidism may be similar to those observed in patients with psychiatric disease, most commonly affective disorders. Classical manifestations reported include dysphoria, anxiety, emotional lability, tremor, restlessness and rapid speech. Overactivity of the adrenergic system caused by hyperthyroidism might explain the similarity to clinical manifestat...

This case series describes the clinical course (12- to 28-month follow-up) of neuropsychological functioning in 23 workers who had chronic occupational exposure to a mixture of organic and inorganic lead. Significant improvement in performance was seen in 123 tests and deterioration in 323 tests. However, there was no significant change in the majority of tests (1923). Tests that showed deterio...

OBJECTIVE To address the role of anxiety and depression symptoms in altered pain processing in irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). DESIGN In this functional magnetic resonance imaging study, the blood oxygen level-dependent (BOLD) response to rectal distensions delivered at previously determined individual discomfort thresholds was assessed. PATIENTS 15 female patients with irritable bowel synd...

As shown by clinical genetic studies, affective and anxiety disorders are complex genetic disorders with genetic and environmental factors interactively determining their respective pathomechanism. Advances in molecular genetic techniques including linkage studies, association studies, and genome-wide association studies allow for the detailed dissection of the genetic influence on the developm...