background: multiple factors such as retirement, work disability, social rejection, physical illness and etc., have an impact on general health of the elders. one factor among others is the role of psychological variables. the study is intended to assess the effect of positive and negative perfectionism and type-d personality (distressed) on general health of the elders. methods: in this descri...

Cognitive distortion in depression is characterized by enhanced negative thoughts about both environment and oneself. Carriers of a risk allele for depression, that is, the short (s) allele of the serotonin transporter promoter polymorphism (5-HTTLPR), exhibit amygdala hyperresponsiveness to negative environmental stimuli relative to homozygous long variant (l/l). However, the neural correlates...

AIMS Little is known about the influence of psychological factors on prognosis in implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) patients. We examined the influence of the distressed personality (Type D) and pre-implantation device concerns on short-term mortality in ICD patients. METHODS AND RESULTS Consecutively implanted ICD patients (N = 371; 79.5% men) completed the Type D Scale and the IC...

A single-subject design was used to investigate the impact of a dietary change on the emotional state of four individuals selected by means of the Behavioral Index of Metabolic Imbalance and a subsequent interview. The dietary change for three subjects consisted of a high protein-low carbohydrate diet void of sucrose and caffeine, whereas only caffeine and sucrose were eliminated for the fourth...

INTRODUCTION Type D personality consists of a mixture of high levels of negative affectivity and social inhibition, resulting in a stable tendency to experience negative emotions, by inhibiting the expression of these emotions. We have reanalyzed the clinically relevant studies examining the role of this personality profile in diabetes, by providing a qualitative synthesis of the data. In this ...

BACKGROUND Type D or distressed personality, which is a combination of negative affectivity and social inhibition, and poor quality of life (QoL) are considered predictors of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. However, little is known about the role of type D personality as a determinant of QoL in patients with cardiovascular disease. AIM To determine the relationship between type D pers...

INTRODUCTION Health-related quality of life (HRQL) is a significant factor in describing the burden of illness and the impact of treatment in patients with gastrointestinal disease. Type D (distressed) personality is defined as the co-occurrence of negative affect and social inhibition. AIM To assess the prevalence of type D personality in patients with anal fissure and to investigate whether...

the depression measure. Finally, Type D patients had a greater risk for cardiac death or MI compared with non– Type D patients (7 of 98 [7%] vs 5 of 239 [2%]; odds ratio, 4.84 [95% confidence interval, 1.42-16.52]; P=.01); depression was not related to this end point (P=.25). These findings show that Type D personality may have unique prognostic value beyond that of depressive symptoms. Only on...