Kamaldeep Bhui
Kamaldeep Bhui
Cultural psychiatry in the United Kingdom exhibits unique characteristics closely related to its history as a colonial power, its relationship with Commonwealth countries and the changing socio-demographic characteristics of its diverse pop...
Roberto Lewis-Fernández,Neil Krishan Aggarwal
Roberto Lewis-Fernández
Since the publication of DSM-IV in 1994, neurobiologists and anthropologists have criticized the rigidity of its diagnostic criteria that appear to exclude whole classes of alternate illness presentations, as well as the lack of attention i...
Renato D Alarcón
Renato D Alarcón
The current scene in the field of cultural psychiatry shows a vigorous growth, multifaceted conceptual and research developments and more relevant clinical presence. After a pertinent definition of the discipline, this chapter examines the ...
Giovanni A Fava,Nicoletta Sonino,Thomas N Wise
Giovanni A Fava
António Barbosa
António Barbosa
The main ethical perspective in the clinical relationship takes into consideration the vulnerability of the clinical condition before threats and risks that can undermine the integrity and dignity of the person. Psychosomatic medicine faces...
Gabor I Keitner
Gabor I Keitner
Acute and chronic illness exists in a social context. A biopsychosocial assessment should include an evaluation of the patient's social situation, the nature of the patient's interpersonal connections, and his/her family's functioning. Fami...
Chiara Rafanelli,Chiara Ruini
Chiara Rafanelli
The measures of disease status alone are insufficient to describe the burden of illness or one's attitudes toward illness and life. The subjective health status including psychological resources and well-being is as valid as that of the cli...
Illness behavior [0.03%]
病态行为学说
Laura Sirri,Silvana Grandi
Laura Sirri
The term illness behavior was introduced by Mechanic and Volkart to describe the individuals' different ways to respond to their own health status. Pilowsky's concept of abnormal illness behavior encompasses several clinical conditions char...
Fiammetta Cosci
Fiammetta Cosci
The notion that personality variables can affect vulnerability to specific diseases has been widely promoted in psychosomatic medicine. Over the time, some personality patterns have been extensively studied. Among them, alexithymia, type A,...
Per Bech
Per Bech
In this review on rating scales for anxiety and depression, only instruments considered to be quantifiable, analogue to the measurement of hypertension in the medical setting, have been selected. The clinimetric method for validating these ...