Sentences with phrase «negative symptoms associated with it»

One study focusing on treatment - resistant schizophrenic patients found that high - dose glycine in association with antipsychotic medication could significantly alleviate negative symptoms associated with this mental illness1.

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As part of a collaborative effort, clinical researchers Rebecca Ashare, PhD, an assistant professor of Psychology in Psychiatry, and Robert Schnoll, PhD, an associate professor of Psychology in Psychiatry and director of the Center for Interdisciplinary Research on Nicotine Addiction, are studying the effects of metformin on smokers to see if it attenuates negative mood and cognitive deficits during withdrawal — symptoms known to be associated with the ability to quit.

These findings suggest that negative symptoms are associated with abnormalities in how patients weigh the cost of the effort needed to receive a reward or reach a goal.

In contrast, higher proline levels were associated with greater negative symptom severity in patients with the Met / Met gene.

In the present studies, we assessed the effects of acute and subchronic PCP in a range of assays relevant to the cognitive impairments associated with schizophrenia and the negative symptoms of schizophrenia in rats.

Thus, when the food is consumed, antibodies (the immune system response to foreign bacteria or toxins) flood the body with substances such as histamine that cause allergic symptoms, which can turn up anywhere in the body, including the respiratory system, intestinal tract, or skin.13 Essentially, negative reactions to food associated with a full - blown allergy, or even a less severe sensitivity, stress the adrenal glands and immune system and can cause seemingly unconnected issues later on in life.14

Protein may counteract some of the negative effects associated with excessive stress, specifically the tryptophan content of protein may increase the brain's serotonin levels — excessive stress often causes serotonin depletion and this depletion of serotonin is one of the causes of symptoms like dull headaches, tiredness, irritability, feelings of anxiousness, sleeping disturbances and a heightened sense of pain.

Generally speaking, weightloss becomes a problem when it is associated with negative physiological symptoms.

We hypothesised that (1) objective measures of availability / access to destinations, greenness and a pedestrian - friendly infrastructure would be negatively associated with depressive symptoms; (2) environmental stressors such as signs of crime / disorder, pollution, traffic - related variables and presence of stray dogs would be positively associated with depressive symptoms; (3) older adults living alone would report more depressive symptoms than their counterparts; (4) and the negative effects of living alone on depressive symptoms would be attenuated by better access / availability of destinations and lower levels of environmental stressors.

Symptoms of PTSD can include, but are not limited to: intruding thoughts and memories associated with the traumatic event itself, nightmares, flashbacks, somatic responses when in the presences of trauma - related stimuli, avoidant behaviors (especially of trauma - related stimuli), and an overall negative mood, affect, and thought content (American Psychiatric Association, 2013: pp. 271 - 280).

Finally, in considering temperament as a vulnerability factor for depression, it is important to note that in addition to behavioural inhibition several theorists have developed temperament models that link additional temperamental styles, particularly Positive Emotion (PE) and Negative Emotion (NE) to depression.58 Many cross-sectional studies have reported that youth and adults with depressive symptoms exhibit diminished levels of PE and elevated levels of NE59, 60,61 and the combination of these have been associated with concurrent depressive symptoms in clinical62, 63 and community samples.61, 64,65 Furthermore, longitudinal studies have found that lower levels of PE60, 66,67 and higher level of NE in childhood68 - 70 predict the development of depressive symptoms and disorders.

There are well - documented associations between posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and intimate relationship problems, including relationship distress and aggression, 1 and studies demonstrate that the presence of PTSD symptoms in one partner is associated with caregiver burden and psychological distress in the other partner.2 Although currently available individual psychotherapies for PTSD produce overall improvements in psychosocial functioning, these improvements are not specifically found in intimate relationship functioning.3 Moreover, it has been shown that even when patients receive state - of - the - art individual psychotherapy for the disorder, negative interpersonal relations predict worse treatment outcomes.4, 5

As shown in block 3, positive coping as measured by the TCSQ was negatively associated with PTSD symptoms (β = − 0.327, p = 0.002), whereas «negative coping was positively associated with PTSD symptoms in the regression model (β = 0.353, p = 0.001).

Results from the longitudinal multivariate analyses, indicated that the scores for optimism and negative life events were significantly associated with scores of somatic symptoms at time - point two (T2).

In contrast, low global self - esteem has been found to be associated with negative self - evaluations, characterized by self - doubts and self - rejection (Baumeister, Campbell, Krueger, & Vohs, 2003) and has been shown to predict stress symptoms and ill - health (Birndorf, Ryan, Auinger, & Aten, 2005).

Results indicate that for both patients and spouses, own mean self - rated health was associated with own depressive symptoms, and change in self - rated health had a significant negative association with change in own depressive symptoms.

For example, low levels of intimacy between partners as well as perceived loneliness have been associated with negative psychological states, such as depression and depressive symptoms (Kiecolt - Glaser and Newton, 2001; Alpass and Neville, 2003; Adams et al., 2004).

Current studies about IAD have focused on case summaries, behavioral components, negative consequences in daily life, along with clinical diagnosis, epidemiology, associated psychosocial factors, symptom management, psychiatric comorbidity and treatment outcome [7], [8], [9], [10], [11].

