Kristin Kieselbach, Ingrid Fauler, Birgit Abberger
{"title":"Patients With Chronic Pain: The Aspect Of Negative Body Image.","authors":"Kristin Kieselbach, Ingrid Fauler, Birgit Abberger","doi":"10.1055/a-2322-8484","DOIUrl":"10.1055/a-2322-8484","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Negative body image is an increasingly important factor in chronic pain disorders; particularly because the two conditions mutually influence each other. Our study examines body-image-related attitudes and comorbid psychic symptoms in patients with chronic pain disorders.</p><p><strong>Methods and measures: </strong>188 patients with chronic pain answered the Dresden body image questionnaire (DKB-35), the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) and the Beck's Depression Inventory (BDI).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The mean values of the DKB-35 subscales range between 2.24 und 3.29. The subscale \"vitality\" has the lowest mean value. BDI and HADS correlated significantly with the DKB-35 subscales. The subscale \"body-acceptance\" intercorrelated high with the two subscales \"vitality\" and \"self-aggrandizement\".</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Our findings verify that chronic pain is strongly associated with negative body image. The issues of vitality and psychological symptoms seem particularly central in this complex interaction. The biopsycho-social model and the avoidance-endurance approach to chronic pain offer important ideas for explanation and treatment.</p>","PeriodicalId":47315,"journal":{"name":"Psychotherapie Psychosomatik Medizinische Psychologie","volume":" ","pages":"369-375"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141421323","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":"[Patient-Centredness in Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy - Always Considered, but only Partially Implemented?]","authors":"André Karger, Ulrike Dinger","doi":"10.1055/a-2373-2618","DOIUrl":"10.1055/a-2373-2618","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47315,"journal":{"name":"Psychotherapie Psychosomatik Medizinische Psychologie","volume":"74 9-10","pages":"359-360"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142401611","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}
Jenny Rosendahl, Karolin Ebmeyer, Bernhard Strauß, Veronika Engert
{"title":"[New Normative Values for the German Short Version of the Resilience Scale (RS-13)].","authors":"Jenny Rosendahl, Karolin Ebmeyer, Bernhard Strauß, Veronika Engert","doi":"10.1055/a-2333-5189","DOIUrl":"10.1055/a-2333-5189","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>In a representative survey conducted in Germany, normative values for the German short version of the RS-13 resilience scale were updated and compared with the data from a previous representative survey conducted in 2001.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>In a representative study conducted by the social science research institute USUMA GmbH in 2021, people aged 16 to 95 years (N=2,505) were randomly selected and interviewed by telephone. Data were compared to representative data collected in 2001 (N=2,045), and the influence of demographic variables on resilience was examined.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The internal consistency of the RS-13 was α=0.92. Current norm data of the RS-13, differentiated by gender and age, were generated. Access to these data is provided by an online tool, which can be used for the norm-oriented interpretation of individual resilience values (http://rs13.shinyapps.io/RS13). In the current 2021 sample, the mean resilience score was significantly higher than in 2001 (d=0.28, 95% CI [0.22-0.34]). Age was significantly negatively associated with resilience, education and net household income showed a significant negative correlation.</p><p><strong>Discussion: </strong>The RS-13 has good psychometric properties. Providing updated normative values of the RS-13 is justified due to the significantly higher scores in 2021 compared to 2001. The updated normative values allow for the comparison of future data with those of the German general population. In addition, the online tool can be used for the norm-oriented interpretation of individual resilience scores as part of diagnostic procedures.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The RS-13 is a reliable, valid and economical instrument for assessing resilience in its theoretical understanding of a stable personality trait. Future studies investigating resilience should consider age, education and income as relevant influencing variables.</p>","PeriodicalId":47315,"journal":{"name":"Psychotherapie Psychosomatik Medizinische Psychologie","volume":" ","pages":"395-402"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141601894","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}
Michael Linden, David Schymainski, Julia Solvie, Matthias Rose
{"title":"[Indication and Prevalence of Inpatient Psychosomatic-Psychotherapeutic Rehabilitation in Patients in Outpatient Psychotherapy Data from a Study on the Epidemiology of Care].","authors":"Michael Linden, David Schymainski, Julia Solvie, Matthias Rose","doi":"10.1055/a-2322-8543","DOIUrl":"10.1055/a-2322-8543","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Outpatient psychotherapy is qualitatively and quantitatively an important treatment option for patients with psychological disorders. Additionally, there is the option of inpatient care, including psychosomatic rehabilitation units. There is a lack of data on the cooperation between the ambulatory and the inpatient sector, and on which patients in outpatient psychotherapy have already been in psychosoamtic rehabilitation or should be admitted.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>131 psychotherapists were interview with regard to 322 cases they had recently seen with focus on the ongoing treatment, previous rehabilitation-treatments and current indications for rehabilitation programs.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Almost all patients were suffering from year long disorders. More than every second patient had problems at work. Together, these are core criteria for psychosomatic rehabilitation. 28% had already been in inpatient rehabilitation and another 28% were seen in need of inpatient rehabilitation. Comparison of patients who had been, were in need, or did not need such treatment showed that rehabilitation patients were older, had a lower education, were more severe ill, showed a more problematic course of treatment, had more problems with participation and needed more socio-medical support.