Neurodegenerative disorder masquerading as psychosis in a forensic psychiatry setting.

A man presenting in his 50s, following conviction for a non-violent crime, to forensic psychiatric services, and then to a neuropsychiatry service with an unusual presentation of psychosis: second per…

Psychopathologie de la Religion et de la Spiritualité
Sommerlad, A., Lee, J., Warren, J., & Price, G. (2014). Neurodegenerative disorder masquerading as psychosis in a forensic psychiatry setting.. BMJ Case Rep, 2014. https://doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2013-203458

A multifaith spiritually based intervention versus supportive therapy for generalized anxiety disorder: a pilot randomized controlled trial.

OBJECTIVES: We have previously reported that a multifaith spiritually based intervention (SBI) may have efficacy in the treatment of generalized anxiety disorder (GAD). This randomized pilot trial tes…

TOC et Scrupulosité Religieuse Biais Cognitifs et Croyances
Koszycki, D., Bilodeau, C., Raab-Mayo, K., & Bradwejn, J. (2014). A multifaith spiritually based intervention versus supportive therapy for generalized anxiety disorder: a pilot randomized controlled trial.. J Clin Psychol, 70(6), 489-509. https://doi.org/10.1002/jclp.22052

Spiritual struggle and affective symptoms among geriatric mood disordered patients.

OBJECTIVES: We explored relationships between general religiousness, positive religious coping, negative religious coping (spiritual struggle), and affective symptoms among geriatric mood disordered o…

Trauma Psychologique Religieux
Rosmarin, D. H., Malloy, M. C., & Forester, B. P. (2014). Spiritual struggle and affective symptoms among geriatric mood disordered patients.. Int J Geriatr Psychiatry, 29(6), 653-60. https://doi.org/10.1002/gps.4052

Neural correlates of the relationship between discourse coherence and sensory monitoring in schizophrenia.

Unusual language use is a core feature of psychosis, but the nature and significance of this are not understood. In particular, thought disorder in schizophrenia (SZ) is characterized by markedly biza…

Psychopathologie de la Religion et de la Spiritualité
Tagamets, M. A., Cortes, C. R., Griego, J. A., & ElvevĂĄg, B. (2014). Neural correlates of the relationship between discourse coherence and sensory monitoring in schizophrenia.. Cortex, 55, 77-87. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cortex.2013.06.011

'I am reading the history of religion': a contribution to the knowledge of Freud's building of a theory.

Could Reinach's Cultes, mythes et religions (1908) have served as a model for the theory of religion that Freud was later to put forward in Totem and Taboo (1913)? This hypothesis has been tested by e…

TOC et Scrupulosité Religieuse
Cotti, P. (2014). 'I am reading the history of religion': a contribution to the knowledge of Freud's building of a theory.. Hist Psychiatry, 25(2), 187-202. https://doi.org/10.1177/0957154X14523074

Gender differences in obsessive-compulsive disorder: findings from a large Indian sample.

AIM: Gender has been considered as one of the possible factors mediating phenotypic expression of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). We examined gender differences in a large sample of subjects with…

TOC et Scrupulosité Religieuse
Cherian, A. V., Narayanaswamy, J. C., Viswanath, B., Guru, N., George, C. M., Bada, M. a. t. h. . S., Kandavel, T., & Janardhan, R. e. d. d. y. . Y. C. (2014). Gender differences in obsessive-compulsive disorder: findings from a large Indian sample.. Asian J Psychiatr, 9, 17-21. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajp.2013.12.012

Systems Training for Emotional Predictability and Problem Solving (STEPPS): program efficacy and personality features as predictors of drop-out -- an Italian study.

In this study we present a clinical application of the STEPPS model in an Italian sample of severely affected patients with borderline personality disorder (BPD) or personality disorder (PD) with prom…

Biais Cognitifs et Croyances
Alesiani, R., Boccalon, S., Giarolli, L., Blum, N., & Fossati, A. (2014). Systems Training for Emotional Predictability and Problem Solving (STEPPS): program efficacy and personality features as predictors of drop-out -- an Italian study.. Compr Psychiatry, 55(4), 920-7. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.comppsych.2014.01.003

Evidence evaluation: measure Z corresponds to human utility judgments better than measure L and optimal-experimental-design models.

Evidence evaluation is a crucial process in many human activities, spanning from medical diagnosis to impression formation. The present experiments investigated which, if any, normative model best con…

Groupes spécifiques
Rusconi, P., Marelli, M., D'Addario, M., Russo, S., & Cherubini, P. (2014). Evidence evaluation: measure Z corresponds to human utility judgments better than measure L and optimal-experimental-design models.. J Exp Psychol Learn Mem Cogn, 40(3), 703-23. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0035549

Experience of gratitude, awe and beauty in life among patients with multiple sclerosis and psychiatric disorders.

BACKGROUND: Feelings of gratitude and awe facilitate perceptions and cognitions that go beyond the focus of illness and include positive aspects of one's personal and interpersonal reality, even in th…

Psychopathologie de la Religion et de la Spiritualité
BĂĽssing, A., Wirth, A. G., Reiser, F., Zahn, A., Humbroich, K., Gerbershagen, K., Schimrigk, S., Haupts, M., Hvidt, N. C., & Baumann, K. (2014). Experience of gratitude, awe and beauty in life among patients with multiple sclerosis and psychiatric disorders.. Health Qual Life Outcomes, 12, 63. https://doi.org/10.1186/1477-7525-12-63

Impact of some types of mass gatherings on current suicide risk in an urban population: statistical and negative binominal regression analysis of time series.

BACKGROUND: Many studies have investigated the impact of a wide range of social events on suicide-related behaviour. However, these studies have predominantly examined national events. The aim of this…

Groupes spécifiques
Usenko, V. S., Svirin, S. N., Shchekaturov, Y. N., & Ponarin, E. D. (2014). Impact of some types of mass gatherings on current suicide risk in an urban population: statistical and negative binominal regression analysis of time series.. BMC Public Health, 14, 308. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-14-308

Could spirituality and religion promote stress resilience in survivors of childhood trauma?

Trauma is a precursor to many mental health conditions that greatly impact victims, their loved ones, and society. Studies indicate that neurobiological associations with adverse childhood experiences…

TOC et Scrupulosité Religieuse
Brewer-Smyth, K., & Koenig, H. G. (2014). Could spirituality and religion promote stress resilience in survivors of childhood trauma?. Issues Ment Health Nurs, 35(4), 251-6. https://doi.org/10.3109/01612840.2013.873101

Relationships between cognitive appraisals of adolescents with OCD and their mothers.

OBJECTIVE: Our aim was to investigate cognitive models of OCD via the influence of mothers' cognitive appraisals on children's cognitions and OCD symptoms.METHOD: Our sample consisted of 21 adolescent…

TOC et Scrupulosité Religieuse Enfance et Adolescence
Kadak, M. T., Balsak, F., Besiroglu, L., & Çelik, C. (2014). Relationships between cognitive appraisals of adolescents with OCD and their mothers.. Compr Psychiatry, 55(3), 598-603. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.comppsych.2013.11.013