Aslı Akın, Paul Magnus Reichel, Elisabeth Clara Weber, Greta Kluge, Kirstin Goth, Alexander Obbarius, Inge Seiffge-Krenke, Lea Sarrar
{"title":"[Associations between Personality Structure, Psychodynamic Conflicts and Defense Styles in Adolescents with Mental Health Problems].","authors":"Aslı Akın, Paul Magnus Reichel, Elisabeth Clara Weber, Greta Kluge, Kirstin Goth, Alexander Obbarius, Inge Seiffge-Krenke, Lea Sarrar","doi":"10.1055/a-2255-3572","DOIUrl":"10.1055/a-2255-3572","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>An exploration of the interrelationships between central psychodynamic constructs in adolescents with mental health problems was conducted.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>230 adolescents (Mage=18.0±1.9) were assessed using the Structure and the Conflict Questionnaire of the Operationalized Psychodynamic Diagnosis System in Childhood and Adolescence and the Defense Style Questionnaire for Adolescents.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Controlling for the influence of gender, age, and socioeconomic status, low to moderate associations were revealed between increased psychodynamic conflict levels and immature defense styles (r=0.20 to 0.39, p<0.05 to 0.001) as wells as deficits in the personality structure and increased psychodynamic conflict levels (r=0.15 to 0.55, p<0.05 to p<0.001) or immature defense styles (r=0.30 to 0.69, p<0.001). Psychodynamic conflicts as well as defense styles could be predicted by the structural dimensions as well as age and sex (R2=0 .04 to 0.49, p<0.05 to 0.001).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Theory-compliant correlations were demonstrated. The findings are particularly relevant against the background of the revision of the classification of personality functioning (ICD-11) in childhood and adolescence.</p>","PeriodicalId":47315,"journal":{"name":"Psychotherapie Psychosomatik Medizinische Psychologie","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2024-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140867765","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jonas Schaffrath, Mario Schmitz-Buhl, Ali Kemal Gün, Euphrosyne Gouzoulis-Mayfrank
{"title":"[Social Determinants of Mental Health among Refugees in Germany - The Influence of Postmigratory Social Isolation and Resources on Psychopathology and Utilization Behavior].","authors":"Jonas Schaffrath, Mario Schmitz-Buhl, Ali Kemal Gün, Euphrosyne Gouzoulis-Mayfrank","doi":"10.1055/a-2255-3913","DOIUrl":"10.1055/a-2255-3913","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The mental health of refugees is influenced by a variety of pre-, peri- and postmigratory factors. It remains largely unclear how social determinants influence the utilization of psychiatric-psychotherapeutic treatment. We applied a questionnaire survey to 189 refugees from a clinical sample in a psychiatric hospital and from a control sample, which was not in treatment. The influence of social factors on psychopathology and utilization of care was analyzed by means of a CHAID algorithm. The total sample was highly stressed (54% PTSD and 41.4% depression symptoms). Patients were more severely affected in all psychometric scales as well as in traumatization and they were less able to draw on resources such as a social network or residence permit. The strongest predictor for psychotherapeutic-psychiatric treatment was social isolation in the living environment. For patients, the lack of a work permit was the strongest predictor of depression symptoms. The results point to the importance of postmigratory social determinants for the mental health of refugees. In particular, stable social relationships, together with formal factors such as work permit and residence title, should help to reduce mental distress and the need for psychiatric treatment.</p>","PeriodicalId":47315,"journal":{"name":"Psychotherapie Psychosomatik Medizinische Psychologie","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2024-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140858466","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nils Christensen, Max Holger Warnke, Paulina Naaß, Beate Muschalla
{"title":"[Spectrum of Complex Partial Performance Disorders in Patients with Mental Illnesses].","authors":"Nils Christensen, Max Holger Warnke, Paulina Naaß, Beate Muschalla","doi":"10.1055/a-2244-7547","DOIUrl":"10.1055/a-2244-7547","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Recent research highlights a high prevalence of minimal cerebral dysfunctions (MCD) in patients with mental disorders. Nonetheless, empirical understanding of minimal cerebral dysfunctions and diffuse neuropsychological impairments in adult patients remains limited.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>In our study, we examined 399 patients with diverse common mental disorders on minimal cerebral dysfunctions. 329 patients were in psychosomatic rehabilitation, 40 in forensic psychiatry, and 30 in an addiction ward of a psychiatric hospital at the time of the study. Symptom patterns and anamnesis of MCD and sociodemographic characteristics of the patients were recorded using structured questionnaires.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Overall, about 29% of all patients reported MCD symptoms. Patients with MCD reported greater problem burden in everyday coping (attention, arithmetic, memory, sensitivity to noise, orientation) and social interaction (outsider, excitability) than patients without partial performance disorders.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Patients with mental illness reported a heterogeneous pattern of minimal cerebral dysfunctions. These frequent disorders should be recognized in diagnostics and treatment. Further studies should investigate therapeutic approaches for MCD according to Baltes' Selective Optimization and Compensation model.</p>","PeriodicalId":47315,"journal":{"name":"Psychotherapie Psychosomatik Medizinische Psychologie","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2024-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140327259","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Johanna Schneider, Maren Wiechers, Max Burger, Oliver Pogarell, Aline Übleis, Frank Padberg, Michael Strupf
