Affective Symptoms
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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...

Associations between multiple dimensions of schizotypy and sociodemographic variables in a nonpsychiatric sample of young adults.

29 Sep 2009 In several prior studies, self-reported schizotypy has been documented to vary by gender, age, race/ethnicity, and measures of social engagement. In this study, undergraduate students participated in an online survey, and data from 825 students were ... Read more...

The psychotomimetic effects of short-term sensory deprivation.

29 Sep 2009 People experiencing sensory deprivation often report perceptual disturbances such as hallucinations, especially over extended periods of time. However, there is little evidence concerning short-term sensory deprivation and whether its effects differ ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Affective Symptoms'

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
• Associations between multiple dimensions of schizotypy and sociodemographic variables in a nonpsychiatric sample of young adults. 29 Sep 2009
• The psychotomimetic effects of short-term sensory deprivation. 29 Sep 2009
• Childhood emotional problems and self-perceptions predict weight gain in a longitudinal regression model. 9 Sep 2009
• Determinants of participation restriction among community dwelling stroke survivors: a path analysis. 5 Sep 2009
• Daily family conflict and emotional distress among adolescents from Latin American, Asian, and European backgrounds. 30 Aug 2009
• [The assessment of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) by teacher ratings - validity and reliability of the FBB-HKS] 30 Aug 2009
• Negative reinforcement eating expectancies, emotion dysregulation, and symptoms of bulimia nervosa. 30 Aug 2009
• Alexithymia in systemic lupus erythematosus patients. 30 Aug 2009
• The impact of patient-perceived restricted access to anti-TNF therapy for rheumatoid arthritis: a qualitative study. 30 Aug 2009
• Risk factors for early post-operative psychiatric symptoms in patients undergoing epilepsy surgery for temporal lobe epilepsy. 30 Aug 2009
• Deficits in emotional awareness in schizophrenia and their relationship with other measures of functioning. 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
• Early features in frontotemporal dementia. 30 Jul 2009
• Research in child psychoanalysis: twenty-five-year follow-up of a severely disturbed child. 30 Jul 2009
• Affective temperaments in alcoholic patients. 30 Jul 2009
• Insomnia, depression, and distress among outpatients with prostate cancer. 30 Jul 2009
• End-of-dose emergent psychopathology in ambulatory patients with epilepsy on stable-dose lamotrigine monotherapy: a case series of six patients. 27 Jul 2009
• Structure of posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms in pain and pain-free patients scheduled for major surgery. 22 Jul 2009
• The impact of personality characteristics on the clinical expression in neurodegenerative disorders--a review. 14 Jul 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