As Ádám pointed out: “the main function of the visceral afferent nerves reaching the central nervous system at the level of the spinal cord, the medulla, and the midbrain is the protection of homeostasis”. However, continues Ádám, it does not mean that this system cannot change the...
Trauma survivors and nontraumatized individuals did not differ significantly on mean symptom scale scores (i.e., depression, anxiety, anger, dissociation, somatization and pain). However, a moderate effect size was found for dissociation. There were also significant associations found between trauma ...
153 These authors suggest that a diagnostic label drives the illness-disease paradigm, promoting sickness behavior and somatization in people suffering normal aches and distress.4,151 Others comment that patients with FM exaggerate their disability and pain, "in contradistinction to patients with genuine...
Numerous studies have found that parental role for the child with CHD is associated with a various socio-economic, physical, and psychological issues [3]. High level of distress is manifested in several ways including depression, anxiety, stress and somatization. Generally, parents of infants with...
There is also a major depressive episode that involves depressive symptoms. The word “depression” can be used in everyday language to imply feeling sad, unhappy or “down” for a short period of time, but being depressed in this sense doesn’t necessarily mean you have a mental disorder....
The questionnaire has a maximum score of 100, an expected mean of 45.6 (SD = 11.35; Taylor et al., 2003), and good internal reliability (Cronbach's α = 0.81; Bagby et al., 1994). 3.3.1.2. Bermond-Vorst Alexithymia Questionnaire (BVAQ) The BVAQ is the companion questionnaire to the...
And then there is the word 'manipulation'. This word may mean high velocity/ low amplitude thrust (HVLA), or it might refer to mobilizing articulation, or soft tissue methods, such as Muscle Energy Technique, ligamentous balancing, Myofascial Release, Strain-Counterstrain techniques, or combinati...
Responsibility doesn't mean never changing. However, if change is proposed, it should be consistent with your fundamental beliefs. You should be "able to respond" to what is needed without altering the basis of who you are as a person and organization. Integrity The second aspect of character...
One participant said: “flare is when the pain increases to the point where medication, mental or physical intervention is needed to sustain normal daily living.” P6696. Another said that a flare “would mean a remedial massage therapist, or chiropractor, etc. It would mean relying on ...
(one dimension of PMEP). The parents showed more optimism about their coaching practices than did the adolescents, as seen in the significantly higher mean score in parents’ reports. In addition, adolescent-reported emotion coaching generally explained more variance in their mental health, life ...