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..It was applied as psychotherapeutic approach in some clinical outcome studies about eating disorders and severe personality disorders displaying a good efficacy...

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..This study explored the functional correlates of anger amongst therapeutic community inpatients...

..This study tested the mediating role of temperament and character between parental bonding and psychopathology in bulimic women...

..Moreover, studies attempting to define the neurobiological and genetic correlates of temperament should be supported by clinical pharmacological trials...

..Moreover, the specific and strong action of reboxetine on improvement of social functioning is also supported in this disorder...

..The aim of this study is to describe the personality disorders (PD) and personality profile of heroin-abusers and their quality of life (QoL), and to investigate the correlation between the two...

..The present study assessed the personality traits of a heterogeneous group of seropositive subjects compared with healthy controls to determine specific temperament and character traits of this population...

..Not only mens sana in corpore sano, but also corpus sanus in mente sana...

..In conclusion, BN, a condition of ghrelin hypersecretion, is connoted by a normal endocrine and metabolic response to exogenous ghrelin administration...

..The Karolinska Psychodynamic Profile (KAPP) was used for the assessment of the six-month outcome of Brief Adlerian Psychodynamic Psychotherapy (B-APP)...

..These results suggest that the self-discipline and hypercontrol of anorectic patients are related to a temperament prone to angry feelings in subjects with a fear of becoming adult and with a trait of pathologic perfectionism...

..This study explored the personality and psychopathology of women with EDs and correlated them with parental personality traits...

..This study aims to determine which personality and psychopathology dimensions influence the dropout in a psychiatric unit...

..The prevalence of psychiatric comorbidity in Parkinson's disease (PD) is about 50%...

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..Dropout (DO) is common in the treatment of eating disorders (EDs), but the reasons for this phenomenon remain unclear. This study is an extensive review of the literature regarding DO predictors in EDs...

..The relationship between personality traits of borderline offspring and those of their parents may be related to both genetic transmission and family dynamics. Ramifications for treatment are discussed...

..The combination of psychopathology and personality research may shed a light upon the determinants of eating pathology...

..The study of personality can be useful to "dose" symptomatic (pharmacological and psychotherapeutic) and rehabilitative treatments in the therapy program...

..Although several authors have suggested an important pathogenic role for psychosocial factors in 'functional' infertility, the extent to which depression, anxiety and expressed emotional patterns correlate to infertility is not yet clear...

..To evaluate the personality features of infertile patients...

..Anorexia nervosa (AN) still lacks a defined treatment. Since fluoxetine proved effective in weight-restored anorexics, this pilot study evaluates the efficacy of another SSRI, citalopram, in restricting-type AN...

..This could reflect primary alterations of cholinergic neurons, though the effectiveness of more prolonged treatment and/or higher doses of cholinergic precursors needs to be verified...

..Psychological and behavioral factors may play a role in some cases of infertility. The extent to which eating behaviors and attitudes contribute to infertility is unknown...

..The aim was to evaluate the outcome and related psychostructural and clinical factors in schizophrenic patients after they underwent 6 months of residential multimodal treatment...

..e. the Rorschach test) often lack objectivity. This study compared the results of personality assessment with the Temperament and Character Inventory (TCI) and the Rorschach test to verify their validity...

..The aim of this study was to evaluate the anger levels and their management in obese patients...

..To explore the personality, psychopathology, and clinical features of bulimic patients who do not complete psychotherapy, within a combined treatment...

..Dropout from psychotherapy is an important issue that has received little systematic attention. This study investigated the phenomenon of dropout from brief psychotherapy for anorexia nervosa (AN)...

..Implications for treatment are discussed...

..To evaluate the prevalence of eating problems and to investigate personality traits associated with disturbed eating behaviours among Italian high school students...

..Patients with a high frequency of vomiting need specific therapeutic interventions to enhance the character dimension of Self-Directedness...

..A way to face this problem is to examine the personality traits underlying these disorders...

..The aim of this study was to identify whether migraine patients and controls share distinctive personality traits...

..Further studies are needed to confirm the usefulness of sertraline in the treatment of patients with BED and also in binge eaters with a less severe eating psychopathology...

..The present paper aims to investigate whether subjects with BED full criteria show more hypomanic symptoms than those with s-BED, after controlling for personality variables as potential confounders...

