Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Jana Uher
Summary: This article investigates the fundamental issues surrounding rating scales and highlights the problems and crises in psychology research. It suggests developing explicit metatheory and unambiguous terminology, as well as theories that focus on individuals as complex self-organizing systems. The article emphasizes the need for methods that are adapted to the peculiarities of psychological phenomena and advocates for transdisciplinary research to address the crises in psychology.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Education, Special
Brian Daniels, Amy M. Briesch, Robert J. Volpe, Julie Sarno Owens
Summary: Direct Behavior Rating (DBR) is an efficient method for monitoring changes in student behavior in response to intervention, with DBR Multi-Item Scales (DBR-MIS) showing promising characteristics as a progress-monitoring assessment. The study aimed to develop and validate DBR-MIS problem behavior scales, which can be used to evaluate students' response to social-emotional or behavioral intervention. Further implications for progress monitoring and future research are discussed.
JOURNAL OF EMOTIONAL AND BEHAVIORAL DISORDERS
(2021)
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Antonio Del Casale, Martina Nicole Modesti, Carlo Lai, Valeria Carola, Simone Mimun, Alba Bruzzese, Anna Maria Speranza, Dalainey H. Drakes, Gordon J. G. Asmundson, Giampaolo Nicolais
Summary: This study translated, replicated, and validated the COVID Stress Scales (CSS) in the Italian population, finding that the CSS-I is a valid and reliable instrument to measure COVID-19-related distress.
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MEDICINE
(2023)
Review
Clinical Neurology
Natalia Szejko, Kirsten R. Muller-Vahl
Summary: Tourette syndrome (TS) is characterized by vocal and motor tics, often accompanied by psychiatric comorbidities. Differential diagnosis between tics and OCD-related phenomena can be challenging, as some symptoms may overlap. "Just right" phenomena are common in patients with TS, showing similarities with both tics and OCD. Treatment strategies for tics and OCD in TS patients should take into consideration these complexities.
NEUROPSYCHIATRIC DISEASE AND TREATMENT
(2021)
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Yulia Tyumeneva, Kseniya Vergeles
Summary: The study found that about half of the participants exhibited violations of transitivity when comparing different motives in terms of their importance to learning. However, an ordinal structure of motivation can be found only when levels of motives differ noticeably.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Psychiatry
Elena Fiabane, Debora Pain, Edoardo Nicolo Aiello, Alice Radici, Marina Rita Manera, Federica Grossi, Marcella Ottonello, Caterina Pistarini
Summary: This study explores the association between psychiatric symptoms following COVID-19 and demographic, disease-related and premorbid clinical confounders. The results suggest that depression, anxiety, and PTSD symptoms are common in post-COVID-19 patients and are likely to be unrelated to disease-related and premorbid features.
PSYCHIATRY RESEARCH
(2022)
Article
Psychology, Mathematical
Neil Hester, Jordan R. Axt, Nellie Siemers, Eric Hehman
Summary: Racial attitudes, beliefs, and motivations play a crucial role in theories of prejudice and discrimination. The accuracy of these theories in explaining behavior relies on accurate measurement of these latent constructs. In our study, we evaluated the validity of 25 race-related scales and found that while they showed adequate internal reliability, many of them had poor model fit and failed to capture their intended latent constructs. Moreover, our findings suggest that the theoretical space of racial prejudice is saturated with scales that may not effectively capture distinct latent constructs.
BEHAVIOR RESEARCH METHODS
(2023)
Article
Psychology, Clinical
Lindsey A. Snaychuk, Ygor A. Ferrao, Leonardo F. Fontenelle, Euripedes C. Miguel, Maria A. de Mathis, Marco D. T. Scanavino, Hyoun S. Kim
Summary: This study aims to assess the co-occurrence of OCD and CSB and identify associated factors. It finds that males are more likely to present with CSB, and individuals with co-occurring OCD and CSB may require more complex and tailored treatment interventions.
ARCHIVES OF SEXUAL BEHAVIOR
(2022)
Article
Clinical Neurology
Quinta Seon, Stanley Hum, Maria Tuineag, Barbara Pavlova, Serge Beaulieu, Outi Linnaranta
Summary: The study investigated how patients with bipolar disorder responded to anxiety scales and proposed future improvements to anxiety assessments. Results showed that BD outpatients had difficulty differentiating response options for the majority of items, leading to rescoring or deletion of some items. The final model, a unidimensional approach, maintained appropriate associations with depression, suicidality, and hypomania.