</p><p><strong>Discussion: </strong>Results suggest that psychotherapists treat many patients, who fullfilled admission criteria for inpatient rehabilitation. They are important cooperation partners of rehabilitation units. Pension and health care insurance should support cooperation. Because of the great number of patients there is also the need to sharpen the criteria for inpatient treatment.</p>","PeriodicalId":47315,"journal":{"name":"Psychotherapie Psychosomatik Medizinische Psychologie","volume":" ","pages":"376-382"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141421320","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":"[Psychodiagnostics in Psychosocial Centers for Refugees].","authors":"Amelie Pettrich, Yuriy Nesterko, Elisa Rimek, Heide Glaesmer","doi":"10.1055/a-2352-2984","DOIUrl":"10.1055/a-2352-2984","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Accurate psychodiagnostics is crucial for diagnosing and ensuring quality treatment for individuals with mental health disorders. However, there is limited understanding of psychodiagnostic practices within Psychosocial Centers (PSZ) when dealing with refugees, particularly in the presence of language and cultural barriers and resource constraints. This study aims to evaluate the current status and potential pathways for enhancing culturally sensitive diagnostics in this context.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We conducted an online survey using a self-developed questionnaire with representatives from 32 PSZ to examine psychodiagnostic practices, barriers, and perceived development potentials, and analyzed the data descriptively.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Most centers prefer individual case assessments over standardized diagnostics. Key barriers to using standardized questionnaires and interviews include communication difficulties (unfamiliarity with question formats, reading and writing difficulties) and resource limitations (time, translation). When conducting diagnostics, time constraints and prioritizing complex cases are the primary challenges. Additional assessments are needed for several disorders and languages. Employees are interested in receiving training in the field of culturally sensitive diagnostics.</p><p><strong>Discussion: </strong>Diagnostic practice in the PSZs is characterized by numerous challenges that differ from the challenges in standard care. In order to ensure appropriate standardized diagnostics and care for mentally distressed people with a refugee or migrant background, further expansion of the linguistic and cultural adaptation of established diagnostic instruments is essential.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>In the care of psychologically distressed refugees, culturally sensitive standardized diagnostics offer critical benefits for both practitioners and affected individuals. Existing resources are being referred to.</p>","PeriodicalId":47315,"journal":{"name":"Psychotherapie Psychosomatik Medizinische Psychologie","volume":" ","pages":"361-368"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141894594","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":"[Digital Interventions in Psychotherapy].","authors":"Thomas Berger, Laura Bielinski, Jan Philipp Klein","doi":"10.1055/a-2018-2250","DOIUrl":"10.1055/a-2018-2250","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>During the last 20 years, many digital interventions in psychotherapy have been developed and tested for a wide range of clinical problems. Digital interventions expand the range of treatment options and reach people who are unable or unwilling to take part in traditional psychotherapy. This article sheds light on various forms of digital interventions, such as unguided and guided self-help interventions, blended treatments, and video-based therapy, the practical use of Digital Health Applications (DiGA) in Germany, and the current state of research in digital interventions.</p>","PeriodicalId":47315,"journal":{"name":"Psychotherapie Psychosomatik Medizinische Psychologie","volume":"74 9-10","pages":"403-414"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142401610","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}
Marie Theresa Kaufmann, Hannah D Nussmann, Ayline Heller, Elmar Brähler, Adrian Gallistl, Bernhard Strauß
{"title":"[Aspects of Utilization of Psychotherapy in Germany in Times of the GDR and Later].","authors":"Marie Theresa Kaufmann, Hannah D Nussmann, Ayline Heller, Elmar Brähler, Adrian Gallistl, Bernhard Strauß","doi":"10.1055/a-2351-4232","DOIUrl":"10.1055/a-2351-4232","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Objective The aim of the study was to examine real differences in the use of psychotherapy in the New Federal States during the GDR era and today. In addition, differences according to the willingness seeking psychotherapy as well as barriers in opinions and contact to the mentally ill between people from the New Federal States, the Old Federal States and people who moved from the New Federal States to the Old Federal States (internal migrants) should be recorded, taking into account generational effects (experience of the Cold War - birth before / after January 1<sup>st</sup>, 1980). Methods To investigate these questions, the data from a representative survey in the New Federal States of N=2729 people as well as the data from a second online based survey of people from the New and Old Federal States as well as internal migrants with a total of N=4789 participants were evaluated.Results There was a prevalence of 1% for the use of psychotherapy during the GDR era. Overall, the prevalence of therapy experiences among people who experienced the GDR and were born before January 1<sup>st</sup> in 1980 was almost 13%. They also reported greater willingness seeking help for mental suffering since the end of the Cold War. The prevalence among younger people was about 12%. In the second survey, there were significant differences, among the older respondents. East Germans today and even during the GDR era were less willing to seek psychotherapy for mental suffering, they also have less contact to mentally ill people. Differences according to desires for distance from mentally ill people, self stigmatization in the presence of a mental illness and discrimination against mentally ill people emerged between East Germans, West Germans and internal migrants depending on generational affiliation.Discussion Barriers that prevent the use of psychotherapy should be taken into account on a generational and socialization specific basis. Socialization as a relevant factor might explain a lack of willingness to utilize psychotherapy amongst people that experienced the GDR era and still live in the new Federal States.</p>","PeriodicalId":47315,"journal":{"name":"Psychotherapie Psychosomatik Medizinische Psychologie","volume":" ","pages":"383-394"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141898582","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}
