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Healthcare (Basel)
December 2024
Institute for Advanced Social Studies, Spanish National Research Council (IESA-CSIC), 14004 Córdoba, Spain.
Background/objectives: Pain is a complex and subjective experience influenced by psychological, cultural, and social factors. This study aims to investigate how social perceptions of pain affect the lived experiences and coping mechanisms of individuals suffering from pain. By comparing public discourse with the experiences of sufferers, we explore whether the social legitimacy of pain influences how it is managed.
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December 2024
Department of Clinical Psychological Science, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands.
For decades, the prevailing assumption in the field of eating disorders has been that dietary restraint causes weight gain and eating disorder symptoms, like binge eating. This belief resulted in widespread recommendations to reduce dietary restraint in treatments of eating disorders and obesity. However, recent findings by Grilo and Pittman (2024; International Journal of Eating Disorders xxx:xxxx-xxxx) contradict this view, showing reduced binge frequency and greater weight loss with increased rigid dietary restraint.
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November 2024
Department of Data Science & AI, Monash University, Clayton, VIC, 3800, Australia.
Misinformation about climate change is a complex societal issue that requires holistic, interdisciplinary solutions at the intersection between technology and psychology. One proposed solution is a "technocognitive" approach, involving the synthesis of psychological and computer science research. Psychological research has identified that interventions that counter misinformation require both fact-based (e.
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December 2024
Laboratory of Biological Psychology, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, KU Leuven, Belgium; Radboud University Medical Centre, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Cognitive Neuroscience Department. Electronic address:
People use various behaviors to cope with stressful events. These behaviors are mostly adaptive, as they allow a successful release of stress without impacting other aspects of life: How nice is it to have a break with a few spoons of that favorite ice cream during a hectic working day? However, when excessive consumption of high-sugar/salt ultra-processed food becomes the gateway to find relief from stress, eating loses this adaptive function and may escalate to binge eating, lead to obesity, and other medical conditions linked to overweight. Several etiological models attempt to explain stress-induced eating and excessive overeating behaviors characterizing these clinical conditions.
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May 2024
From the Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Rush University Medical Center, 1653 W Congress Pkwy, Chicago, IL 60661.
The "puffed cheek" technique is routinely performed during CT neck studies in patients with suspected oral cavity cancers. The insufflation of air within the oral vestibule helps in the detection of small buccal mucosal lesions, with better delineation of lesion origin, depth, and extent of spread. The pitfalls associated with this technique are often underrecognized and poorly understood.
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