Objective: The present study was designed to evaluate the psychometric properties of the Brazilian Portuguese version of the ObsessiveCompulsive Inventory – Revised. Method: The Obsessive-Compulsive Inventory – Revised was administered toa total of 260 participants: a clinical sample of 130 patients with anxiety disorders (64 with a diagnosis of obsessive-compulsive disorder patients, 33 diagno...

Cravings represent strong motivational states that are characterized by intense desires typically relating to the anticipation of consuming pleasure-producing substances or engaging in hedonic behaviors. In considering food craving and the extent of its applicability to food, a brief review of the history of craving within a culture-sensitive framework appears warranted. Many cultures appear to...

Epidemiologic research shows a growing trend of yoga and meditation practice amongst children and adolescents. Furthermore, the use of yogic practice to treat mental health problems is common. While many are advised to pursue instruction in yoga by a physician or therapist there is little formal training about yoga or meditation for mental health professionals. In order to better understand the...

Flight has become accumulatively common in industrialized countries, even so not all passengers enjoy flying [1]. From the advent of human beings, people have been looking up at the immeasurable stars and planets of the sky. The crucial question has always been how to conquer the distance, how to reach the sky without being damaged or killed and land safely on the ground. At the present, althou...

The 5 excellent articles in this section stand on their own as scientific contributions and together highlight important progress in schizophrenia research. The first 2 articles, by Caton and colleagues and byMueser and colleagues, clarify unique features of 2 co-occurring disorders subgroups and may help us to understand the development and heterogeneity of co-occurrence in ways that lead to p...

S Psychotherapy Bryant, R.A., Moulds, M.L., Guthrie, R.M., Dang, S.T., & Nixon, R.D.V. (2003). Imaginal exposure alone and imaginal exposure with cognitive restructuring in treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 71, 706-712. This study investigated the extent to which providing cognitive restructuring (CR) with prolonged imaginal exposure (IE)...

Mental health courts (MHCs), a variant of problem-solving courts, have continued to proliferate, surprisingly without robust evidence of their effectiveness or for their mechanism of action. Broadly, the theory of action is that the court uses its moral authority to leverage privileged access to mental health and substance abuse services, enforce treatment adherence, and tightly monitor and san...

Purpose: To determine the neurofunctional basis of verbal memory dysfunction in women with metastatic breast cancer. This objective was based on previous research suggesting memory and other cognitive deficits in this population. We attempted to determine if verbal memory impairments were related to the most commonly studied disease parameters including adjuvant chemotherapy and chronic stress-...

Background: Somatic symptom disorders are common, disabling and costly. Individually provided short-term psychodynamic psychotherapies (STPP) have shown promising results. However, the effectiveness of STPP for somatic symptom disorders has not been reviewed. Methods: We undertook a systematic review of randomized controlled trials and controlled before and after studies. The outcomes included ...

Title: Unmet needs of Thai cancer survivors: implications for developing support care services. Author first name: Pongpak Author last name: Pittayapan City: Bangkok Country: Thailand Institution: Department of Nursing, Siriraj Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Mahidol University Background: Thailand is one of the country in Asia-Pacific region joined an international servicemapping study of Survi...