Sophie Geßner, Michael Fuchs, Lennart Heinrich Pieper, Kathleen Tretbar
{"title":"[How to Support People with Hearing Impairment beyond Hearing aid Provision - A Systematic Review on Self-Management Interventions].","authors":"Sophie Geßner, Michael Fuchs, Lennart Heinrich Pieper, Kathleen Tretbar","doi":"10.1055/a-2333-7521","DOIUrl":"10.1055/a-2333-7521","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>People with hearing handicap have to use a whole range of strategies to cope with everyday challenges - they have to self-manage their hearing impairment. While the support of self-management is well established in foreign language audiological rehabilitation programs, there are no recommendations in Germany yet. Therefore, the aim of this systematic review is first to give an overview of existing self-management interventions for people with hearing handicap and then to suggest possible applications in the German care system.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A systematic literature search was conducted on PubMed. The articles dealt with self-management interventions for people with hearing impairment. This eligibility criterion was applied to titles, abstracts, and full texts. If eligible, information on the publication, intervention, and evaluation were extracted and qualitatively summarized. The methodological quality of studies was investigated using the NIH assessment tool for interventional studies.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>23 papers could be included and show a high heterogeneity regarding methodological quality, applied intervention, and design of evaluation. The interventions pursuing various goals include a wide range of content (e. g., communication improvement or psychosocial aspects) and have been implemented on a group-based, individual-based, or self-administered level. Despite a few studies that failed to demonstrate intervention effects, most evaluations found positive ef-fects of the intervention on hearing impairment, psychological well-being, and communication.</p><p><strong>Discussion: </strong>The included studies present a high heterogeneity with regard to methodological quality, the intervention conducted, and the evaluation design. Therefore, a summary of the findings was only possible in a qualitative manner. Possibilities of adapting existing intervention programs as well as chances and limits of an implementation in the German health care system are to be discussed in the following.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Overall, interventions including self-management support seem to be a profitable complement to sole technical device supply and should be further fostered in German-speaking countries as well.</p>","PeriodicalId":47315,"journal":{"name":"Psychotherapie Psychosomatik Medizinische Psychologie","volume":" ","pages":"311-322"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2024-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141601892","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":"[Oncological Disease and Pregnancy Denial: Psychological Support and Interdisciplinary Collaboration].","authors":"Tanja Götz, Holger Stepan, Anja Mehnert-Theuerkauf, Antje Lehmann-Laue","doi":"10.1055/a-2322-8408","DOIUrl":"10.1055/a-2322-8408","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In the following casuistry, a denied advanced pregnancy was discovered during the diagnosis of an oncological disease. Faced with a life-threatening condition, the patient urged late termination of the pregnancy and was introduced to psychological counselling in order to find a viable and ethically justifiable solution. Strategies for crisis intervention and supportive approaches in the patient's care as well as interdisciplinary collaboration are presented and discussed.</p>","PeriodicalId":47315,"journal":{"name":"Psychotherapie Psychosomatik Medizinische Psychologie","volume":" ","pages":"341-344"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2024-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141421321","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}
Rebecca Philipp, Charlotte Walbaum, Reinhard Lindner, André Karger, Imad Maatouk, Ulrike Dinger, Sigrun Vehling
{"title":"[ORPHYS - Treatment Manual for a Short-Term Psychodynamic Psychotherapy in Patients with Serious Physical Illness].","authors":"Rebecca Philipp, Charlotte Walbaum, Reinhard Lindner, André Karger, Imad Maatouk, Ulrike Dinger, Sigrun Vehling","doi":"10.1055/a-2322-8596","DOIUrl":"10.1055/a-2322-8596","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The diagnosis of a life-threatening illness may lead to a breakdown of psychological processing patterns and a reactualization of existential conflicts. The sudden loss of continuity, physical integrity and social roles can overwhelm patients' ability to cope psychologically. Psychosocial and medical care is likely compromised if patients suffer from affective disorders or symptoms of existential distress. Psychodynamic treatments may strengthen the experience of closeness and connectedness in order to cope with losses and enable farewell processes. ORPHYS describes a short-term psychodynamic psychotherapy (12-24 sessions) that aims to address the existential distress of seriously physically ill patients by taking into account relational conflicts at the end of life. The combination of supportive and expressive treatment techniques that focus on patients' subjective experience and illness situation may enable patients to integrate painful affective states and to explore their relationship and coping patterns. ORPHYS can thus facilitate a shared mourning process, in which the intense desire for connectedness at the end of life and the reality of dying can be reconciled.</p>","PeriodicalId":47315,"journal":{"name":"Psychotherapie Psychosomatik Medizinische Psychologie","volume":" ","pages":"345-351"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2024-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141421322","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}