Publications by authors named "Lydia Merkel"
J Pediatr Nurs
November 2024
Article Synopsis
- The study aimed to identify risk factors for emergence delirium (ED) in children aged 2 to 7 years undergoing anesthesia for MRI, noting that ED is a concern during recovery.
- Researchers used specific behavioral and anxiety assessment tools, finding that 16.9% of the 136 children studied experienced ED, with a notable association to shorter arousal time post-anesthesia.
- Findings suggest that further interdisciplinary research is needed to identify pre-procedural predictors and develop targeted interventions to reduce the occurrence of ED in pediatric patients.
J Psychiatr Res
August 2022
Article Synopsis
- The Cognitive Behavioral Analysis System of Psychotherapy (CBASP) model highlights empathy deficits as a key issue in persistent depressive disorders, particularly linked to past childhood maltreatment and social isolation.
- A study involving patients demonstrated that their empathy significantly decreased under stress, but improved after undergoing 12 weeks of CBASP treatment, indicating that empathy deficits are not constant but stress-dependent.
- The findings suggest that while people with persistent depressive disorders may not generally lack empathy, these deficits can worsen in stressful situations, leading to interpersonal conflicts; however, receiving CBASP treatment can help improve their empathic abilities and overall well-being.
J Psychiatr Res
November 2020
Article Synopsis
- Empathy involves understanding others' emotions through both cognitive (mental state decoding) and affective (emotional response) components; deficits in empathy are linked to social issues in depression, especially when it's chronic.
- A study with 102 participants (both patients with persistent/recurrent depression and healthy controls) used self-reports and lab tasks to measure empathy, finding no cognitive empathy impairments but confirming significant deficits in affective empathy among depressed individuals.
- Patients reported feeling more personal distress and had less emotional reaction to positive emotions in others, while childhood maltreatment was associated with lower affective empathy, highlighting how reduced emotional reactivity can lead to social isolation and worsen depression.
