Background: Cognitive theories and research have focused on the relationship between emotions, particularly anxiety, and the positive symptoms of psychosis. The aim of this study, based on Beckchr('39')s cognitive theory, was to compare dysfunctional attitudes and cognitive insight between patients with anxiety disorders and those with delusion. Methods: The study sample consisted of 90 partic...

Dysfunctional breathing, hyperventilation and vocal cord dysfunction are frequently seen in children and adults. The prevalence is unknown. There are no standardized diagnostic criteria, and for now, effective exclusion of organic disease leaves the diagnosis of dysfunctional breathing. Therapy is mainly focussed on explanation of a benign condition and reassurance. Since dysfunctional breathin...

OBJECTIVE To determine whether age of toilet training is associated with dysfunctional voiding in children. MATERIALS AND METHODS We compared patients referred to the urologic clinics for voiding dysfunction with age-matched controls without urinary complaints. Characteristics including age and reason for toilet training, method of training, and encopresis or constipation were compared betwee...

The present study examines the association between dysfunctional team behavior and team performance. Data included measures of teams' dysfunctional behavior and negative affective tone as well as supervisors' ratings of teams' (nonverbal) negative emotional expressivity and performance. Utilizing a field sample of 61 work teams, the authors tested the proposed relationships with robust data ana...

Dysfunctional uterine bleeding is very common in adolescents because of the high frequency of anovulatory cycles in this age group. The diagnosis of dysfunctional uterine bleeding is based on the exclusion of all the other causes of abnormal uterine bleeding in an adolescent. The most common causes of abnormal uterine bleeding include coagulopathies, pregnancy, trauma, and endocrinopathies. Men...

Dysfunctional voiding (DV), defined as abnormal coordination between the urinary sphincter and detrusor muscle in a neurologically intact individual, affects approximately 40% of patients that populate pediatric urology clinics. Improper hydration specific gravity concentration irritants, resulting symptoms similar to those seen DV patients.

A false feedback paradigm was used to produce a discrepancy between expected and "actual" tumescence among 57 sexually dysfunctional and 58 sexually functional men randomly assigned to one of four false tumescence feedback conditions: negative (NEG), neutral (NEU), positive (POS), or no (NO) feedback. Participants predicted an erection score before viewing an erotic film and then received false...