Not exact matches
In a small study of terminally ill patients, infusions of vitamin C were given twice per week for a week, together with oral vitamin C. Quality of life scales were completed both before and after treatment, and indicated that patients reported better overall physical, emotional and social functioning, as well as
decreased disease
symptomatology, including fatigue, nausea / vomiting, pain, sleep disturbance, and loss of appetite.
Results indicate that depressive
symptomatology decreased, while both activation and environmental reward increased over the course of BATD.
Increases in activation corresponded concurrently with
decreases in depression, while environmental reward preceded
decreases in depressive
symptomatology.
Since neurocognitive deficits are theorized to be underlying the ASD
symptomatology, the
decreased social communication problems after the mindfulness - based program supports the suggestion that neurocognitive deficits in central coherence, executive functioning, and theory of mind could be improved by training mindfulness.
In describing the protagonist's success in relation to medication treatment, the sample showed significant associations between (a) medication - related attributions and (b) increased depressive
symptomatology as well as
decreased self - esteem.
Experiencing multiple maltreatment subtypes and physical / sexual abuse were related to higher levels of ego undercontrol and externalizing
symptomatology, whereas early onset of maltreatment was associated with the low and
decreasing trajectory of ego resiliency and higher levels of internalizing
symptomatology.
Depressive
symptomatology during pregnancy: evidence for an association with
decreased fetal growth in pregnancies of lower social class women