A growing body of literature has indicated the central role of childhood adversity for the development in later life of personality disorder (PD) and psychiatric distress. In this investigation, we examine the role of reflective function (RF) as a mediator between childhood adversity, subsequent development of PD and psychiatric morbidity. We tested the hypothesis that adversity leads to decrea...

BACKGROUND Immediate patient feedback has been shown to improve outcomes for patients in mild distress but it is unclear whether psychiatric patients in severe distress benefit equally from feedback. This study investigates the efficacy of an immediate feedback instrument in the treatment of patients with acute and severe psychosocial or psychiatric problems referred in the middle of a crisis. ...

BACKGROUND Physical illness is commonly associated with psychological distress that may be a direct effect of the illness or an adjustment in coping with the physical illness or its treatment. Little is known about psychological distress of patients on general wards in developing countries. OBJECTIVES This study aimed to determine the extent and associations of psychological distress among ad...

Psychosocial distress is understood as a continuum ranging from normal distress levels such as fear, grief etc. up to high levels of distress and psychiatric comorbidity [5]. A recently published study on 4 weeks prevalence of psychiatric disorders in cancer patients in Germany showed an average prevalence rate of 36% of any psychiatric diagnosis across all diagnoses and treatment settings [6]....

Wellbeing of nurses is associated with patient aggression. Little is known about the differences in these associations between nurses working in different specialties. We aimed to estimate and compare the prevalence of patient aggression and the associations between patient aggression and the wellbeing of nurses in psychiatric and non-psychiatric specialties (medical and surgical, and emergency...