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  2. The superiority of Enhanced Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT-E) with regard to weight gain and improvement of psychopathology of eating disorders for patients with anorexia nervosa (AN) over other psychotherapi...

    Authors: Nobuhiro Nohara, Yukari Yamanaka, Mikiko Matsuoka, Tadahiro Yamazaki, Keisuke Kawai, Shu Takakura, Nobuyuki Sudo, Tetsuya Ando, Yutaka Matsuyama, Susan Byrne, Riccardo Dalle Grave, Zafra Cooper and Kazuhiro Yoshiuchi
    Citation: BioPsychoSocial Medicine 2023 17:20
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  4. Glycemic control is an important issue in the treatment of diabetic patients. However, traditional methods, such as medication (the usual treatment), have limitations. Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) might ...

    Authors: Na Dong, Xiaowei Wang and Liu Yang
    Citation: BioPsychoSocial Medicine 2023 17:18
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  5. Psychological distress has been frequently observed in frontline healthcare workers under stress during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) epidemic; however, it is unclear if there are differences in the ...

    Authors: Tomoe Nishihara, Kazufumi Yoshihara, Ayako Ohashi, Mika Kuroiwa and Nobuyuki Sudo
    Citation: BioPsychoSocial Medicine 2023 17:17
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  7. Foreign nationals residing in Japan account for approximately 2% of the total population (i.e., approximately 2.6 million people). Of these, 12% are not proficient in speaking Japanese and 25% experience diffi...

    Authors: Yoko HAYASHI, Yoshie IMAZU, Sixin DENG and Masato MURAKAMI
    Citation: BioPsychoSocial Medicine 2023 17:15
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  8. The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has greatly changed our daily life. Owing to the imposed restrictions, many educational facilities have introduced remote teaching. This study aims to clarify t...

    Authors: Reiko Hori, Eiji Shibata, Iwao Okajima, Masahiro Matsunaga, Tomohiro Umemura, Akihiko Narisada and Kohta Suzuki
    Citation: BioPsychoSocial Medicine 2023 17:14
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  11. Peer support among family members is important in cases of mental illness, but there has been limited practice or research on individual peer support specific to families taking care of patients with eating di...

    Authors: Chisato Ohara, Aya Nishizono-Maher, Atsushi Sekiguchi, Ayako Sugawara, Yuriko Morino, Junko Kawakami and Mari Hotta
    Citation: BioPsychoSocial Medicine 2023 17:11
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  12. Eating alone has been significantly associated with psychological distress. However, there is no research that evaluates the effects or relation of eating together online to autonomic nervous system functions.

    Authors: Hideaki Hasuo, Nahoko Kusaka, Mutsuo Sano, Kenji Kanbara, Tomoki Kitawaki, Hiroko Sakuma, Tomoya Sakazaki, Kohei Yoshida, Hisaharu Shizuma, Hideo Araki, Motoyuki Suzuki, Satoshi Nishiguchi, Masaki Shuzo, Gaku Masuda, Kei Shimonishi, Kazuaki Kondo…
    Citation: BioPsychoSocial Medicine 2023 17:10
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  13. We previously reported a case that led us to hypothesize that decreased production of thrombopoietin (TPO) leads to thrombocytopenia in patients with anorexia nervosa (AN) with severe liver dysfunction and tha...

    Authors: Ken Kurisu, Kaoruko Sato, Mikiko Matsuoka, Makoto Otani and Kazuhiro Yoshiuchi
    Citation: BioPsychoSocial Medicine 2023 17:9
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  15. Neonatal maternal separation (MS) has been used to model long-lasting changes in behavior caused by neuroplastic changes associated with exposure to early-life stress. Earlier studies showed that transient gut...

    Authors: Ryoko Hasegawa, Kumi Saito-Nakaya, Li Gu, Motoyori Kanazawa and Shin Fukudo
    Citation: BioPsychoSocial Medicine 2023 17:7
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  16. Previous clinical studies have reported elevated levels of depressive symptoms in selected samples of patients with gastritis. The objective of this study was to examine the associations of specific biomarkers...