JOURNAL OF AFFECTIVE DISORDERS
(2021)
Review
Clinical Neurology
Michelle H. S. Tosin, Beatriz Guitton R. B. de Oliveira, Christopher G. Goetz, Donald Morisky, Victor McConvey, Matej Skorvanek, Anette Schrag, Pablo Martinez-Martin, Glenn T. Stebbins
Summary: This study critically reviewed the measurement properties of rating scales used to assess medication adherence in Parkinson's disease (PD) and made recommendations. Several scales were suggested for use, but further work is needed to resolve the issues or develop a new scale that meets all criteria.
MOVEMENT DISORDERS CLINICAL PRACTICE
(2023)
Editorial Material
Business
Constantine S. Katsikeas, Shilpa Madan, Miguel Brendl, Bobby J. Calder, Donald R. Lehmann, Hans Baumgartner, Bert Weijters, Mo Wang, Chengquan Huang, Joel Huber
Summary: The five comments offer various perspectives on the use of multi-item scales, addressing issues such as international marketing, psychological experiments, and scale validation. They provide guidance, critique, and suggestions related to transferability, construct revelation, and scale validation. The importance of flexibility and impact in scale research is emphasized.
JOURNAL OF CONSUMER PSYCHOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Alberto Filgueiras, Matthew A. Stults-Kolehmainen, Daniel Boullosa, Rajita Sinha, John B. Bartholomew, Paul Mckee, Todd A. Gilson, Richard Keegan, Artur Viana, Fabio Amador Bueno, Andre Ricarte Medeiros, Sofia F. Militao-de-Leuterio, Garrett I. Ash
Summary: The CRAVE scale was developed to assess transient desires to move, and three studies confirmed its reliability and validity, finding associations with exercise behavior and anxiety states, as well as cultural differences between countries.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Psychology, Clinical
Krzysztof Nowosielski, Jacek Kurpisz, Robert Kowalczyk, Michal Lew-Starowicz
Summary: The study developed a Polish version of the SIS/SES scale and examined its psychometric validity in a sample of 498 men, finding satisfactory fit and reliability. The scale may be a useful tool for tailoring therapy and conducting clinical research on sexual inhibition and excitation.
ARCHIVES OF SEXUAL BEHAVIOR
(2021)
Article
Psychology, Clinical
Holly G. Prigerson, Sophia Kakarala, James Gang, Paul K. Maciejewski
Summary: PGD is a disorder characterized by distressing yearning lasting a year or longer, along with symptoms such as disbelief, emotional detachment, loneliness, and lack of meaning. Further research is needed to explore evidence across different cultures and demographics.
ANNUAL REVIEW OF CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY, VOL 17, 2021
(2021)
Review
Psychiatry
Aparna Das, Kalpana P. Padala, Christina G. Crawford, Alan Teo, Diana M. Mendez, Olive A. Phillips, Benjamin C. Wright, Samuel House, Prasad R. Padala
Summary: The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated social isolation and loneliness, with the UCLA 3-item loneliness scale being the most commonly used in research studies on these constructs in the past two decades.
PSYCHIATRY RESEARCH
(2021)
Review
Urology & Nephrology
Walter Santos Goncalves, Bruno Rabinovici Gherman, Carmita Helena Najjar Abdo, Evandro Silva Freire Coutinho, Antonio Egidio Nardi, Jose Carlos Appolinario
Summary: The aim of this study was to estimate the prevalence of sexual dysfunction in depressive disorders in individuals not in pharmacological treatment. The results showed that sexual dysfunction is common in individuals with major depressive disorder, highlighting the need for systematic evaluation by clinicians. Further research should focus on persistent depressive disorder to understand its role in sexual function.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF IMPOTENCE RESEARCH
(2023)
Article
Psychiatry
Borwin Bandelow, Christer Allgulander, David S. Baldwin, Daniel Lucas da Conceicao Costa, Damiaan Denys, Nesrin Dilbaz, Katharina Domschke, Eric Hollander, Siegfried Kasper, Hans-Juergen Moeller, Elias Eriksson, Naomi A. Fineberg, Josef Haettenschwiler, Hisanobu Kaiya, Tatiana Karavaeva, Martin A. Katzman, Yong-Ku Kim, Takeshi Inoue, Leslie Lim, Vasilios Masdrakis, Jose M. Menchon, Euripedes C. Miguel, Antonio E. Nardi, Stefano Pallanti, Giampaolo Perna, Dan Rujescu, Vladan Starcevic, Dan J. Stein, Shih-Jen Tsai, Michael Van Ameringen, Anna Vasileva, Zhen Wang, Joseph Zohar
Summary: According to the guideline by the World Federation of Societies of Biological Psychiatry, OCD and PTSD can be effectively treated with medications and CBT. SSRIs and CBT are first-line treatments for OCD, while SSRIs and venlafaxine are first-line treatments for PTSD.
