An open prospective controlled study was designed to compare the efficacy of short-term dynamic group psychotherapy with the standard treatment in patients with depressive symptoms attended in the primary care setting. A total of 115 patients with depressive symptoms were assigned to receive psychotherapy (75 min) over 9 months (37 to 39 sessions) (n = 70) or the standard care (n = 45). Outcome...

we present a matching and lp based heuristic algorithm that decides graph non-hamiltonicity. each of the n! hamilton cycles in a complete directed graph on n + 1 vertices corresponds with each of the n! n-permutation matrices p, such that pu,i = 1 if and only if the ith arc in a cycle enters vertex u, starting and ending at vertex n + 1. a graph instance (g) is initially coded as exclusion set ...

INTRODUCTION Dropout is a highly prevalent and serious problem in assessing the effectiveness of weight loss studies and a major cause of treatment failure in the management of morbidly obese patients. OBJECTIVES To determine which tests used for the psychometric evaluation of morbidly obese patients are more predictive of success/dropout in a weight loss program. METHODS Sixty patients age...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the relationships between quality of life (QOL) and clinical and electroencephalogram (EEG) aspects in patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD). METHOD Twenty-eight patients with mild or moderate AD, 31 with Parkinson's disease (PD), and 27 normal controls (NC) were submitted to: CERAD neuropsychological battery, Hamilton Depression and Anxiety Rating Scales, Functional...

The aim of this present study is to examine the efficacy of attribution retraining group therapy (ARGT) and to compare the responses of outpatients with major depression disorder (MDD), generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). We carried out a prospective uncontrolled intervention study with a 8-weeks of ARGT on sixty three outpatients with MDD, GAD or OCD. Ha...

BACKGROUND The purpose of this study is to examine the effect of psychological intervention on the life quality of patients with laryngeal cancer. METHODS Two hundred and ten patients with laryngeal cancer were randomly assigned to the study group receiving psychological intervention and control group receiving routine nursing care. The Hamilton Depression Scale (HAMD), Hamilton Anxiety Scale...

We aimed to assess whether Internet addiction (IA) severity was related to alexithymia scores among high school students, taking into account the role of gender differences and the possible effect of anxiety, depression, and age. Participants in the study were 600 students (ages ranging from 13 to 22; 48.16% girls) recruited from three high schools in two cities from Southern Italy. Participant...

BACKGROUND Many herbs have been used to treat psychiatric disorders including anxiety and depression in traditional medicine. OBJECTIVES This study was carried out to determine the effect of using Lavandula angustifilia infusion on depression in patients taking Citalopram. PATIENTS AND METHODS Among all patients referred to the Hajar Hospital psychiatric clinic, Shahrekord, Iran, 80 patient...

INTRODUCTION The aim of the present cross-sectional study was to investigate the prevalence of intimate partner physical violence among depressive Turkish women, as well as the association of intimate partner physical violence with attachment patterns, childhood traumas, and socio-demographic factors. METHODS The study included 100 women diagnosed with depressive disorder and 30 healthy women...

ôbjective: many studies evaluated the efficacy of exercise on some depression indices, but the effect of physical exercise in exhilarating milieu on urine 3-methoxy-4-hydroxyphenylglycol (mhpg) sulfate-the main metabolite of norepinephrine is not clear. the purpose of this research was to study the effect of a six-week intermittent walking in the water on 24-hour urine mhpg sulfate in depressed...