    Authors: Julia Staab, Lara Vonhören, Harald Schwörer and Thomas Meyer
    Citation: BioPsychoSocial Medicine 2023 17:6
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  17. Surgeons are exposed to high levels of intraoperative stress, which could compromise their psychological well-being in the long term. This study aimed at exploring the effects of real operations on the activit...

    Authors: Luca Carnevali, Elena Bignami, Sara Gambetta, Margherita Barbetti, Matteo Procopio, Antonio Freyrie, Paolo Carbognani, Luca Ampollini and Andrea Sgoifo
    Citation: BioPsychoSocial Medicine 2023 17:5
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  18. Family members of patients with eating disorders, especially their mothers, experience heavy caregiving burdens associated with supporting the patient. We predict that increasing caregivers’ support will have ...

    Authors: Fujika Katsuki, Atsurou Yamada, Masaki Kondo, Hanayo Sawada, Norio Watanabe and Tatsuo Akechi
    Citation: BioPsychoSocial Medicine 2023 17:4
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  20. Evidence suggests that up to 30% of cancer patients may meet the criteria for adjustment disorder. However, no assessment instruments have been validated for use with cancer patients. The Adjustment Disorder N...

    Authors: Bernadette E. Harris, Kylie Rice, Clara V. Murray and Einar B. Thorsteinsson
    Citation: BioPsychoSocial Medicine 2023 17:2
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  21. The introduction of BCR-ABL tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) to chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) therapy has revolutionized the treatment of this disease. Although regular TKI intake is a prerequisite for succe...

    Authors: Anna Rychter, Joanna Miniszewska and Joanna Góra-Tybor
    Citation: BioPsychoSocial Medicine 2023 17:1
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  22. Alterations in sensory processing, such as vision, taste, and interoceptive sensation, have been reported in adult anorexia nervosa (AN). Whether these symptoms are traits, states, or “scars” due to chronic st...

    Authors: Tasuku Kitajima, Ryoko Otani, Takeshi Inoue, Naho Matsushima, Naoki Matsubara and Ryoichi Sakuta
    Citation: BioPsychoSocial Medicine 2022 16:27
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  23. Wasabi (Eutrema japonicum) is a common pungent spice used in Japan. 6-Methylsulfinylhexyl isothiocyanate (6-MSITC) found in the rhizome of wasabi has been shown to have anti-inflammatory and antioxidant effects, ...

    Authors: Takakazu Oka, Yu Yamada, Battuvshin Lkhagvasuren, Mutsuhiro Nakao, Ryota Nakajima, Masanobu Kanou, Ryuji Hiramatsu and Yo-ichi Nabeshima
    Citation: BioPsychoSocial Medicine 2022 16:26
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  24. Persistent Idiopathic Facial Pain (PIFP) is a pain syndrome with missing evidence-based therapy recommendations. According to the biopsychosocial pain model, multidisciplinary pain treatment (MPT) offers a pro...

    Authors: Zita Foerster, Barbara Kleinmann, Nadine Schlueter, Kirstin Vach and Tilman Wolter
    Citation: BioPsychoSocial Medicine 2022 16:25
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  25. Central sensitization syndrome (CSS) involves severe functional symptoms due to central sensitization. for patients with severe somatic symptoms and related disorders (SSRDs), central sensitization may be resp...

    Authors: Kazuaki Hashimoto, Takeaki Takeuchi, Miki Hiiragi, Akiko Koyama, Yuzo Nakamura and Masahiro Hashizume
    Citation: BioPsychoSocial Medicine 2022 16:24
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  26. Prevalence of premenstrual syndrome (PMS) may be as high as 13-18%, but it remains under-recognized and is associated with increased suicidal ideation (SI), plans, and attempts in epidemiological studies. The ...

