D Andersen et al. (1) claimed that breast cancer patients periencing a recurrence survived longer when they had en exposed to a brief psychologic intervention an avere of 11 years earlier. We are concerned that breast cancer tients, clinicians, and researchers might accept these aims at face value, leading patients to mistakenly seek d professionals to mistakenly recommend psychologic terventio...

INTRODUCTION In this retrospective study, we reviewed the outpatient data of patients with premature ejaculation to investigate the association of that disorder with irritable bowel syndrome and a positive history of enuresis. MATERIALS AND METHODS All patients with premature ejaculation who had presented to the author's office from March 2002 to June 2003 were selected. Their medical records...

OBJECTIVES This study investigated whether anxiety characteristics independently predicted the onset of myocardial infarction (MI) over an average of 12.4 years and whether this relationship was independent of other psychologic variables and risk factors. BACKGROUND Although several psychosocial factors have been associated with risk for MI, anxiety has not been examined extensively. Earlier ...

Introduction: In this retrospective study, we reviewed the outpatient data of patients with premature ejaculation to investigate the association of that disorder with irritable bowel syndrome and a positive history of enuresis. Materials and Methods: All patients with premature ejaculation who had presented to the author's office from March 2002 to June 2003 were selected. Their medical records...

The current paper starts with a presentation of the metatheoretical landscape of current psychology. Jan Smedslund's psychologic is presented as a post-modern, or constructionalist, approach to psychology as a science. The key elements of psychologic are presented and explained. The system is then applied to two randomly chosen psychological articles: 1) a study of the predictive value of phone...

Results of a study of psychologic environmental factors and their effects on siblings in terms of fear from dental interventions are presented. Thirty pairs of siblings aged 6-15 years, treated at the Zagreb University Institute of Pediatric and Preventive Dental Medicine in Zagreb, were included in the study. The main criterion for inclusion in the study was the fact that one child accepted th...