WORLD JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY
(2023)
Article
Psychiatry
Borwin Bandelow, Christer Allgulander, David S. Baldwin, Daniel Lucas da Conceicao Costa, Damiaan Denys, Nesrin Dilbaz, Katharina Domschke, Elias Eriksson, Naomi A. Fineberg, Josef Hattenschwiler, Eric Hollander, Hisanobu Kaiya, Tatiana Karavaeva, Siegfried Kasper, Martin Katzman, Yong-Ku Kim, Takeshi Inoue, Leslie Lim, Vasilios Masdrakis, Jose M. Menchon, Euripedes C. Miguel, Hans-Jurgen Moller, Antonio E. Nardi, Stefano Pallanti, Giampaolo Perna, Dan Rujescu, Vladan Starcevic, Dan J. Stein, Shih-Jen Tsai, Michael Van Ameringen, Anna Vasileva, Zhen Wang, Joseph Zohar
Summary: This study presents the third version of the guideline for the pharmacological treatment of anxiety, obsessive-compulsive, and posttraumatic stress disorders. It provides recommendations based on efficacy and acceptability of available treatments, evaluated through rigorous methods. The study highlights the importance of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) and serotonin-norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors (SNRIs) as first-line medications, and cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) as the first-line psychotherapy for anxiety disorders.
WORLD JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY
(2023)
Article
Clinical Neurology
Luis Anunciacao, Luisa Cito, Luciana Pessoa, Jane Squires, Kimberly Murphy, J. Landeira-Fernandez
Summary: To identify infants with developmental delays, the city of Rio de Janeiro conducted a large-scale assessment using the ASQ:SE. The study found that lack of voluntary interest was the most discriminative risk behavior in the first 5 years, and it was also the most persistent. Difficulty making eye contact was nearly as informative as lack of interest. Lack of voluntary interest and difficulty making eye contact may be predictive of children's delays.
APPLIED NEUROPSYCHOLOGY-CHILD
(2023)
Article
Neurosciences
Mauro Giovanni Carta, Goce Kalcev, Alessandra Scano, Diego Primavera, Germano Orru, Oye Gureye, Giulia Cossu, Antonio Egidio Nardi
Summary: This study aimed to investigate whether a genetic feature associated with bipolar disorder can be found in individuals without bipolar disorder but with hyperactivity/exploration traits. The results showed that individuals with hyperactivity/exploration traits but without bipolar disorder were similar to those with bipolar disorder in terms of the frequency of the genetic variant. However, they were different from individuals without both hyperactivity/exploration traits and bipolar disorder. This suggests that considering the genetic profile of bipolar disorder as not an aberrant condition could lead to a new approach that emphasizes the adaptive potential in psychosocial treatment.
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Laiana A. A. Quagliato, Antonio E. E. Nardi
Summary: This study aimed to investigate the cellular mechanisms related to childhood trauma in drug-naive panic disorder (PD) patients. The results showed that drug-naive PD patients had elevated levels of TBARS and IL-1B, but not 8-OHdG. Moreover, sexual abuse during childhood was associated with increased levels of IL-1B in PD patients.
MOLECULAR PSYCHIATRY
(2023)
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Alessandra Perra, Alessia Galetti, Rosanna Zaccheddu, Aurora Locci, Federica Piludu, Antonio Preti, Diego Primavera, Lorenzo Di Natale, Antonio Egidio Nardi, Peter Konstantin Kurotshka, Giulia Cossu, Federica Sancassiani, Giusy Stella, Valerio De Lorenzo, Thurayya Zreik, Mauro Giovanni Carta
Summary: This study aims to evaluate the feasibility of a Cognitive Remediation (CR) intervention using fully immersive Virtual Reality (VR) as an additional treatment for bipolar disorder (BD) and provides preliminary data on its efficacy. The results showed significant improvements in cognitive functions, depressive symptoms, emotional awareness, and biological rhythms in the experimental group compared to the control group. Although the sample size was small, these results provide promising evidence of efficacy and acceptability, highlighting the need for larger studies to confirm these findings.
