The diagnostic category of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) has its place in the newest American diagnostic system DSM-V. The authors compare its definition with the former manual DSM-IV and the international classification ICD-10. They reflect difficulties in defining the concept of traumatic event. They summarize epidemiological findings, highlight the possible significant role of traumat...

UNLABELLED Neuropsychological rehabilitation is based on the nature and scope of neuropsychological symptoms identified through structured interviews and standardized tests. Here, the focus is to understand brain injury recovery phases and effectively deal with post injury grief-bereavement process. We wanted to test the effect of neuropsychological functioning of a bullet shot/penetrating inju...

OBJECTIVE To examine the associations between treatment/outcome expectations, alliance before and during treatment, and the impact of alliance on symptomatic improvement. METHODS One hundred and fifty-three depressed patients randomized to dynamic supportive-expressive psychotherapy (SET), antidepressant medication (ADM) or placebo (PBO) + clinical management completed ratings of treatment ex...

The implications and effects of the French commission that passed judgment on Mesmer's work is examined in light of the pioneering role of hypnosis as the first Western conception of a psychotherapy, the ancient philosophical debate between idealism and empiricism, and the conflict in modern medicine between biotechnological emphasis on cure and the need for care as many previously terminal ill...

OBJECTIVE To characterize caregiver stress (CS) in parents of children with Eosinophilic Gastrointestinal Disorders (EGIDs) and understand relationships with psychological functioning and child behavior. METHODS Caregivers with a child (0-17 years) with EGID completed questionnaires for demographics, EGID severity, treatments, CS, psychological distress, self-efficacy, and child behaviors. ...

tant in liaison psychiatry. Anxiety and depression are common among people with physical illnesses, influenced more by the person’s appraisal of his or her circumstances than by factors related to the disease itself such as severity of symptoms or prognosis. There are many different types of psychotherapy but the three main approaches are: • basic supportive techniques and problem solving • rel...

a Schoen Klinik Roseneck, Prien am Chiemsee, Germany; b Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Hospital Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany; c Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Hospital Munich, Munich, Germany; d Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland; e Psychotherapy Private Practice, Münster, Germany; f Schoen K...

Narcotics and alcohol abuse is a health problem new thing of concern contained in the SDGs, namely ensuring healthy life promoting prosperity for all people ages. In 2021, around 269 million worldwide abused drugs, while Indonesia; there were 1,307 (833 cases). Factors causing drug use are individual, environmental, family, ranging from trial error to curiosity, dependence, distribution. The ne...

UNLABELLED To evaluate the effects of maintenance treatment and durability of gains after treatment discontinuation, responders to either phenelzine (PZ) or cognitive-behavioral group therapy (CBGT) from an acute trial comparing these two treatments as well as pill placebo and a psychotherapy control (educational supportive group therapy) were enrolled into maintenance and treatment-free follow...

Reports on an ongoing cybernetic study of theory, on how theory-centered psychotherapy turns practices of everyday life into the psychopathologies proposed by psychotherapy. Makes a case for psychotherapy using the ideas of each patient, employing hypnosis as a condition for the practice of psychotherapy. Discusses three of the problems arising out of this cybernetic study of theory: (1) the wo...