The construct of psychopathy has often been considered mutually exclusive to the presence of genuine depressive or anxiety symptomotology. This article addresses the hypothesized reasons for this dichotomous relationship. In this study, 68 civilly committed adult male sex offenders were evaluated using a variety of psychological measures to determine if psychopathic individuals in this group wo...

objective: the aim of this study was to investigate the reliability and validityof the farsi version of the toronto alexithymia scale-20 in a sample of opioidsubstance use disordered patients. methods: 321 substance dependent patients (287 male, 34 female)participated in this study. all of the participants were asked to complete thefarsi version of the toronto alexithymia scale-20 (ftas-20), th...

Bipolar affective disorder (BPD) frequently occurs with co-morbid mental health problems. This study shows that that the prevalence of co-morbid BPD and anxiety symptoms is especially high. This is important because for a person affected by both BPD and anxiety there is a negative impact on the symptoms, treatment response and recovery. A clinician faces particular treatment challenges when man...

Suicide has been associated traditionally with major depression, alcoholism, and schizophrenia and in the past several years with alcoholism and comorbid depression. More recently, however, panic disorder has been linked with suicide attempts, and the importance of severe anxiety symptoms (panic attacks, psychic anxiety, and agitation) as possible predictors of suicide risk in patients with maj...

• Higher depressive symptoms in subjective cognitive decline (SCD) does not elevate risk of mild impairment (MCI) or dementia. anxiety SCD-related worry MCI This may be a symptom incipient dementia underpinned by the dysregulation HPA axis. These findings indicate group individuals traditionally labelled ‘worried well’ who are at increased progression. benefit from interventions targeted reduci...

Though the most recognizable symptoms of Parkinson's disease (PD) are motor-related, many patients also suffer from debilitating affective symptoms that deleteriously influence quality of life. Dopamine (DA) loss is likely involved in the onset of depression and anxiety in PD. However, these symptoms are not reliably improved by DA replacement therapy with l-3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine (l-DOPA)....

Gender disparity in sleep difficulties in young adults may be driven by higher rates of affective disorders in women. This article investigated a range of factors as potential predictors of "difficulty sleeping" in 9,061 women aged 24 to 30 years, using survey data. Regression analyses and odds ratios showed that depression and anxiety symptoms were indeed the greatest predictors of difficulty ...

Abstract Background Cancer diagnosis may cause deep emotional and affective problems in patients and their families.Nowadays, however, despite its rising prevalence,cancer is no longer synonymous with death. Given the significance of emotional well-being in cancer patients, we decided to assess the frequency of psychological problems in seven to seventeen yearolds with acute lymphoblastic leu...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is overrepresented among cigarette smokers. It has been hypothesized that those with PTSD smoke to alleviate negative affect and counteract deficient positive affect commonly associated with the disorder; however, limited research has examined associations between PTSD symptoms, smoking motives, and affective vulnerability factors....

BACKGROUND Significant disruption in caregiving is associated with increased internalizing symptoms, most notably heightened separation anxiety symptoms during childhood. It is also associated with altered functional development of the amygdala, a neurobiological correlate of anxious behavior. However, much less is known about how functional alterations of amygdala predict individual difference...