BACKGROUND Attachment style may influence distress and relationship satisfaction in infertile couples. Appraisal and coping have also been linked to adjustment to infertility and may be related to attachment patterns. The study examined these associations in men and women around the time of attending initial appointments at fertility clinics. METHODS Attachment, appraisal, coping, general wel...

Even though most cancer patients do not meet diagnostic criteria for any specific mental disorder [1], many experience symptoms such as anxiety and sleep disturbances that may interfere with their overall adjustment to their disease. Anxiety is a common reaction to a cancer diagnosis and a normal response to perceived threats like loss of body functions, alterations in appearance, family disrup...

BACKGROUND The association between depression and an increased risk of death in elderly persons has been established in both clinical and community studies. Co-occurrence of depression and generalized anxiety has been shown to represent more severe and more chronic psychopathology. However, little is known about the relation between generalized anxiety disorder, mixed anxiety-depression (genera...

UNLABELLED There are controversial associations between headaches and psychological symptoms. OBJECTIVE To design a profile of neuroticism, a term that groups variables related to negative personality traits, in patients with chronic daily headache (CDH) when compared to episodic migraine (EM) patients, applying the Factorial Scale of Emotional Adjustment/Neuroticism (NFS). METHOD One hundr...

Background HIV infection causes in the patient the development of specific attitudes toward diagnosis, leading even to a psychological change in the patient’s personality expressed by a certain type of mental, emotional and behavioral participation, variable time depending on the stage of infection. The children of the Romanian cohort have an emotional and behavioral baggage marked by depressio...

To describe the emotional impact of infertility and its treatment and to identify the typical accompanying psychosocial stressors. Gender differences in the coping styles of men and women confronted with these stressors and effective treatment interventions will be discussed. In recent years, the number of couples seeking treatment for infertility has grown substantially around the world. Sever...

BACKGROUND Infertility is a major psychosocial crisis as well as being a medical problem. The factors that predict psychosocial consequences of infertility may vary in different gender and different infertile populations. OBJECTIVE The primary purpose of this study was to investigate whether Turkish infertile couples had higher levels of depression and anxiety when compared to non-infertile c...

background & aim: stress and anxiety due to waiting for treatment results and uncertainty of treatment success are common problems in infertile women. acupuncture has been suggested as an effective strategy to relieve anxiety. this study aimed to review the available evidence on the effects of acupuncture on anxiety in infertile women. methods: this systematic review was conducted via searching...