{"title":"[Video-Assisted Psychotherapy For Refugees: A Pilot Study].","authors":"Johanna Schneider, Maren Wiechers, Max Burger, Oliver Pogarell, Aline Übleis, Frank Padberg, Michael Strupf","doi":"10.1055/a-2238-4076","DOIUrl":"10.1055/a-2238-4076","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Global conflicts and humanitarian crises led to an increase in forced migration to Germany in recent years. To improve the mental health care system for refugees and asylum seekers in Germany perspectively, we aim to examine the feasibility of implementing the culturally sensitive group psychotherapy Empowerment for refugees with affective disorders in a video-assisted setting.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Empowerment is a culturally sensitive, interpreter-assisted intervention for the treatment of depressive and stress-related symptoms in refugees. Four male refugees from Afghanistan participated in a pilot study. The intervention included 16 modules delivered via video over a 12-week period.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The internet connection was frequently unstable and led to organizational challenges. The therapy was feasible in terms of linguistic and interactional aspects.</p><p><strong>Discussion: </strong>The stability of the internet connection represents the major criterion for a successful implementation of the therapy. Implications for future studies are discussed.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Regarding the potential opportunities to improve the mental health care provision to refugees and asylum seekers in the future, the video-assisted therapy concept could be investigated in a randomized controlled trial.</p>","PeriodicalId":47315,"journal":{"name":"Psychotherapie Psychosomatik Medizinische Psychologie","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2024-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140327260","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Thorsten Krammer, Sabrina Saase, Hendrik Berth, Carolin Kilian
{"title":"[Discrimination-Sensitive Psychotherapy: How High Is The Privilege Awareness Among Psychotherapists?]","authors":"Thorsten Krammer, Sabrina Saase, Hendrik Berth, Carolin Kilian","doi":"10.1055/a-2244-7468","DOIUrl":"10.1055/a-2244-7468","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Discrimination can have a negative impact on mental health and thus can play a crucial role in the context of psychotherapy. This paper outlines the potentials and the relevance of an (intersectional) privilege awareness of psychotherapists for a discrimination-sensitive psychotherapy. The aim of this study was to assess the privilege awareness of psychotherapists in Germany for the first time as well as its thematization in the training of psychotherapists. In addition, the connection between belonging to a marginalized group and the privilege awareness was investigated.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>270 psychotherapists (in training) based in Germany participated in an online survey (2022). Privilege awareness was assessed with an adapted version of the Awareness of Privilege and Oppression Scale-2, translated into German, regarding the following axes of discrimination: heterosexism, classism, and racism. Three self-written items additionally surveyed the thematization of discrimination and privilege in psychotherapy training. The relationship between belonging to a marginalized group and privilege awareness was examined using linear regression analysis.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Nearly 65% (N=270) of participants felt unprepared or somewhat unprepared to deal with patients' experiences of discrimination, with approximately 40% (N=270) indicating that discrimination was not addressed in training. Privilege was addressed much less frequently. Belonging to a marginalized group was associated with higher privilege awareness (B=0,47, 95%-confidence interval: 0,27-0,67, F(2, 267)=15,41, p<0,001).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>There is a need to include the impact of discrimination and privilege on mental health and the therapeutic relationship as an integral part of psychotherapy training to enhance its quality as well as the quality of future psychotherapies.</p>","PeriodicalId":47315,"journal":{"name":"Psychotherapie Psychosomatik Medizinische Psychologie","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2024-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140327237","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"[School Absenteeism and Anxiety Disorders].","authors":"Verena Pflug, Silvia Schneider","doi":"10.1055/a-2245-5427","DOIUrl":"10.1055/a-2245-5427","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Many children and adolescents in Germany do not attend school regularly despite compulsory school attendance. Some of them only miss a few lessons, while others stay away from school for whole days, months or even years. The article shows how anxiety disorders can be the cause of school absenteeism and how this can be treated therapeutically.