BACKGROUND High prevalence of depression has been reported in otorhinolaryngologic patients (ORL). However, studies using a semi-structured interview to determine the prevalence of depression in ORL are lacking. Therefore the present study sought to determine the depression prevalence in ORL applying a semi-structured diagnostic interview and to further characterize the pathopsychological and d...

OBJECTIVES This study evaluated the prevalence and correlates of aberrant drug-taking behaviors in two populations: patients with HIV-related pain and a history of substance abuse (n = 73) and patients with cancer pain and no history of substance abuse (n = 100). METHODS All patients completed a Drug-Taking Behaviors Interview, the Brief Symptom Inventory (BSI), Brief Pain Inventory (BPI), Me...

The aim of the present study was to investigate role prior childhood abuse and current psychological symptoms on frequency drug use self-harming behavior among a group male prisoners convicted robbery. sample consists 127 men armed, aggravated, unarmed/forced robbery, who were held in Metris T-type closed penitentiary state correctional institution. History assessed with Childhood Trauma Questi...

Objective: In this pilot study, the relationship between problematic social media use, impulsivity, and psychological symptoms in adults was investigated. Method: study conducted with 178 people, demographic information form, Social Media Addiction Scale, Barratt Impulsiveness Scale Brief Symptom Inventory were applied to participants. Results: addiction levels of participants found be signific...

Abstract The aim of this study was to evaluate the coping strategies used by college students and their association with socio‐demographic characteristics distress. sample composed 219 students, who had previously accessed university counselling service over a 5‐year period. Symptom Checklist‐90‐Revised, General Health Questionnaire‐12 Brief COPE Inventory were administered. Results showed that...

INTRODUCTION Cancer-related pain has a severe negative impact on quality of life. Combination analgesic therapy with oxycodone and pregabalin is effective for treating neuropathic cancer pain. We investigated the efficacy and tolerability of a dose-escalation combination therapy with prolonged-release oxycodone/naloxone (OXN-PR) and pregabalin in patients with non-small-cell lung cancer and sev...

The Parentification questionniare (PQ; Jurkovic and Thirkield in Parentification questionnaire, University Plaza, Atlanta, GA, 1998), developed to assess various levels of parentification retrospectively, is one of the most widely used instruments in the clinical and research literature base. Yet, despite its frequent use, no studies of which we are aware have examined the psychometric properti...

PURPOSE Abnormal regulation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis and diurnal cortisol rhythms are associated with several pain and chronic inflammatory conditions. Chronic stress may have a role in the disorder of chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome related to initiation or exacerbation of the syndrome. We tested the hypothesis that men with chronic pelvic pain syndrome have ...

O presente estudo teve como objetivo identificar as características sociodemográficas e clínicas dos usuários de um Ambulatório Saúde Mental verificar a possível associação entre intensidade sintomas com variáveis (idade, sexo escolaridade). Os participantes foram 80 atendidos no em Imperatriz/MA. instrumentos utilizados para coleta dados o prontuário cada usuário Inventário Breve Sintomas Psiq...