... of a part of the body that had been lost, and the return to a healthy state. The above is seen as a landmark full of psychological and emotional reparation meanings. Finally, the empathic and close relationship with the team is also positively evaluated, as it helps women feel confident, promoting a caring...

.... This contributes to the longstanding stigma of tattoos as an indicator of the lower class. The third category is the psychologic or psychiatric approach, which categorizes tattoos as identifiers of non-criminal deviants with pathological behaviors or minds. The fourth approach is medical, focused on dermatological...

... and psychological rehabilitation. While existing data on the effectiveness of such treatment in patients with intracranial glioma are limited and inconsistent, it is possible to suggest that systematic and multidisciplinary rehabilitation plays a very important therapeutic role and leads to improvements...

... [ 3 , 4 ]. Such investment routinely includes developing and using state-of- the-art equipment, specialised apparel, training methods, nutrition, physiotherapy, medical and psychological support, and pharmacological boosts - with only some being prohibited [ 5 ]. Thus, there exists a precisely defined...

... summarize the state of the art of psychological interventions in people at clinical high risk of developing first episode psychosis (CHR). Rational for Interventions in Emerging Psychosis There are a number of reasons that provide the rationale for interventions in CHR: (1) schizophrenia often goes...

... Abstract There is little written in the geriatric literature about the concept of psychological frailty which encompasses cognitive, mood, and motivational components. The concept is intended to consider brain changes that are beyond normal aging, but not necessarily inclusive of disease...

... with microtia/atresia. Such a situation is not limited to the parents of microtia patients, and it is especially serious when the anomaly is associated with characteristic facial features such as facial paresis, micrognathia, temporomandibular joint hypoplasia, or Treacher-Collins syndrome. Psychological care...

... disease. Weight loss such as that seen in anorexia nervosa may severely interfere with the efficacy of antidepressant agents. Psychological illnesses are among the most common serious and chronic disorders in childhood and adolescence. The development of modern psychotropic medications has given...

... ]. The brain-gut axis is recruited by various central nervous system (CNS) and gutbrain directed stressors. An infectious event in the gut affects the cortical response to visceral stimuli, and conversely, psychological events can alter the function of the gut. Experimental and clinical data confirm CNS...

.... This chapter will discuss pertinent psychological issues and challenges for the professional working with the young person with liver disease together with suggestions which may help. Prior to the 1980s, liver diseases were illnesses with no treatment. Most of the diseases carried poor prognoses...

... Abstract The aim of the present study was to evaluate the relationship of ethnic identity and acculturation strategies with psychological well-being among adolescents with an immigrant background in Kenya. A total of 269 adolescents from five high schools were involved. The sample included...

... disorders are present) or to underestimate psychological aspects (when medical diagnoses are established), and the neglect of subsyndromal conditions, personality and behavioral factors [ 1, 2 ]. To the purpose of identifying patients within a given illness population whose psychological factors have...

... Abstract 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 clinician when it comes to evaluating outcomes...

... [ 5 ]. While many couples presenting for infertility treatment experience high levels of psychological distress associated with the diagnosis of infertility, the process of assisted reproduction itself is also associated with increased levels of anxiety, depression and stress [ 6 ]. The perception...

... cultural and scientific milieu. Therefore, it is necessary to consider them together with other physicians, some of whom are much less well-known nowadays, who one way or another carried Charcot’s influence into psychiatry, psychology and psychotherapy. The fates of the Dioscuri have been reversed...

... Abstract This chapter contains 2 examples of combined group therapy approaches for schizophrenia patients: the integrated psychological therapy (IPT) and one of its further developments, the integrated neurocognitive therapy (INT), both initially designed in our laboratory in Switzerland. IPT...

... anxiety of improvement) after 6 monthsof treatment as usual, after controlling for gastrointestinal symptoms at baseline. DCPR maytherefore be suggested as a reliable assessment instrument for psychological conditions thatare relevant for psychosomatic practice and research settings...

... Abstract The area of psychological factors affecting cancer has been the object of research startingfrom the early 1950s and consolidating from the 1970s with the development of psychooncology.A series of problems in the DSM and ICD nosological systems, such as thedifficult application...