</p>","PeriodicalId":47315,"journal":{"name":"Psychotherapie Psychosomatik Medizinische Psychologie","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2024-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140327258","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"[\"Never again is now!\" - Relevance for our profession].","authors":"Bernhard Strauß","doi":"10.1055/a-2245-8671","DOIUrl":"10.1055/a-2245-8671","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47315,"journal":{"name":"Psychotherapie Psychosomatik Medizinische Psychologie","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2024-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140327235","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"[Clinical Judgement and Relational Competence in the Psychotherapy of Older Patients].","authors":"Meinolf Peters, Tobias Becker, Karin Jeschke","doi":"10.1055/a-2250-5405","DOIUrl":"10.1055/a-2250-5405","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The negative attitude of psychotherapists towards the treatment of older patients in the past has weakened in the recent past. Nevertheless, the question remains as to how therapists perceive older patients in comparison to younger patients, what clinical judgements they arrive at and how they perceive the relationship with them. In the present study, which was conducted as part of the ÄPP study (Older Patients in Psychotherapy), therapists were asked to assess a self-selected younger (<40 years) or an older patient (>65) with regard to various variables. A total of 527 completed questionnaires were available. Two-factor analyses of variance were used to show, among other things, that younger therapists (compared to their older colleagues) rate older patients more negatively in terms of suitability for psychotherapy, the patient's ability to establish a therapeutic working relationship and other parameters. In comparison with their older colleagues, younger therapists perceive themselves as less competent in their relationships with older patients. There are only slight differences with younger patients.</p>","PeriodicalId":47315,"journal":{"name":"Psychotherapie Psychosomatik Medizinische Psychologie","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2024-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140327236","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nora M Laskowski, Gerrit Brandt, Georgios Paslakis
{"title":"[Gender Inequalities of the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Synthesis of Systematic Reviews with a Focus on Sexual and Gender Minorities].","authors":"Nora M Laskowski, Gerrit Brandt, Georgios Paslakis","doi":"10.1055/a-2228-6244","DOIUrl":"10.1055/a-2228-6244","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>From the very beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, gender was shown to play a significant role in how people were affected by it, while aspects related to sexual and gender minorities (SGM) have been rather understudied. The aim of this review was to synthesize systematic reviews and meta-analyses that explicitly addressed the impact of gender within the context of the pandemic, with a focus on SGM.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We based the narrative synthesis of results on a literature search of PubMed. We included systematic reviews and meta-analyses as of 2019 with an identifiable gender comparison or SGM reference and a specified clinical outcome.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The search yielded 2 658 hits; 29 systematic reviews were included for content synthesis. Of these, we identified 23 systematic reviews with gender comparisons and 8 related to SGM. Men showed higher prevalence, severity, and mortality of COVID-19 compared with women, but the psychological consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic affected women more compared with men. Evidence suggests that women are at higher risk for Long-COVID-19. SGM experienced increased mental health problems during the COVID-19 pandemic compared to the general population.</p><p><strong>Discussion: </strong>It appears that biological and social risks led to differential susceptibility to infection and manifestation of COVID-19 disease and also accounted for differences in mortality between men and women. Insights on prevalence, disease burden, and mortality among SGM during the COVID-19 pandemic are lacking. This suggests an underrepresentation of SGM in COVID-19-related research. Despite the abundance of COVID-19 publications, gender effects have not often been explicitly and adequately studied.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Future studies should examine gender differences and needs and concerns of SGM in mental disorders and further understudied entities like Long-COVID-19, to gain insights and help to provide preventive measures and adequate treatments for all, for potential future pandemics as well.</p>","PeriodicalId":47315,"journal":{"name":"Psychotherapie Psychosomatik Medizinische Psychologie","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2024-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139693239","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}