The Gender-Sensitive Depression Screening GSDS-26 - Polish adaptation and validation of the tool and links to gender stereotypes.

Objectives: The study aimed to create a Polish version of the Gender-Sensitive Depression Screening (GSDS-26) by AM Möller-Leimkühler and to assess its validity and reliability. The tool measures the overall level of depression and the following factors: depressiveness, stress perception, aggressiveness, emotional control, alcohol consumption, and risky behavior. The relationships between depression measured by the GSDS 25 and the subjects' adjustment to stereotypical male roles were also checked.

Personality traits favourable for non-adherence to treatment in patients with chronic myeloid leukaemia: role of type A and D personality.

Background: The introduction of BCR-ABL tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) to chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) therapy has revolutionized the treatment of this disease. Although regular TKI intake is a prerequisite for successful therapy, it has been shown that a significant proportion of patients are non-compliant. Recently there is growing evidence that personality traits may influenced the tendency for non-adherence to treatment in patients with chronic diseases.

Mental Health and the SARS-COV-2 Epidemic-Polish Research Study.

: The aim of this study was to assess the mental state of Poles in the first weeks of the SARS-COV-2 epidemic. : In the study, the General Health Questionnaire-28 (GHQ-18), The Perceived Stress Scale (PSS-10), and Mini-Cope were used. : The study was conducted on a group of 443 individuals, including 348 women (78.

Alcohol Consumption Reported during the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Initial Stage.

Physical health is not the only area affected by the outbreak of the SARS-CoV-2 virus pandemic. There are also other consequences that have globally affected many millions at other levels, namely: Societal, political, economic, and cultural. This study aims to survey alcohol drinking throughout the pandemic so as to investigate those factors considered most relevant; i.

Polish Adaptation of the Psychache Scale by Ronald Holden and Co-workers.

Objectives: The conducted study was aimed at making a Polish adaptation of the Scale of Psychache by Ronald Holden and co-workers. The scale is a self-assessment method which comprises 13 statements and is designed to assess subjectively experienced psychological pain.

Methods: 300 persons were examined - undergraduates and postgraduates of the University of Lodz and the Technical University of Lodz.

Sense of coherence as a protective factor in chronic urticaria.

Introduction: Chronic urticaria (CU) seems to be perceived as a psychodermatological disorder. Different psychological factors play an important role in CU triggering and course. One of them is a sense of coherence (SOC), which is believed to be a protective factor against anxiety and depression.

[The Polish adaptation of the public speaking anxiety questionnaire].

Objectives: The aim of the study was the Polish adaptation of the shortened Public Speaking Anxiety Questionnaire GFER by Spitznagel and co-workers.

Methods: GFER is a self-assessment method which consists of 16 statements and is designed to assess emotions, physiological reactions, and thoughts that appear in a situation of public speaking. GFER was used to examine 320 students from Lodz's universities.

Itch, disease coping strategies and quality of life in psoriasis patients.

Introduction: Psoriasis is a psychodermatological condition, so psychological factors can trigger and/or exacerbate skin lesions. Additionally, disease can be a source of stress and can worsen patients' quality of life (QoL).

Aim: To evaluate the relationship between medical (disease severity, itch) and psychological variables (disease coping strategies, QoL) in the psoriasis patients group.

[Importance of physician-patient relations in therapeutic process of patients with hematological neoplasms].

A cancer diagnosis provides significantly level of emotional distress and discomfort both for patient and his family. They must confront themselves with the new, difficult reality. A cancer-related distress may promote the serious psychic disturbances and influenced negatively the therapeutic process.

Optimism as a predictor of health-related quality of life in psoriatics.

Introduction: Psoriasis is a chronic and relapsing disease which significantly affects the quality of life and social functioning of the affected people. It is one of the so-called psychodermatological diseases, which means that there exists a psychological component in the image of the disease.

Aim: To examine the relationship between health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in psoriatics and selected demographic, medical and psychological (dispositional optimism) variables and to determine the predictors of HRQoL in the examined group.

[Coping with chronic somatic disease according to the concept of psychological stress].

The article presents the problem of coping with chronic disease according to the concept of psychological stress. The Lazarus and Folkman theory in which stress is regarded as a relational concept, the importance of cognitive assessment and functions of coping with disease are described. The attention is paid to the illness perception and its impact on the behavioral and emotional processes.

Health-related quality of life in psoriasis: important role of personal resources.

Many patients with psoriasis demonstrate psychological disturbances, including decreased health-related quality of life (HRQoL). The aim of this study was to evaluate selected personal resources and HRQoL in 168 in-patients with psoriasis vulgaris. The following questionnaires were used: Skindex-29, General Health Questionnaire, Coping with Skin Disease Scale, Acceptance of Illness Scale, Life Orientation Test, Multidimensional Health Locus of Control Scale and General Self-Efficacy Scale.

[Quality of life in health and disease--what is it, how and why evaluate it].

The concept of quality of life has many meanings, is variously defined, understood and tested. There is no universal, generally accepted definition of quality of life, but all of the ways to understand this construct have common features--quality of life is subjective, it is associated with health but its meaning is much broader and multidimensional by involving multiple clinical, functional and social variables. In the last decade, followed by redefining the concept of health as a positive resource it is recommended to perceive the quality of life holistically, including both--satisfaction with life in general and satisfaction with its particular domains.

[Psychosocial impact of rosacea].

Rosacea is a common skin disease. Because of its recurrent character, frequent unsatisfying results of treatment and a cosmetic problem, the skin lesions cause negative patients' psychosocial functioning. The purpose of this study was to evaluate life satisfaction, social support, general health, anxiety and depression level in people with rosacea.

[Anxiety, depression and social support in patients with psoriasis].

Dermatological patients present significantly more psychological disturbances of various types than the general population. The aim of the present study was to analyze anxiety and depression in relation to social support in psoriasis patients. The study was performed on a group of 32 psoriasis vulgaris in-patients of the Department of Dermatology, Medical University of Lódź.

[Quality of life predictors among patients suffering from systemic lupus erythematosus].

Researches on quality of life have been undertaken from dozens of years. However, there are few information about quality of life among people suffering from systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). The aim of this study was to set predictors making possible quality of life anticipation.

[The present application and the perspective progress of cognitive-behavioural therapy].

The article presents the basic principles of cognitive-behavioural therapy and its applications in treating depression, anxiety disorders, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and addictions. The possibility of using cognitive-behavioural interventions for chronic somatic diseases (ischaemic heart disease, skin diseases, insomnia, migraine and chronic prostatitis) are also suggested.