{"title":"Evaluation of the Chinese version of the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale. A cross-cultural perspective.","authors":"C M Leung, S Ho, C S Kan, C H Hung, C N Chen","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The authenticity of the Chinese translation of the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HAD) was tested in a sample of medical students. The Chinese version demonstrated good agreement with the English original. There was a large difference between the mean anxiety and depression subscores. Factor analysis consistently yielded three factors, suggesting the existence of a somatic factor. It is suggested that a common cut-off point for the subscales of the HAD scale is not advisable and a multidimensional model for mood disorders is more appropriate in a cross-cultural context.</p>","PeriodicalId":77182,"journal":{"name":"International journal of psychosomatics : official publication of the International Psychosomatics Institute","volume":"40 1-4","pages":"29-34"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1993-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"19064493","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Non-invasive feedback of external pubococcegii muscle activity as a treatment for urinary incontinence.","authors":"D B Van Zak","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Urinary incontinence may result from medical disease or surgical intervention. This article reports the treatment of 18 patients using biofeedback techniques to strengthen pubococcegii muscles and increase awareness and control of urinary function. The results indicate varying amounts of improvement, with all patients reporting benefit from the procedure.</p>","PeriodicalId":77182,"journal":{"name":"International journal of psychosomatics : official publication of the International Psychosomatics Institute","volume":"40 1-4","pages":"56-9"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1993-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"19064498","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Re: Personality disorders as a consequence of long standing, untreated mood disorders.","authors":"L Brodsky","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":77182,"journal":{"name":"International journal of psychosomatics : official publication of the International Psychosomatics Institute","volume":"40 1-4","pages":"108"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1993-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"19064489","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The manifest problem as the psychoanalytic unit in the interpretation of dreams.","authors":"W Schwartz","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A psychoanalytic view of dream interpretation is presented based on a previous study demonstrating that the manifest content of the dream reflects ongoing significant problems and dilemmas of the dreamer. It is argued that a specifically psychoanalytic dream interpretation is one in which the focus is on the transference and resistance manifestations produced by the treatment situation, rather than a never ending search for distorted infantile or childhood motivations.</p>","PeriodicalId":77182,"journal":{"name":"International journal of psychosomatics : official publication of the International Psychosomatics Institute","volume":"40 1-4","pages":"11-3; discussion 14-6"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1993-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"19064490","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The changing role of the patient in dream work.","authors":"A Mahrer","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Over the past 2000 years or so of interest in dream interpretation, and especially in the last century, the dreamer almost exclusively stood outside the dream, and tried to work out the meaning of the dream. This \"outside\" position of the patient remained through a variety of approaches. Several approaches have been developed recently in which the person or patient goes \"inside\" the dream to do the dream work. As yet, a small proportion of dream workers use this approach.</p>","PeriodicalId":77182,"journal":{"name":"International journal of psychosomatics : official publication of the International Psychosomatics Institute","volume":"40 1-4","pages":"9-10; discussion 14-6"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1993-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"19064440","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The changing roles of dream interpreters in the understanding of dreams.","authors":"G Delaney","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This article describes six major contemporary methods of interpretation, each requiring different behaviors on the part of the interpreter. These methods are the cultural formulation method, the psychotheoretical formulation method, the associative approach, the catharsis method, the personal projection method, and the phenomenological method. Workers with dreams appear frequently to be far more authoritarian than they think themselves to be. A review of ones own work through transcripts can be revealing and beneficial.</p>","PeriodicalId":77182,"journal":{"name":"International journal of psychosomatics : official publication of the International Psychosomatics Institute","volume":"40 1-4","pages":"6-8; discussion 14-6"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1993-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"19064499","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The psycho-activated linguistic method.","authors":"P Zivny","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A method for teaching foreign languages through the use of ten hypnotic sessions was developed. The method included the preparation of taped material for home application. The use of this method was analyzed in 153 subjects in Czechoslovakia, Russia and Italy. Preliminary analysis indicates that the method facilitates the learning of a foreign language.</p>","PeriodicalId":77182,"journal":{"name":"International journal of psychosomatics : official publication of the International Psychosomatics Institute","volume":"40 1-4","pages":"92-5"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1993-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"19064442","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Some contributions of native healers to knowledge about the healing process.","authors":"S Krippner","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In recent years, the work of shamans and other native healers has been investigated to ascertain what relevance it might have to contemporary health care. These contributions appear to cluster around four basic components of healing. A shared world view that makes the diagnosis possible; certain personal qualities of the practitioner that appear to facilitate the client's recovery; positive client expectations that assist the healing process; a sense of mastery that empowers the client.</p>","PeriodicalId":77182,"journal":{"name":"International journal of psychosomatics : official publication of the International Psychosomatics Institute","volume":"40 1-4","pages":"96-9"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1993-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"19064443","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Referral patterns of dentists: transference-countertransference.","authors":"A S Goldenberg","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The doctor-patient, doctor-doctor dental relationships are discussed from the viewpoint of transference-countertransference psychodynamics. The dental referral process is a triad of patient, general practitioner and specialist and, in many ways, is dependent upon Freud's concept of transference-countertransference. The unconscious distortions of this process may affect the patient's treatment as well as the interpersonal and intraprofessional relationships.</p>","PeriodicalId":77182,"journal":{"name":"International journal of psychosomatics : official publication of the International Psychosomatics Institute","volume":"40 1-4","pages":"100-4"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1993-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"19064562","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Submodalities. I: Adolescent happiness. A submodalities approach.","authors":"H E Stanton","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Bandler's technique of using submodalities to control mood states is explained. Three case studies illustrate how adolescents might use the approach to increase their happiness. The first of these demonstrates how an obsessive thought can be overcome through the modification of visual submodalities; the second how an internalized inner message from an unsympathetic parent might be handled by changing auditory submodalities; and the third how an unpleasant mood state may be removed. All these changes were achieved very quickly and attention is drawn to the value of short-term therapeutic interventions as opposed to long-term traditional approaches.</p>","PeriodicalId":77182,"journal":{"name":"International journal of psychosomatics : official publication of the International Psychosomatics Institute","volume":"40 1-4","pages":"86-9"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1993-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"19064439","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}