Role reversal was also associated with subclinical negative symptoms.

Survival analysis indicated that externalizing symptoms and negative interactions (e.g., relationship conflict) were associated with both perpetration and victimization.

Adolescent reports of firm control were associated with negative outcomes (e.g., higher depression, lower self - efficacy) among older adolescents, whereas reports of psychological control were associated with negative outcomes (i.e., higher depressive symptoms) regardless of age.

The use of cognitive reappraisal (viewing negative situations in a more positive light) was associated with less experience of negative emotions and depressive symptoms and higher levels of optimism (Gross & John, 2003).

The examination of subclinical depressive symptoms is important given that such symptoms are associated with an increased risk for future psychopathology (e.g., depressive, anxious, and behavioral disorders) as well as a wide range of negative outcomes including academic deficiencies, interpersonal difficulties with peers and family, and impaired cognitive functioning (Avenevoli et al. 2008; Kessler and Walters 1998; Reinherz et al. 1993).

Parental depression, physical health symptoms, negative description of the parent — child relationship, and marital conflict were associated with heightened levels of children's internalizing and externalizing behaviors and accounted for some of the links between parental PTE exposure and children's symptoms.

Negative life events at age 14 were associated with depression symptoms at age 17 (adjusting for depression at age 14).

Consistent with hypotheses, path analyses results suggested that negative feedback - seeking was associated longitudinally with depressive symptoms and perceptions of friendship criticism in girls and with lower social preference scores in boys; however, depressive symptoms were not associated longitudinally with negative feedback - seeking.

In line with this idea, concurrent studies using a means - based approach have found that using more frequent negative coping strategies (e.g., self - blame) are associated with higher depressive symptoms [20].

There was a bidirectional association between the use of negative coping strategies and depressive symptoms, such that using more (as measured by a count and a mean) negative coping strategies at Time 1 was associated with higher depressive symptoms at Time 2, and depressive symptoms at Time 1 were positively associated with more engagement in negative coping strategies at Time 2.

For example, negative parent - adolescent interactions (i.e. increased conflict and aggression) and psychological control (i.e., efforts to manipulate a child's thoughts, behaviors, and emotion) has been associated with increased internalized symptoms (Kincaid et al. 2011) and decreased self - esteem (Bean et al. 2003; Gutman et al. 2005) among African American adolescents.

In a small clinically referred sample of preschool children, high levels of negative affectivity were found to be associated with symptoms of anxiety, reflecting internalizing problems [29], but no comparison was made with general population children.

Attachment representations were not associated with ADHD symptoms when controlling for negative content in response to non-attachment-related story stems.

In particular, Natvig et al observed a protective effect between student support and depression, a symptom commonly linked to a range of somatic symptoms in other studies.4, 7,18 Additional research is needed to determine whether some risk factors for somatic symptoms can be effectively addressed through positive peer networks, and if so, what mechanisms can be used to mitigate the negative effects of poor peer relations associated with bullying.

We also expect that using a higher number of negative strategies will be associated with poorer adjustment (e.g., greater depressive symptoms, and higher suicide ideation) than using a smaller number of negative coping strategies.

Moving beyond simple observations of the negative outcomes associated with depressive symptoms in pregnancy and the postpartum period requires information about 2 related phenomena: 1) the identification of distinct subgroups of women in terms of onset and persistence of depressive symptoms, and 2) the identification of demographic and clinical correlates of these subgroups to aid in the development of more refined models of mechanisms linking depressive symptoms to behavioral and physical health outcomes.

Meditation practice was associated with decreases in negative emotion and social anxiety symptom severity, and increases in attention - related parietal cortex neural responses when implementing attention regulation of negative self - beliefs.

In the present study, we test the relationship between food insecurity in early childhood (before age 4 1/2) and children's symptoms of depression / anxiety, aggression, and hyperactivity / inattention up to age 8, accounting for child and familial characteristics which may be associated with food insecurity and children's mental health [16], [20]: child's sex, immigrant status, family structure, maternal age at child's birth, family income, maternal and paternal education, prenatal tobacco exposure, maternal and paternal depression, family functioning and negative parenting.

Parenting studies have found that parental ADHD symptoms were associated with decreased positive and involved parenting and more negative expressed emotion [17, 30].

While Effortful Control and Negative Affectivity were strongly associated with all symptom measures, Surgency and Affiliation were only weakly associated with symptoms (associations were significant for the former but not the latter).

The results indicated that negative affect and effortful control are associated with higher levels of ODD symptoms in preschoolers.

That is, Type I folding pattern was associated with lower temperamental Surgency (i.e. introversion), higher Negative Affectivity (in girls), higher depressive symptoms and thinner cortex.

The present study tests whether exposure to negative life events and related symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) are associated with CU traits among a sample of 238 incarcerated boys.

Postpartum depression (PPD) was first considered to be a maternal disorder associated with negative developmental outcomes in children at the social, emotional, and cognitive levels (Lyons - Ruth et al., 2002; Grace et al., 2003; Beebe et al., 2008), including early infant psychofunctional symptoms, such as eating or sleeping difficulties, which can arise as early as 3 months after birth (Righetti - Veltema et al., 2002).