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MEDICINE
(2023)
Review
Psychology, Clinical
Mariana Maldonado, Antonio Egidio Nardi, Aline Sardinha
Summary: This theoretical essay examines the importance of nonsexual vaginal penetration skills in understanding and treating GPPPD symptoms, particularly for patients with vaginismus complaints. The article highlights the conceptual boundaries and overlaps between vaginal penetration skills and behavior, and discusses the implications for measuring and selecting treatment outcomes.
JOURNAL OF SEX & MARITAL THERAPY
(2023)
Review
Pharmacology & Pharmacy
Laiana A. Quagliato, Diego Primavera, Michele Fornaro, Antonio Preti, Mauro G. Carta, Antonio E. Nardi
Summary: Given the significant prevalence of dysthymia worldwide and its comorbidity with several mental disorders, it is important to conduct a systematic review and more primary research to evaluate the effects of pharmacological treatments for dysthymia.
EXPERT OPINION ON PHARMACOTHERAPY
(2023)
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Mauro Giovanni Carta, Goce Kalcev, Michele Fornaro, Samantha Pinna, Cesar Ivan Aviles Gonzalez, Antonio Egidio Nardi, Diego Primavera
Summary: The aim of this study was to determine if individuals with a positive score on the Mood Disorder Questionnaire (MDQ) but without comorbidity of mood disorders would have a lower Health-related Quality of life (HRQol) compared to a control group of MDQ negatives. The results showed that MDQ-positive individuals without mood disorders had significantly lower scores on the SF-12, indicating worse HRQol. This suggests the presence of a specific syndrome, Dysregulation of Mood, Energy, and Social Rhythms Syndrome (DYMERS), which may be a trigger for other psychiatric disorders, including bipolar disorder.
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MEDICINE
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Medicinal
Carolina Macedo-Souza, Silvia Soares Maisonnette, Jaime E. Hallak, Jose A. Crippa, Antonio W. Zuardi, J. Landeira-Fernandez, Christie Ramos Andrade Leite-Panissi
Summary: Studies have shown that anxiety disorder and chronic pain, including generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) and neuropathic pain, often coexist. Cannabidiol (CBD) has shown promise as a treatment for these conditions. This study investigated the effects of chronic CBD treatment on pain in rats with high- and low-freezing anxiety levels (GAD model) and control rats with chronic neuropathic pain. The results showed that CBD had an anti-allodynic effect on mechanical and thermal pain thresholds in all rat groups, but the effect was weaker in rats with high- and low-freezing anxiety. CBD treatment also demonstrated an anxiolytic effect in control and high-freezing anxiety rats with chronic neuropathic pain and increased mobility in low-freezing anxiety rats without nerve injury. These findings suggest that the mechanical and emotional effects of CBD may be influenced by anxiety levels.
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Bruna M. C. Coutinho, Luis F. C. Anunciacao, Jesus Landeira-Fernandez, Thomas E. Krahe
Summary: The COVID-19 pandemic has had unprecedented effects on people's mental health, leading to increased rates of anxiety, depression, and other mental health issues. It has particularly affected individuals and communities with low income and socioeconomic status. A study conducted in a social clinic in Rio de Janeiro found that family dynamics, communication factors, anxiety, panic attacks, grief, and losses were the main reasons patients sought psychological treatment during the pandemic.
PSICOLOGIA-REFLEXAO E CRITICA
(2023)
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Mauro Giovanni Carta, Goce Kalcev, Alessandra Scano, Samantha Pinna, Cesar Ivan Aviles Gonzalez, Antonio Egidio Nardi, Germano Orru, Diego Primavera
Summary: The accuracy and reliability of the Mood Disorder Questionnaire (MDQ) and genetic risk as screening tools were investigated in this study. The results showed a low reliability between the MDQ and genetic variant RS1006737 of CACNA1C, indicating the need for a comprehensive screening approach.
CLINICS AND PRACTICE
(2023)
Letter
Psychiatry
Luiz Felipe Figueiredo, Maria Eduarda Lannes, Catia Mathias, Marleide Mota Gomes, Antonio E. Nardi
BRAZILIAN JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY
(2023)
Article
Psychiatry
Mauro G. Carta, Antonio E. Nardi, Samantha Pinna, Giulia Cossu, Oye Gureje
Summary: This paper summarizes studies from different areas of knowledge that support the idea that temperamental traits commonly associated with psychopathology can be adaptive under specific stress conditions. It suggests that these traits may not necessarily be pathological, but the result of the interaction between genetic characteristics and specific environmental factors.
BRAZILIAN JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY
(2023)
