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Are the Motives for Food Choices Different in Orthorexia Nervosa and Healthy Orthorexia?
2019
Recent research points to the bidimensional nature of orthorexia, with one dimension related to interest in healthy eating (healthy orthorexia) and another dimension related to a pathological preoccupation with eating healthily (orthorexia nervosa). Research was needed to provide further support for this differentiation. We examined the food-choice motives related to both aspects of orthorexia. Participants were 460 students from a Spanish university who completed the Teruel Orthorexia Scale and the Food Choice Questionnaire. By means of structural equation modeling, we analyzed the relationship between orthorexia, food-choice motives, gender, body mass index, and age. The motives predictin…
Measuring Orthorexia Nervosa: Psychometric Limitations of the ORTO-15.
2017
AbstractOrthorexia nervosa has recently been defined as excessive preoccupation with healthy eating, causing significant nutritional deficiencies and social and personal impairments. The ORTO-15 is the most widely used instrument to evaluate orthorexia nervosa, although previous studies obtained inconsistent results about its psychometric properties, and there are no data on the Spanish version. Thus, the main objective of the present study was to analyze the psychometric properties of the Spanish adaptation of the ORTO-15. In order to cross-validate the results, two independent samples were used (Sample 1: n = 807, 74.1% women; Sample 2: n = 242, 63.2% women). The results did not support t…
Magnesium Status in Alzheimer's Disease: A Systematic Review
2016
The interest in poor magnesium (Mg) status as risk factor for Alzheimer's disease (AD) is increasing due to its antioxidant and neuroprotective properties. A systematic PubMed literature search of studies investigating Mg status was undertaken comparing AD to healthy controls (HCs) or patients with medical illness (medical controls [MCs]). Standardized mean differences (SMDs) ± 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were calculated for all outcomes. Of 192 potentially eligible studies, 13 were included (559 patients with AD, 381 HCs, and 126 MCs). Compared to HCs, patients with AD had significantly lower Mg in cerebrospinal fluid (2 studies; SMD = -0.35; P =.02) and in hair (2 studies; SMD = -0.75;…
Mild behavioral impairment in Parkinson's disease: Data from the Parkinson's disease cognitive impairment study (PACOS)
2019
Neuropsychiatric symptoms (NPS) have been frequently described in Parkinson's disease (PD), even in the earliest stages of the disease. Recently the construct of mild behavioral impairment (MBI) has been proposed as an at-risk state for incident cognitive decline and dementia. The aim of the present study is to evaluate the prevalence and associated factors of MBI in PD. Cross-sectional data from 429 consecutive PD patients enrolled in the PArkinson's disease COgnitive impairment Study (PACOS) were included in the study. All subjects underwent neuropsychological assessment, according to the MDS Level II criteria. NPS were evaluated with the Neuropsychiatric Inventory. Multivariate logistic …
Mitochondrial genetic haplogroups and depressive symptoms: A large study among people in North America.
2017
Background:\ud A possible relationship between mitochondrial haplogroups and psychiatric diseases (e.g. schizophrenia and bipolar disorder) has been postulated, but data regarding depression is still limited. We investigated whether any mitochondrial haplogroup carried a significant higher risk of depressive symptoms in a large prospective cohort of North American people included in the Osteoarthritis Initiative.\ud \ud Methods:\ud Cross sectional data was derived from the Osteoarthritis Initiative. The haplogroup was assigned through a combination of sequencing and PCR-RFLP techniques. All the mitochondrial haplogroups were named following this nomenclature: H, U, K, J, T, V, SuperHV, I, W…
Direct Experience While Eating in a Sample With Eating Disorders and Obesity
2018
Background: Individuals with eating disorders might be characterized by lower levels of direct engagement with the eating experience. This study aims to explore similarities and differences in direct experience while eating in four different weight conditions and healthy controls (HCs): anorexia nervosa (AN), bulimia nervosa (BN), eating disorders not otherwise specified (EDNOS), and obesity (OB). Methods: A total sample of 143 women were recruited. Participants were asked to eat an orange slice and write down 10 things about the experience of eating, classifying the focus of these thoughts as either experiential (“direct experience”) or analytical (“thinking about”). A direct experience in…
Thérapie d’acceptation et d’engagement (ACT) et Mindfulness, un modèle de flexibilité psychologique pour la douleur chronique
2016
Resume La therapie d’acceptation et d’engagement (ACT) et la meditation en pleine conscience appelee egalement Mindfulness sont issues de la troisieme vague des therapies comportementales et cognitives (TCC). Bien que ces therapies aient suscite l’interet des cliniciens et chercheurs internationaux et qu’elles beneficient a present de solides supports empiriques appliques au domaine de la douleur chronique, l’ACT et le Mindfulness restent encore meconnus en France et encore trop peu utilises pour reduire la souffrance des patients douloureux chroniques. Nous presenterons, dans cet article, les concepts theoriques de la therapie d’ACT et du Mindfluness, illustres d’exemples cliniques, mais e…
Assimilation of problematic experiences in Brief Strategic Therapy: Olivia and her fear of dying /La asimilación de experiencias problemáticas en la …
2016
AbstractIn this research process, Stiles’ assimilation of problematic experiences scale is used to study Olivia’s process of change. The objectives of this study are: first, to describe Olivia’s therapeutically successful assimilation of the problematic experience of fear of dying, treated with brief strategic therapy; and second, to study how that pattern of assimilation unfolded. We can conclude that Olivia assimilated her problematic experience of fear of dying by following a fluctuating and irregular pattern.
Wie wirkt sich mehrmaliges Kompetenz-Feedback auf psychotherapeutische Behandlungen aus?
2017
Zusammenfassung. Theoretischer Hintergrund: Einflüsse von therapeutenorientiertem Kompetenz-Feedback in der Psychotherapieausbildung wurden bislang wenig untersucht. Fragestellung: Wie gehen Ausbildungstherapeuten mit Feedback um? Welchen Einfluss hat ein regelmäßiges Kompetenz-Feedback auf die Qualität psychotherapeutischer Behandlungen (insbesondere Therapiesitzungen, therapeutische Beziehung, Person des Therapeuten, Supervision)? Methode: Elf Therapeuten wurden mithilfe eines halbstrukturierten Interviewleitfadens befragt. Die Auswertung erfolgte mittels qualitativer Inhaltsanalyse nach Mayring (2015) . Ergebnisse: Das auf Basis der Interviews erstellte Kategoriensystem umfasste die Kat…
Erfolgreiche Supervision in der Psychotherapieausbildung
2019
Zusammenfassung. Theoretischer Hintergrund: Supervision fand als Forschungsgegenstand in der Kognitiven Verhaltenstherapie vergleichsweise wenig Beachtung. Fragestellung: Ziel der explorativen Studie war es, Voraussetzungen und Auswirkungen erfolgreicher Supervision zu erheben. Methode: Elf Supervisor_innen und zehn Supervisand_innen des Weiterbildungsstudiengangs Psychologische Psychotherapie (Verhaltenstherapie) wurden mittels halbstrukturierter Leitfadeninterviews befragt. Die Auswertung erfolgte anhand der qualitativen Inhaltsanalyse nach Mayring. Ergebnisse: Es wurden Personenmerkmale (z. B. Kritikfähigkeit, Offenheit, Strukturiertheit), eine tragfähige Supervisionsbeziehung (z. B. ve…