Comorbidity among depression, anxiety and stress symptoms in naturalistic clinical samples: A cross-cultural network analysis.

Comorbidity between depression and anxiety is well-established across various settings and cultures. We approached comorbidity from the network psychopathology perspective and examined the depression, anxiety/autonomic arousal and stress/tension symptoms in naturalistic clinical samples from Serbia, Italy and Croatia. This was a multisite study in which regularized partial correlation networks of the symptoms, obtained via self-reports on the Depression Anxiety and Stress Scales-21 (DASS-21) in three cross-cultural, clinical samples (total N = 874), were compared with respect to centrality, edge weights, community structure and bridge centrality.

The Dimensions of Ruminative Thinking: One for All or All for One.

The Ruminative Thought Scale (RTS) was developed to measure the ruminative thinking style, presumably common to various psychopathological disorders. However, prior factor-analytic research was inconclusive regarding unidimensionality versus multidimensionality of the RTS. The present study was conducted on a large, heterogeneous Serbian sample ( N = 838).

Stressful Life Events and Personality Traits in Patients with Oral Lichen Planus.

The onset and aggravation of symptoms in patients with oral lichen planus (OLP) are related to psychosomatic constitution and stress involvement. The aim of this study was to evaluate the influence of stressful life events and neuroticism as a personality trait in patients with OLP. A total of 32 patients with clinically and histopathological proven cases of OLP (16 with the nonerosive and 16 with erosive form), along with 31 healthy controls without oral lesions matched for age and sex were included in the study.

Neuropsychological and neurophysiological evaluation of cognitive deficits related to the severity of traumatic brain injury.

Objectives: Cognitive impairment is a common permanent sequela of traumatic brain injury (TBI). Its objectivization is based on neuropsychological and neurophysiological assessment. Neuropsychological evaluation requires a test battery, whereas for neurophysiological assessment the most significant is application of P300 Event-Related Potentials (ERPs).

Forensic aspect of late subjective complaints after traumatic brain injury.

Background: The subjective complaints in patients with TBI (Traumatic Brain Injury) may persist for years. The most frequent complaints are headache, dizziness, drowsiness, mood disturbances, and memory and concentration disturbances. It is assumed that these complaints are caused by injury itself on one hand and psychological, emotional and motivation factors on the other.