Pseudoreplication has become a widely accepted label for a certain class of statistical error common in the literature of ecology as well as of other fields. A wide-ranging critique by L. Oksanen recently published in this journal criticizes the term and concept and concludes it to be a ‘‘pseudoissue,’’ one reflecting an intellectual disease, ‘‘a totally outdated epistemology’’ known as ‘‘induc...

BACKGROUND Sleep problems are common among university students. Poor sleep is associated with impaired daily functioning, increased risk of psychiatric symptoms, and somatic complaints such as pain. Previous results suggest that poor sleep exacerbates pain, which in turn negatively affects sleep. The purpose of the present study was to determine prevalence rates, comorbidity, and role of depres...

The MMPI-2 Restructured Form (MMPI-2-RF; Ben-Porath & Tellegen, 2008) is replacing the MMPI-2 as the most widely used personality test in neuropsychological assessment, but additional validation studies are needed. Our study examines MMPI-2-RF Validity scales and the newly created Somatic/Cognitive scales in a recently reported sample of 82 traumatic brain injury (TBI) litigants who either pass...

Medically unexplained somatic complaints (MUSC) are a common phenomenon in primary care settings, and they pose challenge to clinicians terms of diagnosis management. MUSC refers the presence physical symptoms that not attributed any known medical or organic cause. These can significantly affect patients’ quality life impose substantial burden on healthcare systems. In real-life clinical practi...

INTRODUCTION This review argues that "subjective health complaints" is a better and neutral term for "unexplained medical symptoms." The most common complaints are musculoskeletal pain, gastrointestinal complaints and "pseudoneurology" (tiredness, sleep problems, fatigue, and mood changes). These complaints are common in the general population, but for some these complaints reach a level that r...