Psychodiagnostic

INTRODUCTION: Incestuous behaviors are often placed in family constellations that are highly dysfunctional from the perspective of communication between members and also with regard to the roles and expectations held in the family. The expert case being presented reflects these characteristics. METHODS: Beginning with an expert case of particular interest with respect to incestuousness and destructibility, the authors report considerations from a clinical criminological and forensic psychological-psychiatric point of view on the link between the two item...

Depressive disorders in adolescence pose unique challenges for assessment and treatment, particularly due to their high comorbidity with various personality disorders. Moreover, young depressed patients may elicit very intense and difficult-to-manage emotional responses in therapists (in this context, countertransference). This study aimed at empirically identifying specific personality disorders (or subtypes) among adolescents with depressive pathology and exploring distinct countertransference patterns emerging in their psychotherapy: 100 adolescents (58 with depressive disorders; 42 with other clinical conditions) were assessed by their respective clinicians (n=100) using the psychodiagnostic chart-adolescent of the Psychodynamic Diagnostic Manual (PDM) - second edition, and the therapist response questionnaire for adolescents...

Different stress models are employed to enhance our understanding of the underlying mechanisms and explore potential interventions. However, the utility of these models remains a critical concern, as their validities may be limited by the complexity of stress processes. Literature review revealed that both mental and physical stress models possess reasonable construct and criterion validities, respectively reflected in psychometrically assessed stress ratings and in activation of the sympathoadrenal system and the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis...

OBJECTIVE: Internalizing and externalizing disorders are developmentally complex entities with multifactorial pathogenesis. The findings from recent research on the transdiagnostic responsibility of self-regulation and rumination suggest that their deficits underlie all psychiatric disorders in adults, and yet only a small number of studies have been conducted on the population of adolescents. METHOD: The clinical study included 162 adolescents, divided into two clinical groups, treated in the Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry in Hospital...

OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to evaluate psychological factors influencing the incidence of breast cancer in women. METHODS: Basic beliefs, coping strategies, hardiness, subjective control, personal helplessness and independence were studied in 184 women, of which 80 women diagnosed with breast cancer, 104 women without a cancer diagnosis. All study participants completed psychodiagnostic methods and sociodemographic questionnaires. First, we analyzed differences in the psychological characteristics of women depending on the presence of an oncological diagnosis (F - Fisher's test)...

BACKGROUND: There have been no recent meta-analysis studies on specific psychological symptoms (depression and anxiety) according to the type of primary headache disorder in children and adolescents. OBJECTIVES: We performed a meta-analysis of various psychodiagnostic scales. Psychological symptoms of primary headache disorders have been reported in previous studies. STUDY DESIGN: A systematic review and meta-analysis. METHODS: We conducted systematic reviews using the PubMed, Embase, Cochrane Library, and Scopus databases up to October 19, 2022...

OBJECTIVE: The systematic review aimed to understand and provide insight into the misdiagnosis of conduct disorder (CD) among Hispanic and Latino populations. METHOD: A systematic review of current literature on Hispanic or Latino children diagnosed with CD was conducted from 2019 to 2023. Peer-reviewed empirical studies in English and Spanish were obtained through Google Scholar, PubMed, PsyArticles, Semantic Scholar, and PsychInfo, using keywords conduct disorder, Latinos, Hispanics, and ethnic minorities...

OBJECTIVE: Analyze performance characteristics of the Structured Inventory of Malingered Symptomatology (SIMS) in a diverse community sample of SSDI applicants. METHOD: 532 adult SSDI applicants providing research consent were administered the SIMS in conjunction with standard psychodiagnostic, intellectual, and neuropsychological assessments performed in a private practice setting. A broad range of ages and referring diagnoses are represented. Mean age was 42 years (SD = 13), with 56% female and 44% male...

OBJECTIVE: The aim: Establishment of emotional and behavioral ways of student response to the coronavirus pandemic, the assessment of dominant coping strategies, and the prevalence of neurotic states and stress among students. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Materials and methods: The research used a specially developed questionnaire and a block of psychodiagnostic methods for diagnosing manifestations of neurotic conditions in students (Clinical questionnaire for the detection and assessment of neurotic conditions by K...

