Evaluation of a German version of a brief diagnosis questionnaire of symptoms of orthorexia nervosa in patients with mental disorders (Ortho-10).

Purpose: In recent years, a new term-orthorexia nervosa (ON)-has been introduced in the field of clinical assessment and psychotherapy. Orthorexia nervosa is defined as a fixation on healthy food and a pathological obsession to eat food with more natural, higher quality ingredients. Although instruments to measure ON are available, no study on the psychometric properties of the original developed instrument by Bratman (Orthorexia nervosa: Overcoming the obsession with healthful eating, Broadway Books, New York, 2000) in a large clinical sample exists until now.

Comparative psychometric analyses of the SCL-90-R and its short versions in patients with affective disorders.

Background: Despite the widespread application of Symptom Checklist 90-R (SCL-90-R), its psychometric weaknesses have repeatedly been noted. This study aimed to comparatively assess the psychometric properties of the SCL-90-R scales and the scales of its short versions Brief Symptom Inventory (BSI), Symptom Checklist-27 (SCL-27), Brief Symptom Inventory-18 (BSI-18), Symptom Checklist-14 (SCL-14), and Symptom Checklist short version-9 (SCL-K-9) in patients with affective disorders.

Methods: The data of 2,727 patients within the main treatment group of affective disorders were assessed according to the DSM-IV.

Refining behavioral dysregulation in borderline personality disorder using a sample of women with anorexia nervosa.

One of the primary facets of borderline personality disorder (BPD) is behavioral dysregulation, a wide array of behaviors that are difficult to control and harmful to the individual. The purpose of this study was to explore the association between BPD and a variety of dysregulated behaviors, some of which have received little empirical attention. Using a large sample of individuals diagnosed with anorexia nervosa, 41 individuals diagnosed with BPD were compared to the rest of the sample on the presence of dysregulated behaviors using logistic regression analyses.

Fibromyalgia syndrome: classification, diagnosis, and treatment.

Background: This S3 guideline takes positions on currently contentious issues in the classification and treatment of fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS).

Methods: A panel of experts from 10 specialist societies and patients belonging to 2 patient self-help organizations reviewed a total of approximately 8000 publications. Recommendations were developed according to the suggested procedure for S3 guidelines and were then reviewed and approved by the boards of the participating specialist societies.

Differential outcome of a multimodal cognitive-behavioral inpatient treatment for patients with chronic decompensated tinnitus.

We examined 179 inpatients with severe chronic tinnitus for tinnitus-related distress and psychological dysfunction after treatment. We conducted a prospective, nonrandomized, noncontrolled study. We calculated treatment outcome in tinnitus-related distress, depression, and somatic complaints by analysis of variance with repeated measurement at admission, at discharge, and at 3, 6, and 12 months after treatment.

Leptin and body weight regulation in patients with anorexia nervosa before and during weight recovery.

Background: Leptin has been considered a starvation hormone, but its role in malnourished patients is unknown.

Objective: We aimed to characterize the role of leptin in metabolic adaptation in women with anorexia nervosa (AN).

Design: In a cross-sectional study, 57 women with AN [mean (+/-SD) body mass index (kg/m(2)) on admission: 15.

Specificity of conditional associative-learning deficits in obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and non-OCD anxiety disorders.

The acquisition of conditional associations using neutral and disease-related nouns was studied in 15 inpatients with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), 15 inpatients with non-OCD anxiety disorders and 15 chronic pain inpatients. Patients were comparable with respect to age, sex, depression, intelligence, executive functions, verbal and spatial memory, visuoconstructive functions, and handedness. The investigation took place in the diagnostic phase prior to the patient's beginning a standardized behavioral treatment program.

Dissociated conditional-associative learning in anorexia nervosa.

This study assessed the acquisition of conditional-associations using neutral and individually threatening nouns in 16 females with anorexia nervosa (AN), 16 females with bulimia nervosa (BN) and 16 normal controls (NC). Groups did not differ in terms of age, sex, handedness, depression, intelligence, verbal memory and verbal fluency measures. Furthermore, patients and controls were widely comparable on any test assessing neuropsychological functioning.

Self-injurious behavior in women with eating disorders.

Objective: The authors assessed lifetime and 6-month occurrence and phenomenology of self-injurious behavior in patients with eating disorders.

Method: Women (N=376) in inpatient treatment for an eating disorder (anorexia: N=119, bulimia: N=137, eating disorder not otherwise specified: N=120) were assessed for self-injurious behavior and completed the Traumatic Life Events Questionnaire, the Dissociative Experience Scale, the Barratt Impulsiveness Scale, and the Yale-Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale.

Results: The lifetime rate of self-injurious behavior occurrence was 34.