Objectives The practice of dentistry has long been associated with high levels of occupational stress and anxiety and music has been shown as a method of reducing stress. Considering the reportedly high level of stress among dental students and its consequences and also considering the positive effect of music therapy, the aim of this study was to evaluate the relationship between music practic...

Goal The goal of this study was to explore the impact of self-stigma on the treatment outcomes in patients with anxiety disorders and to find possible mediators of this relationship. Method Two hundred and nine patients with anxiety disorders, who were hospitalized in a psychotherapeutic department, attended the study. The average age was 39.2±12.4 years; two-thirds were women. Most of the pa...

Abstract Objectives: to analyze the level of anxiety in high risk pregnant women admitted maternity ward Hospital Universitário Lauro Wanderley (HULW) Federal University Paraíba. Methods: an observational, descriptive, cross-sectional study quantitative character, with a sample composed 100 diagnosed as interned at HULW. Data collection was performed using Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI), used ass...

Theorists have long thought that negative experiences in childhood (e.g., abuse) may contribute to the development of psychopathology in adolescence and adulthood [e.g., Beck, 1967; Bowlby, 1973, 1980]. More recently, they have hypothesized that different types of childhood abuse may contribute specific vulnerability to certain forms of psychopathology. Specifically, theorists have suggested th...

This study examined the association between emotional intelligence (EI), anxiety, depression, and mental, social, and physical health in university students. The sample was made up of 184 university students (38 men and 146 women). El was evaluated by the Trait Meta-Mood Scale (Salovey, Mayer, Goldman, Turvey, and Palfai, 1995), which evaluates the three dimensions (Attention, Clarity, and Mood...

BACKGROUND Cancer diagnosis among children can cause high stress and anxiety in parents, and they may lose their life expectancy. The present study investigated the effectiveness of Logo therapy on anxiety and depression among mothers of children with cancer. MATERIALS AND METHODS This study was conducted by a semi-pilot method using pre-test and post-test with a control experimental group. T...

OBJECTIVES 1) To investigate the association between binge eating scores, anxiety and depression symptoms, and body mass index (BMI), and 2) to assess the presence of differences in severity of anxiety symptoms, severity of depression symptoms, and BMI in women with and without binge eating disorder. METHOD The sample comprised 113 women aged between 22 and 60 years (39.35±10.85) enrolled in ...

BACKGROUND Prison is an extremely stressful environment and prisoners have an increasing risk of suffering from alexithymia. Therefore, this study aims to investigate the prevalence and associated factors of alexithymia among prisoners in China. METHODS A cross-sectional study was conducted in five main jails of the district of Zhejiang province in China, and a total of 1705 adult prisoners u...

Parkinson's disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative disorder that can dramatically impair patient quality of life (QoL). Objective To analyze the QoL, motor capacity, depression, anxiety and social phobia of individuals who attended a patient support group (PSG) compared to non-participants. Methods A cross-sectional study was performed. The sample consisted of 20 individuals with PD who attend...