AIMS: This study sought to synthesize prevalence rates of problematic internet use (PIU) during the COVID-19 pandemic in the general adult (age over 18 years old) population and to investigate its possible moderators. METHODS: A preregistered systematic literature review using the PubMed/MEDLINE, EBSCOhost/PsycINFO, Web of Science, Cochrane Library, GSK Clinical Study Register, and ClinicalTrials.gov databases was conducted. Research was completed in accordance with the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Protocols 2015 checklist...

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The State-Trait Inventory for Cognitive and Somatic Anxiety (STICSA) is a widely used measure of state and trait anxiety. Within the Classical Testing Theory model, consistent findings provide support for its multidimensional factor structure, discriminant, convergent, and nomological validity, as well as age and gender invariance, across healthy and clinical samples. Nevertheless, some issues regarding STICSA dimensionality and item-scale composition remain unresolved (e.g., both bifactor and two-factor models were found to fit data equally well)...

The use of symptom validity tests (SVTs) is standard practice in psychodiagnostic assessments. Embedded measures are indices within self-report measures. To date, no embedded SVTs have been identified in the Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Checklist for DSM-5 (PCL-5). This research aimed to develop and validate PCL-5 SVTs in two samples of veterans. Participants completed one of two prospective research studies that included cognitive and psychological tests. Participants in Study 1 were veterans (N = 464) who served following the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks; participants in Study 2 were veterans or service members (N = 338) who had been deployed to Iraq and/or Afghanistan...

OBJECTIVE: Mental disorders (MD) are a common comorbidity in patients with coronary heart disease (CHD) and have a significant impact on morbidity and mortality. The aim of this study was to determine to what extent mental disorders are diagnosed as comorbidity in patients with CHD and whether adequate therapeutic measures are taken. METHODS: Claims data from 4435 Cologne citizens with diagnosed CHD and a hospital stay due to CHD in 2015 were examined through a longitudinal analysis...

OBJECTIVE: The aim: A theoretical analysis of the problem of the hardiness of a person who suddenly found himself in extreme conditions and an empirical study of his individual and psychological factors that contribute to the strengthening of this personal characteristic and mobilize the internal reserve of student youth. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Materials and methods: The following psychodiagnostic methods were used in the empirical study: "Methodology for the diagnosis of hardiness" by S...

Currently, about one in five workers is employed in night shift work in Europe. Shift work including nighttime hours is essential in several activities, especially the healthcare sector. Importantly, night working may be associated with the occurrence of sleep disorders or work-related stress, both potentially augmenting the risk of errors and accidents at work. This study aims to examine the presence of neurobehavioral alterations that can be a consequence of shift working and concurrent misalignment of the sleep times and circadian rhythms...

Professionals working in the field of psychiatry have recently been increasingly encountering patients seeking help who define themselves as transsexual. Gender identity and gender self-expression of transsexual people do not match their biological sex, and they also feel an intense desire and urge to change their officially registered gender at birth and their physical appearance - even by using hormone therapy or surgery. In their case, the diagnosis of gender identity disorder as a disease category enables the use of medical interventions and health services necessary for transition...

BACKGROUND: It's already known for certain that SARS-CoV-2 can affect any vital human organ, and super-complex cases are even characterized by multiple organ pathology. In particular, complications of COVID-19 for the kidneys can be irreversible. Consequently, this virus forces us to review the approaches and standards of diagnosis and treatment in most nosologies to minimize the risks as much as possible. Thus, a low level of prediction of the course of coronavirus infection requires a comprehensive approach considering the psychological characteristics of the individual suffering from this disease...

OBJECTIVE: The aim: To study the stages and diseases of occupational and emotional burnout syndromes and characterize the changes in the psychophysiological state of the medical staff of health care institutions. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Materials and methods: Manifestations and levels of predictors of the development of emotional burnout (PDEB), motivation of medical workers in the Vinnytsia region, and preventive measures of PDEB to improve the motivational component of medical workers...

OBJECTIVE: Aim: The aim is to study and to improve the motivation of mental health preservation of specialists in the field of special and inclusive education according to European experiences. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Materials and methods: The experimental part of the research involved the use of the valid psychodiagnostic methods and tech¬niques: direct and indirect observation, standardized questionnaire survey, semi-standardized individual interviews, psychodiag¬nostic methods...