Angelo Picardi,Paolo Pasquini
Angelo Picardi
A link between the mind and the skin has long been hypothesized. Indeed, some studies suggested that psychosocial factors may play a role in the pathogenesis and course of several skin diseases. Conversely, other studies suggested that psyc...
Chiara Rafanelli,Renzo Roncuzzi,Fedra Ottolini et al.
Chiara Rafanelli et al.
There are substantial data supporting a strong relationship between cardiovascular diseases and psychological conditions. However, the criteria for scientific validation of the entities currently subsumed under the DSM-IV category of 'Psych...
Luigi Grassi,Bruno Biancosino,Luciana Marmai et al.
Luigi Grassi et al.
The area of psychological factors affecting cancer has been the object of research starting from the early 1950s and consolidating from the 1970s with the development of psychooncology. A series of problems in the DSM and ICD nosological sy...
Piero Porcelli,Orlando Todarello
Piero Porcelli
Functional gastrointestinal disorders are a variable combination of chronic or recurrent medically unexplained gastrointestinal symptoms. They can be conceptualized within the biopsychosocial model of illness as a dysregulation of the brain...
Nicoletta Sonino,Elena Tomba,Giovanni A Fava
Nicoletta Sonino
In recent years, there has been growing interest in the psychosocial aspects of endocrine disease, such as the role of life stress in the pathogenesis of some conditions, their association with affective disorders, and the presence of resid...
Development of a new assessment strategy in psychosomatic medicine: the diagnostic criteria for psychosomatic research [0.03%]
心理身医学评价策略的建立及身心研究诊断标准的确立
Stefania Fabbri,Giovanni A Fava,Laura Sirri et al.
Stefania Fabbri et al.
The Diagnostic Criteria for Psychosomatic Research (DCPR) are a diagnostic and conceptual framework that was proposed a decade ago by an international group of investigators. The DCPR's rationale was to translate psychosocial variables that...
Varsha Vaidya
Varsha Vaidya
Binge eating disorder (BED) is characterized by recurrent episodes of uncontrollable eating, even when not hungry, until uncomfortably full, occurring at least twice a week for a 6-month period. This is differentiated from bulimia nervosa (...
Varsha Vaidya
Varsha Vaidya
Obese patients have many physical limitations and much psychiatric burden to overcome. Several studies have shown that the prevalence of psychiatric morbidity in the obese is similar to those with normal weight. However, in obese patients s...
Body contouring following massive weight loss resulting from bariatric surgery [0.03%]
代谢手术导致的大量体重减轻后的身体塑形
Rajiv Y Chandawarkar
Rajiv Y Chandawarkar
A sharp increase in bariatric surgery has resulted in spike in the population of patients seeking body-contouring procedures. Skin and soft tissue redundancy of the trunk, buttocks, breasts, upper arms, and thighs following massive weight l...
Bariatric surgery [0.03%]
减肥手术
Michael Schweitzer,Anne Lidor
Michael Schweitzer
Bariatric surgery is currently the only effective long-term treatment of morbid obesity and its related co-morbidities. Gastric bypass, adjustable gastric banding, and duodenal switch with biliopancreatic diversion are the three most common...