Affective Symptoms - Epidemiology
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Behavioral and emotional problems in children with sickle cell disease and healthy siblings: Multiple informants, multiple measures.

13 Dec 2009 BACKGROUND: Behavioral and emotional problems in children with sickle cell disease (SCD) may be related to disease factors, or to socio-demographic factors. The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence of behavioral and emotional problems ... Read more...

Alexithymia in systemic lupus erythematosus patients.

30 Aug 2009 This study aimed to determine the prevalence of alexithymic characteristics in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), comparing them with a population of healthy subjects. Fifty-three SLE patients [American College of Rheumatology (ACR) ... Read more...

[The relationship between emotional distress, cognitive performance and health - related quality of life in patients with hepatitis C prior to antiviral treatment]

10 Aug 2009 Recent epidemiologic studies suggest that more than 175 million individuals are infected with hepatitis C virus (HCV) worldwide. In the past few years, outcome studies in chronic HCV patients are no longer focusing solely on traditional end points ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Affective Symptoms - Epidemiology'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Behavioral and emotional problems in children with sickle cell disease and healthy siblings: Multiple informants, multiple measures. 13 Dec 2009
• Alexithymia in systemic lupus erythematosus patients. 30 Aug 2009
• [The relationship between emotional distress, cognitive performance and health - related quality of life in patients with hepatitis C prior to antiviral treatment] 10 Aug 2009
• Insomnia, depression, and distress among outpatients with prostate cancer. 30 Jul 2009
• Structure of posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms in pain and pain-free patients scheduled for major surgery. 22 Jul 2009
• Mental health treatment patterns in perinatally HIV-infected youth and controls. 11 Jul 2009
• Alexithymia, absorption, and cognitive failures in depersonalization disorder: a comparison to posttraumatic stress disorder and healthy volunteers. 29 Jun 2009
• Successful aging in health adversity: results from the National Psychiatric Morbidity Survey. 2 Jun 2009
• The association between hearing status and psychosocial health before the age of 70 years: results from an internet-based national survey on hearing. 30 May 2009
• Adult strabismus and social phobia: a case-controlled study. 30 May 2009
• Neurological disability, psychological distress, and health-related quality of life in MS patients within the first three years after diagnosis. 30 May 2009
• Behavioral problems and cognitive performance at 5 years of age after very preterm birth: the EPIPAGE Study. 30 May 2009
• Effect of maternal psychopathology on behavioral problems in preschool children exposed to terrorism: use of generalized estimating equations to integrate multiple informant reports. 30 May 2009
• Demographic and perinatal factors for behavioral problems among children aged 4-9 in Taiwan. 20 May 2009
• Primary focal dystonia: evidence for distinct neuropsychiatric and personality profiles. 19 May 2009
• Social relationships and negative emotional traits are associated with central adiposity and arterial stiffness in healthy adolescents. 29 Apr 2009
• [Early onset bipolar disorders] 29 Apr 2009
• Social capital and childhood psychiatric disorders: a cross-sectional study. 30 Mar 2009
• Childhood predictors of completed and severe suicide attempts: findings from the Finnish 1981 Birth Cohort Study. 30 Mar 2009
• Emotional symptoms in children: The effect of maternal depression, life events, and COMT genotype. 3 Mar 2009

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Technical information about 'Affective Symptoms'

Definition: Mood or emotional responses dissonant with or inappropriate to the behavior and/or stimulus.

Descriptor UI: D000342

Alternative terms: Affective Symptoms; Affective Symptom; Symptom, Affective; Symptoms, Affective; Alexithymia; Alexithymias; Emotional Disturbances; Disturbance, Emotional; Disturbances, Emotional; Emotional Disturbance;

Allowable Qualifiers: blood; cerebrospinal fluid; chemically induced; classification; complications; diagnosis; diet therapy; drug therapy; economics; enzymology; ethnology; etiology; genetics; history; immunology; metabolism; microbiology; mortality; nursing; epidemiology; parasitology; pathology; physiopathology; prevention & control; psychology; radiography; radionuclide imaging; rehabilitation; surgery; therapy; urine; ultrasonography; virology;

Tree Number: F01.145.126.100;

Online Note: use AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS to search AFFECTIVE DISTURBANCES 1969-80

History Note: 81; was AFFECTIVE DISTURBANCES 1969-80

Technical Notes: human only; do not confuse with AFFECTIVE DISORDERS: read MeSH definitions & follow text