The stability of the revised Beck Depression Inventory in college students:...
AbstractThe 1-week stability of Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) scores in a college population was examined. The most recent version of the BDI, in which respondents are instructed to rate the items...
View ArticleDysfunctional Attitudes in endogenous and nonendogenous depressed inpatients
AbstractSixty-two depressed inpatients completed the Dysfunctional Attitudes Scales (DAS) during their first week of hospitalization. They also received a dexamethasone suppression test (DST) and were...
View ArticlePrognostic validity of the familial subtypes of depression
SummaryWe examined the prognostic validity of Winokur's familial subtypes of depression in 184 in-patients with primary unipolar major depression. Patients with familial pure depressive disease had a...
View ArticleCigarette Smoking and Psychiatric Disorder in a Community Sample
AbstractWe examined the lifetime prevalence of psychiatric disorders in cigarette smokers and nonsmokers in a non-patient sample. First-degree relatives of psychiatric patients (n = 697) and normal...
View ArticleThe Relationship Between Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Childhood Trauma and...
AbstractOne aim of this study was to examine the strength of association between posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and alexithymia relative to other psychiatric disorders in a sample of 252...
View ArticleRapid Onset of Pathological Gambling in Machine Gamblers
AbstractA particularly rapid onset of pathological gambling (PG-onset) through the use of gambling machines has been widely alluded to, but this is the first study to empirically examine the...
View ArticleThe Clinical Relevance of a Partial Remission Specifier for Posttraumatic...
AbstractThe clinical relevance of a partial remission specifier for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) was examined. Using a subgroup of outpatients from the Rhode Island Methods to Improve...
View ArticlePrevalence and Diagnostic Correlates of DSM-IV Pathological Gambling in...
AbstractStudies of the prevalence of pathological gambling (PG) in psychiatric and substance abusing patients suggest that the disorder is not rare. Most studies have been of substance abusers in...
View ArticleA Psychometric Evaluation of the DSM-IV Pathological Gambling Diagnostic...
AbstractSpecific diagnostic criteria for pathological gambling (PG) have been available for 25 years, since the publication of DSM-III. Little research has examined the psychometric performance of the...
View ArticleTo Screen or Not to Screen: Conceptual Issues in Screening for Psychiatric...
AbstractRecent research has raised concerns about the adequacy of psychiatric diagnostic evaluations conducted in routine clinical practice. Semi-structured diagnostic interviews have been considered...
View ArticleTrait Anger and Axis I Disorders: Implications for REBT
AbstractAnger has a prominent role in basic theories of emotion. And while many psychiatric disorders can be conceived of as emotional disorders (e.g., depressive disorders, anxiety disorders), there...
View ArticlePatan hospital experience in treating philadelphia chromosome/BCR-ABL1...
AbstractBackgroundChronic Myeloid Leukemia (CML) is caused by the abnormal fusion protein BCR-ABL1, a constitutively active tyrosine kinase and product of the Philadelphia chromosome. Gleevec (Imatinib...
View ArticleProblematic Boundaries in the Diagnosis of Bipolar Disorder: The Interface...
AbstractIt is clinically important to recognize both bipolar disorder and borderline personality disorder (BPD) in patients seeking treatment for depression, and it is important to distinguish between...
View ArticleProblems in the Descriptions of the Psychiatric Inclusion and Exclusion...
AbstractWe recently conducted a comprehensive review of the psychiatric inclusion and exclusion criteria used in 170 placebo-controlled antidepressant efficacy trials (AETs) that were published between...
View ArticleBroader conceptualization of remission assessed by the remission from...
AbstractBackgroundGoals of treating major depressive disorder (MDD) include achieving remission and avoiding relapse. It is possible that patients may have a broader view of remission than what is...
View ArticleThe Psychiatric Inclusion and Exclusion Criteria in Placebo-Controlled...
AbstractBackgroundConcerns about the generalizability of pharmacotherapy efficacy trials to “real-world” patients have been raised for more than 40 years. Almost all of this literature has focused on...
View ArticleRelations Between Mindfulness Processes, Psychiatric Symptoms, and...
AbstractMindfulness is increasingly an important part of clinical case conceptualization and treatment for mental illness. Although links between (1) mindfulness and psychiatric symptoms and (2)...
View ArticleThe Importance of Assessing for Childhood Abuse and Lifetime PTSD in...
AbstractFor bariatric surgery candidates, history of child abuse and PTSD may be under-recognized or under-reported at pre-surgical evaluation. On a range of clinically relevant factors, we studied...
View ArticleThe Interaction Between Mindfulness, Emotion Regulation, and Social Anxiety...
AbstractPrevious research has shown that emotional eating is common in bariatric surgery candidates, and may be related to poorer surgical outcomes. Emotional eating may be particularly common in...
View ArticleThe Firearm Safety Among Children and Teens (FACTS) Consortium: defining the...
AbstractFive teams of FACTS researchers conducted a series of rigorous scoping reviews of the existing published scientific literature from the fields of medicine, public health, psychology, behavioral...
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