    Authors: Sara V. Carlini, Sandra J. Weiss, Lauren Mordukhaev, Sunu Jacob, Heather A. Flynn and Kristina M. Deligiannidis
    Citation: BioPsychoSocial Medicine 2022 16:23
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  27. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationships between hypoglycemia, hyperglycemia, glycemic variability (GV), and eating behavior by measuring daily glucose levels through an intermittently scanne...

    Authors: Nao Uotani, Shun’ichi Noma, Momoko Akamine and Takashi Miyawaki
    Citation: BioPsychoSocial Medicine 2022 16:22
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  28. Chronic fatigue syndrome is a persistent and debilitating disorder. According to several studies, chronic fatigue syndrome has been identified among recovered COVID-19 patients as the most common symptom of lo...

    Authors: Nader Salari, Yassaman Khodayari, Amin Hosseinian-Far, Hosna Zarei, Shabnam Rasoulpoor, Hakimeh Akbari and Masoud Mohammadi
    Citation: BioPsychoSocial Medicine 2022 16:21
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  29. Cardiovascular disease is a chronic non-communicable illness that causes more than half of all deaths across Europe. Unhealthy lifestyle, inadequate adherence to medical prescriptions, themselves associated wi...

    Authors: Eleonora Cilli, Jessica Ranieri, Federica Guerra, Claudio Ferri and Dina Di Giacomo
    Citation: BioPsychoSocial Medicine 2022 16:20
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  30. The Patterns of Activity Measure-Pain (POAM-P) is a self-report questionnaire that measures avoidance, overdoing, and pacing in individuals with chronic pain. We aimed to develop and confirm the psychometric p...

    Authors: Kiyoka Enomoto, Tomonori Adachi, Akira Mibu, Katsuyoshi Tanaka, Sei Fukui, Miho Nakanishi, Narihito Iwashita, Jun Sasaki and Tomohiko Nishigami
    Citation: BioPsychoSocial Medicine 2022 16:19
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  31. With a recent increase in the prevalence of autism spectrum disorder (ASD), an important issue has emerged in clinical practice regarding when and how patients themselves should be given explanations following...

    Authors: Hiroyuki Sato, Misao Fujita, Atsushi Tsuchiya, Taichi Hatta, Katsumi Mori, Eisuke Nakazawa, Yoshiyuki Takimoto and Akira Akabayashi
    Citation: BioPsychoSocial Medicine 2022 16:18
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  32. Our study sought to investigate the clinical influencing factors of psoriasis patients with depression, and analyze whether the content of monoamine neurotransmitters in plasma was correlated with depression i...

    Authors: Si-Qi Long, Jing Fang, Hui-Ling Shu, Deng-Mei Xia, Zheng-Qun Wang, Wen-Yao Mi, Xue-Li Zhang and Chang-Qiang Li
    Citation: BioPsychoSocial Medicine 2022 16:17
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  33. Ethyl loflazepate (EL) is a benzodiazepine derivative that has been reported to activate the gustatory cortex. Our department routinely uses EL as a first-line treatment for idiopathic and psychogenic taste di...

    Authors: Ken-ichiro Sakata, Hiroyuki Hato, Jun Sato, Takashi Iori, Noritaka Ohga, Haruhisa Watanabe, Yutaka Yamazaki and Yoshimasa Kitagawa
    Citation: BioPsychoSocial Medicine 2022 16:16
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  34. The Cognitive Scale for Functional Bowel Disorders (CS-FBD) and Irritable Bowel Syndrome-Behavioral Responses Questionnaire (IBS-BRQ) are a useful measures to assess cognitive-behavioral aspects in individuals...

    Authors: Nagisa Sugaya, Yoshitoshi Tomita, Misako Funaba, Hiroshi Iida, Kentaro Shirotsuki, Fumiyuki Chin Gardner, Toshinari Odawara, Tetsuya Ando and Masahiko Inamori
    Citation: BioPsychoSocial Medicine 2022 16:15
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  35. Alexisomia refers to difficulties in the awareness and expression of somatic feelings. This idea was proposed by Dr. Yujiro Ikemi as a characteristic observed in patients with psychosomatic diseases and is bas...

