Botulinum Toxin A and B for Palmoplantar Hyperhidrosis.

Introduction: Hyperhidrosis is characterized by unpredictable, uncontrollable and excessive sweating. It occurs at rest and is not related to temperature. Hyperhidrosis is a common disorder that has a negative impact on quality of life (QoL).

Why is it so hard to identify (consistent) predictors of treatment outcome in psychotherapy? - clinical and research perspectives.

Background: Anxiety and depression are two of the most debilitating psychological disorders worldwide today. Fortunately, effective treatments exist. However, a large proportion of patients do not recover from treatment, and many still have symptoms after completing treatment.

Cognitive Impairment After COVID-19-A Review on Objective Test Data.

The aim was to conduct a review on the literature on objective cognitive impairment in patients after COVID-19. We performed a literature review and searched Ovid Medline in February 2021 based on a PECO scheme. Twelve articles met all inclusion criteria.

A psychophysiological investigation of the interplay between orienting and executive control during stimulus conflict: A heart rate variability study.

Background: It has been hypothesized that resting state cardiac vagal activity (CVA) - an indicator of parasympathetic nervous system activity - is a specific psychophysiological marker of executive control function. Here, we propose an alternative hypothesis - that CVA is associated with early stage attention orientation, promoting the flexible uptake of new information, on which the later operation of such executive control functions depends. We therefore predicted that CVA would predict the interaction between orienting and executive control.

Dispositional resilience in treatment-seeking patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder and its association with treatment outcome.

There is a lack of research on the relation between obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and resilience. Dispositional resilience, as described and defined in literature on hardiness, consists of three facets, namely beliefs about having control in everyday living, having a sense of purpose or commitment, and a positive attitude toward challenges. This study explores associations between dispositional resilience (measured with the Dispositional Resilience Scale (DRS-15-R)), symptom severity, and treatment outcome in a sample of 89 patients treated with concentrated exposure therapy (cET), and compares the findings with scores from two reference groups (students and soldiers).