Effect of Hypnosis on Pain, Anxiety, and Quality of Life in Female Patients with Fibromyalgia: Prospective, Randomized, Controlled Study.

This prospective, randomized, controlled study aimed to investigate the effects of standardized adjuvant hypnosis on pain, depression, anxiety, aerobic exercise practices, quality of life, and disease impact score in female patients with fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS). This study included 47 female patients with FMS who had been under treatment for at least six months. The hypnosis group ( = 24) received a total of three hypnosis sessions and was taught to patients' self-hypnosis.

Personality Traits Interact With Sleep and Biological Rhythm in Patients With Bipolar Disorder.

Sleep disturbances and circadian rhythm changes in bipolar disorder (BD) may have behavioral components as well as biological components. This study aimed to examine the relationship between personality traits, sleep and circadian rhythm in BD. A total of 150 participants with BD, and 150 healthy controls completed the Big Five Personality Test-50 (B5PT-50-TR), Biological Rhythm Interview of Assessment in Neuropsychiatry (BRIAN), Functioning Assessment Short Test (FAST), Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI), Young Mania Rating Scale and Beck Depression Inventory.

Evidence for the Association between Chronotype and Lifelong Premature Ejaculation.

Purpose: This study aimed to investigate the relationships between intravaginal ejaculatory latency time (IELT), severity of disease, and chronotype in lifelong premature ejaculation (PE).

Materials And Methods: Evaluation was made of 114 males with PE and 103 healthy individuals, and comparisons were made of self-estimated IELT, Arabic Index of Premature Ejaculation (AIPE), Pittsburg Sleep Quality Index (PSQI), and Morningness-Eveningness Questionnaire (MEQ).

Results: The frequency of morningness chronotype (78.

Evidence for the atherogenic index of plasma as a potential biomarker for cardiovascular disease in schizophrenia.

Background: Schizophrenia is known to be accompanied with increased cardiovascular mortality, which causes reduced life expectancy.

Aim: The aim of the current study was to investigate if atherogenic index of plasma (AIP) could be a good marker in assessing cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk in patients with schizophrenia.

Methods: Patients with schizophrenia ( = 328) and healthy controls ( = 141) were recruited.

Type D Personality is Associated With Disease Severity and Poor Quality of Life in Turkish Patients With Fibromyalgia Syndrome: A Cross-Sectional Study.

Objectives: This study aims to investigate the rate of type D personality in Turkish patients with fibromyalgia (FM) and evaluate its associations with clinical parameters of FM as well as its effects on health-related quality of life (HRQoL).

Patients And Methods: The study included 100 patients with FM (14 males, 86 females; mean age 34.6±7.

Psychopathology in Violent Offenders Against Healthcare Workers.

Workplace violence in healthcare is gradually becoming a major concern in many countries around the world and research has usually been focused on the victims of violence. The aim of this study was to investigate the psychopathology of individuals who commit violence against healthcare workers. The study included 50 subjects (patient or relative of patient) aged 18-65 years who had committed violence against a healthcare worker (study group) and a control group of 55 subjects with no history of violence.

Symptoms of swallowing anxiety in panic disorder patients and associated psychopathologic factors.

Aim: The aim of this study was to investigate symptoms of swallowing difficulty in Panic Disorder (PD) patients and the factors associated with these symptoms.

Methods: In the pre-phase of the study, 22 PD patients who were treated in psychiatry outpatient clinics and who were found to have swallowing difficulty were evaluated. PD patients were asked to write about their thoughts, feelings and behaviors associated with swallowing difficulty.

Examination of personality traits and social problem-solving skills of individuals whose driving licenses have been confiscated due to drunk driving.

Objective: Drunk driving is one of the major behavioral issues connected with problematic alcohol consumption. The objective of this study was to evaluate the relationship between personality traits and social problem-solving skills of individuals who drive while intoxicated.

Method: One hundred forty-four individuals apprehended twice while driving drunk and sent to a driver behavior training program (9 females and 135 males) participated in our study.

Acute dystonia after using single dose duloxetine: case report.

Duloxetine is a balanced and potent serotonin and noradrenaline reuptake inhibitor which is known to be effective in depression and anxiety disorders. The common adverse effects include dry mouth, nausea, insomnia, somnolence, dizziness and constipation. Reported adverse effects of the extra pyramidal symptoms (EPS) are rare.

The relationship between metacognitions and insight in obsessive-compulsive disorder.

This study aimed to determine the relationship between metacognitions and insight in obsessive compulsive disorder. One hundred individuals who had been diagnosed according to "Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders Fourth Edition Text Revision" criteria as having obsessive compulsive disorder and 50 healthy controls are included in the study. A sociodemographic and clinical data form, the Yale-Brown Obsession and Compulsion Scale and the Beck Depression Inventory were given to the participants.