Alexithymia in obsessive-compulsive disorder: clinical correlates and symptom dimensions.

Previous studies have indicated that obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is associated with alexithymic traits. The purpose of the current study was to evaluate the difference of alexithymia in OCD pa…

TOC et Scrupulosité Religieuse
Roh, D., Kim, W. J., & Kim, C. H. (2011). Alexithymia in obsessive-compulsive disorder: clinical correlates and symptom dimensions.. J Nerv Ment Dis, 199(9), 690-5. https://doi.org/10.1097/NMD.0b013e318229d209

Family expressed emotion in a Javanese cultural context.

This study aims at understanding the emotional milieu of families of psychotic patients, focusing on the concept of expressed emotion (EE). A combination of ethnographic and clinical methodology was e…

Psychopathologie de la Religion et de la Spiritualité
Subandi, M. A. (2011). Family expressed emotion in a Javanese cultural context.. Cult Med Psychiatry, 35(3), 331-46. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11013-011-9220-4

Does religious belief enable positive interpretation of auditory hallucinations?: a comparison of religious voice hearers with and without psychosis.

Introduction. Hearing voices occurs in people without psychosis. Why hearing voices is such a key pathological feature of psychosis whilst remaining a manageable experience in nonpsychotic people is y…

Psychopathologie de la Religion et de la Spiritualité
Cottam, S., Paul, S. N., Doughty, O. J., Carpenter, L., Al-Mousawi, A., Karvounis, S., & Done, D. J. (2011). Does religious belief enable positive interpretation of auditory hallucinations?: a comparison of religious voice hearers with and without psychosis.. Cogn Neuropsychiatry, 16(5), 403-21. https://doi.org/10.1080/13546805.2010.548543

Popular belief meets surgical reality: impact of lunar phases, Friday the 13th and zodiac signs on emergency operations and intraoperative blood loss.

BACKGROUND: The influence of superstition, moon calendars, and popular belief on evidence-based medicine is stunning. More than 40% of medical staff is convinced that lunar phases can affect human beh…

Biais Cognitifs et Croyances
Schuld, J., Slotta, J. E., Schuld, S., Kollmar, O., Schilling, M. K., & Richter, S. (2011). Popular belief meets surgical reality: impact of lunar phases, Friday the 13th and zodiac signs on emergency operations and intraoperative blood loss.. World J Surg, 35(9), 1945-9. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00268-011-1166-8

Patterns of treatment seeking behavior for mental illnesses in Southwest Ethiopia: a hospital based study.

BACKGROUND: Early recognition of the signs and symptoms of mental health disorders is important because early intervention is critical to restoring the mental as well as the physical and the social he…

Psychopathologie de la Religion et de la Spiritualité
Girma, E., & Tesfaye, M. (2011). Patterns of treatment seeking behavior for mental illnesses in Southwest Ethiopia: a hospital based study.. BMC Psychiatry, 11, 138. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-244X-11-138

Cognitive and Clinical Characteristics of Sexual and Religious Obsessions.

Sexual and religious obsessions are often grouped together as unacceptable thoughts, symptoms of obsessive-compulsive disorder hypothesized to be maintained by maladaptive beliefs about the importance…

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Siev, J., Steketee, G., Fama, J. M., & Wilhelm, S. (2011). Cognitive and Clinical Characteristics of Sexual and Religious Obsessions.. J Cogn Psychother, 25(3), 167-176. https://doi.org/10.1891/0889-8391.25.3.167

Does negative religious coping accompany, precede, or follow depression among Orthodox Jews?

BACKGROUND: Cross sectional research suggests that negative religious coping (e.g., anger at God and religious disengagement) strongly correlates with depression and anxiety. However, causality is dif…

Psychopathologie de la Religion et de la Spiritualité
Pirutinsky, S., Rosmarin, D. H., Pargament, K. I., & Midlarsky, E. (2011). Does negative religious coping accompany, precede, or follow depression among Orthodox Jews?. J Affect Disord, 132(3), 401-5. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2011.03.015

Schizotypy: key feature of Klinefelter's syndrome?

Klinefelter's syndrome (KS; karyotype 47,XXY) is associated with specific neurocognitive impairments, especially delayed language development and impaired socioemotional evolution. There is an increas…

Psychopathologie de la Religion et de la Spiritualité Biais Cognitifs et Croyances
Verhoeven, W. M., & Egger, J. I. (2011). Schizotypy: key feature of Klinefelter's syndrome?. BMJ Case Rep, 2011. https://doi.org/10.1136/bcr.05.2011.4279

Magical thinking in obsessive-compulsive disorder and generalized anxiety disorder.

BACKGROUND: Magical thinking (MT), which has historically been associated with psychotic disorders, has more recently been found to be a central cognitive construct in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (O…

TOC et Scrupulosité Religieuse Biais Cognitifs et Croyances
West, B., & Willner, P. (2011). Magical thinking in obsessive-compulsive disorder and generalized anxiety disorder.. Behav Cogn Psychother, 39(4), 399-411. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1352465810000883

The multilevel organization of vicarious pain responses: effects of pain cues and empathy traits on spinal nociception and acute pain.

The shared-representation model of empathy suggests that vicarious pain processes rely partly on the activation of brain systems underlying self-pain in the observer. Here, we tested the hypothesis th…

Influence sociale et crédibilité en entreprise
Vachon-Presseau, E., Martel, M. O., Roy, M., Caron, E., Jackson, P. L., & Rainville, P. (2011). The multilevel organization of vicarious pain responses: effects of pain cues and empathy traits on spinal nociception and acute pain.. Pain, 152(7), 1525-1531. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pain.2011.02.039

Religion and psychosis: a common evolutionary trajectory?

In this article we propose that schizophrenia and religious cognition engage cognate mental modules in the over-attribution of agency and the overextension of theory of mind. We argue similarities and…

Psychopathologie de la Religion et de la Spiritualité
Dein, S., & Littlewood, R. (2011). Religion and psychosis: a common evolutionary trajectory?. Transcult Psychiatry, 48(3), 318-35. https://doi.org/10.1177/1363461511402723

Diagnostic stability of first-episode psychosis and predictors of diagnostic shift from non-affective psychosis to bipolar disorder: a retrospective evaluation after recurrence.

Diagnostic changes during follow-up are not uncommon with a first-episode psychosis (FEP). This study aimed to evaluate the diagnostic stability of the FEP and to identify factors associated with a di…

Psychopathologie de la Religion et de la Spiritualité
Kim, J. S., Baek, J. H., Choi, J. S., Lee, D., Kwon, J. S., & Hong, K. S. (2011). Diagnostic stability of first-episode psychosis and predictors of diagnostic shift from non-affective psychosis to bipolar disorder: a retrospective evaluation after recurrence.. Psychiatry Res, 188(1), 29-33. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2010.09.017