OBJECTIVE Population-based surveys have confirmed that psychotic-like experiences are prevalent in the community. However, it is unclear if these experiences are associated with common mental disorders. The aim of this study was to examine the prevalence of psychotic-like experiences in those with affective and anxiety disorders. METHODS Subjects were drawn from the Mater-University of Queens...

This study aims to examine whether psychological distress mediates the association between rumination and symptoms of depression-anxiety, such a mediating role is moderated by ability inhibit irrelevant negative information (a moderated-mediation model). On-line questionnaires comprising Ruminative Response Scale (RRS), Depression, Anxiety, Stress (DASS-21), Negative Affective Priming (NAP) Tas...

A priority for improving outcome in individuals at clinical high risk (CHR) is enhancing our understanding of predictors of psychosis as well as psychosocial functioning. Social functioning, in particular, is a unique indicator of risk as well as an important outcome in itself. Negative symptoms are a significant determinant of social functioning in CHR individuals; yet, it is unclear which spe...

Effects of sustained exposure to emotional stimuli on affective reactions and their recovery were examined to determine whether increasing exposure to a specific emotional content (e.g., unpleasant) cumulatively affects physiological responses; and whether motivational activation persists following sustained exposure. Participants viewed pleasant, neutral, and unpleasant IAPS pictures, presente...

The authors have studied cognitive functions and influencing factors in 64 patients with chronic low back pain. All patients have been examined using neurologic, neuroorthopedic, pathopsychological and neuropsychological methods. Patients have been divided into 2 groups according to their age: group 1 (aged 30-50 years) and group 2 (aged 51-60 years). Healthy controls were matched to patients f...

BACKGROUND Although life course influences have long been recognised in affective disorder, little is known about the influence of early life factors on late life anxiety and depression. The aim was to investigate the extent to which birth measures, maternal health and family circumstances were associated with symptoms of anxiety and depression in late life. METHODS A retrospective cohort stu...

OBJECTIVE This study analyzes the role of a number of cognitive-affective dimensions in the experience and coping of pain in patients with fibromyalgia (FM). Specifically, it was examined whether anxiety, depression, pain catastrophizing and pain-related anxiety predict the pain perception and the self-efficacy expectations in these patients. METHOD Seventy-four fibromyalgia patients were ask...

• We studied the association between over-protection and affective vulnerability (AV). 296 students were recruited tested individually. Over-protection, indifference abuse assessed. All forms of dysfunctional parenting positively associated with AV. Only maternal paternal independently Objective. High levels perceived parental are hypothesized to be related relational problems, psychological di...

The present study investigated the greater symptom severity and poorer treatment response found in patients with bipolar illness and anxiety comorbidity, and examined depression as a potential mediator of this relationship. The sample consisted of 92 patients in an acute episode of Bipolar I Disorder with a current or past history of an anxiety disorder. Diagnoses were based on structured clini...