Self-perspective leads to increased activation of pain processing brain regions in fibromyalgia.

Background: Dysfunction of central nervous pain processing is assumed to play a key role in primary fibromyalgia (FM) syndrome. This pilot study examined differences of pain processing associated with adopting different interpersonal perspectives.

Methods: Eleven FM patients and 11 healthy controls (HC) were scanned with functional magnetic resonance imaging.

[Ways to psychosomatic rehabilitation--differential treatment selection between psychosomatic acute care and rehabilitation].

Consecutive admissions to the psychosomatic departments of 5 hospital units in southwest Germany registered between October 2012 and October 2013 were asked to participate in a study investigating the treatment selection process for psychosomatic rehabilitation. 527 patients were included in the study, 269 outpatients and 258 inpatients at the end of their inpatient treatment. 52 patients (10.

A manual-based group program to improve mental health: what kind of teachers are interested and who stands to benefit from this program?

Purpose: In order to evaluate a manual-based group program for teachers aiming at strengthening mental health, we examined (1) whether the teachers interested in participating differ from their colleagues without interest and (2) whether there is evidence of subgroups benefiting more than others among those who participated.

Methods: Out of a basic sample of 949 schoolteachers, 337 teachers declared interest in a group program. All teachers were surveyed with the "General Health Questionnaire", the "Maslach Burnout Inventory" and the "Effort Reward Imbalance Questionnaire".

Mental health and patterns of work-related coping behaviour in a German sample of student teachers: a cross-sectional study.

Purpose: The aim of this cross-sectional study was to evaluate the mental health of student teachers, to analyse the extent to which they feel prepared for their profession by the university curriculum and to investigate patterns of coping with occupational stress.

Methods: A sample of 481 German student teachers was investigated using two standardised instruments: GHQ-12 (General Health Questionnaire) and AVEM (Arbeitsbezogenes Verhaltens- und Erlebensmuster), an occupational stress and coping questionnaire describing four patterns of work-related coping behaviour. In addition, we asked how well the student teachers felt that the curriculum prepared them for their profession.

Burnout and effort-reward imbalance improvement for teachers by a manual-based group program.

Objective: We developed a manual-based psychological group program aimed at teachers and focussing on their professional relationships. The intervention comprised ten sessions over a 10-month period. The aim of the program was to strengthen teachers' health.