..Moreover, as regards personality, a lower SD and a higher risk of Personality Disorders were found in obese BED patients. Different severities of overweight do not seem to relate to a specific personality susceptibility...

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..This study supports the hypothesis that attachment insecurity is directly correlated with BD, core element in predicting and perpetuating EDs, independently of personality. Implications for treatment are discussed...

..These results were maintained by responders (weigh loss of at least 5% of baseline weight) over 24 weeks. The results suggest that a 6-month treatment with SSRI may be an effective option to treat patients with BED...

..This paper aimed to investigate cognitive rigidity and decision making impairments in patients diagnosed with Anorexia Nervosa Restrictive type (AN-R), assessing also verbal components...

..We evaluated the efficacy of duloxetine, an SNRI, in 45 obese patients who reported binge eating...

..High need for approval was independently related to psychopathological traits in anorexic siblings. Implications for prevention and treatment are discussed...

..The co-diagnosis of a substance use disorder in male ED patients is frequent. Nevertheless, knowledge about the mutual predisposing factors or personality analogies is currently scarce and hypotheses are controversial...

..Both treatments showed some effect on outcome measures, but efficacy profiles did not overlap. Citalopram may be useful in depressed patients with bulimia, whereas fluoxetine is more specific for those with introjected anger and bulimia...

..The TCI was useful in discriminating between normal controls and anorectic subjects, their parents, and the whole anorectic family...

..The aim of this study was to assess whether psychological presurgical variables can predict outcome of vertical banded gastroplasty (VBG) in the short term...

..The aim was to highlight any correlation between neuropsychological functioning and the degree of pathology for food style, body image, and physical state...

..Effectiveness was evaluated 6 times along a two-year follow-up...

..However, the relationship between psychological variables and medication adherence is still poorly understood. The aim of this study was to investigate how anger dimensions in subjects with HIV affect adherence to antiretroviral drugs...

..Our results show that in migraine the higher HA score could be partly associated to comorbid depression while the high P dimension seems to be solely related to the presence of migraine...

..The patients were subdivided into 3 groups: early (n=73), intermediate (n=96) and late onset (n=81), based on age of onset of symptoms...

..These results should be helpful in directing pharmacologic and psychotherapeutic approaches that consider the specific personality traits of these patients...

..05). CONCLUSIONS: This study showed that corticotroph sensitivity to the inhibitory effect of an FFA load is preserved in patients with anorexia nervosa, in spite of persistent adrenal hyperactivity...

..Anorexia nervosa is a severe disorder that often responds poorly to treatment. At this time, little is known about pretreatment predictors of response...

..There is still a need for a shared concept of outcome in EDs, since the efficacy of psychological treatment is greatly influenced by the definition of outcome adopted (concerning symptoms, psychosocial functioning, personality)...

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..8-2.9 kg). Our results were inconsistent, but the drug was effective for some patients who showed marked impulsivity in eating behaviours and depressive symptoms...

..The present data suggest focusing pharmacotherapy and psychotherapy, even family counseling, with a progression more strictly related to the current personality functioning level and psychopathology of each patient...

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..Although the evidence is preliminary, topiramate appears to be a relatively safe and effective treatment for obese subjects with BED. Limitations of the studies and future directions for research are discussed...

..Such patients tend to develop psychosomatic reactions that may contribute to the severity of their symptoms...

..Further investigation is required to make DH treatment programmes measurable and comparable...

..Greater attention should be paid to the health policy of countries in which pro-ana websites flourish, and the clinical implications of the websites themselves...

..On the other hand, a reduced sensitivity to ACTH of the glomerularis adrenal zone in patients with AN is suggested by the lack of aldosterone response to the lowest corticotropin dose...

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..BDD occurs in about 5% of patients who seek cosmetic surgery, and rhinoplasty is the most frequently sought treatment. A correlation exists between individuals' self-esteem and demand for cosmetic surgery...

..No correlations were observed between homovanilic acid concentrations and psychopathological parameters. The pharmacological treatment can significantly improve specific aspects of anorexia nervosa...

..A logistic regression model predicted anxiety remission only by CGI at T1. This paper discusses these results in relation to the use of brief psychotherapy within community mental health services...

..These results are relevant for future studies based on TCI...