    Authors: Takakazu Oka and Battuvshin Lkhagvasuren
    Citation: BioPsychoSocial Medicine 2022 16:14
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  36. Presenteeism is an indicator of productivity loss and the risk of absence from work due to mental health problems. The purpose of this study was to determine the impact of sleep debt, social jetlag, and insomn...

    Authors: Yuta Takano, Rui Ibata, Norihito Nakano and Yuji Sakano
    Citation: BioPsychoSocial Medicine 2022 16:13
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  37. To apply the Bio-Psych-Social (BPS) model into clinical practice, it is important not to focus on psychosocial domains only since biomedical factors can also contribute to chronic pain conditions. The cognitiv...

    Authors: Takahiro Miki, Yu Kondo, Hiroshi Kurakata, Eva Buzasi, Tsuneo Takebayashi and Hiroshi Takasaki
    Citation: BioPsychoSocial Medicine 2022 16:12
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  38. About 3% to 8% of women of fertile age are thought to have premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD), which is regarded as a serious form of premenstrual syndrome (PMS), although the details of this common condit...

    Authors: Chihiro Morishita, Takeshi Inoue, Mina Honyashiki, Miki Ono, Yoshio Iwata, Hajime Tanabe, Ichiro Kusumi and Jiro Masuya
    Citation: BioPsychoSocial Medicine 2022 16:11
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  39. Doctors treating COVID-19 are under extreme stress. It was reported that healthcare workers providing palliative care could present elevated levels of compassion fatigue. We herein report a case if the attendi...

    Authors: Tomoe Nishihara, Ayako Ohashi, Yuko Nakashima, Takafumi Yamashita, Kazutoshi Hiyama and Mika Kuroiwa
    Citation: BioPsychoSocial Medicine 2022 16:10
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  40. Although fever is a common symptom in pediatric practice, its origin is often unknown in pediatric patients. Psychogenic fever is a stress-related, psychosomatic disease observed especially in young women. Thi...

    Authors: Yuko Ishizaki, Yoshitoki Yanagimoto, Yuri Fujii, Mana Yamamoto and Kazunari Kaneko
    Citation: BioPsychoSocial Medicine 2022 16:9
    Content type: Short report Published on:

  41. Functional constipation (FC), a functional bowel disorder with symptoms of constipation, has considerable impact on quality of life. As data regarding its prevalence and epidemiology are lacking, this study ai...

    Authors: Sayuri Yamamoto, Wataru Ohashi, Yoshiharu Yamaguchi, Shunsuke Inamoto, Akira Koshino, Tomoya Sugiyama, Kazuhiro Nagao, Yasuhiro Tamura, Shinya Izawa, Masahide Ebi, Jun Usami, Koichi Hamano, Junko Izumi, Yoshinori Wakita, Yasushi Funaki, Naotaka Ogasawara…
    Citation: BioPsychoSocial Medicine 2022 16:8
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  42. Persistent postural-perceptual dizziness (PPPD) is a chronic functional dizziness symptom triggered by psychological stress, but its pathophysiology is unknown. Central sensitization is considered the cause of...

    Authors: Kazuaki Hashimoto, Takeaki Takeuchi, Takayuki Ueno, Shunsuke Suka, Miki Hiiragi, Maya Yamada, Akiko Koyama, Yuzo Nakamura, Jun Miyakoda and Masahiro Hashizume
    Citation: BioPsychoSocial Medicine 2022 16:7
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  43. The Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) model of human functioning uses the behavioral processes of acceptance, mindfulness, and values, which together compose psychological flexibility, the ability to contac...

    Authors: Junichi Saito and Hiroaki Kumano
    Citation: BioPsychoSocial Medicine 2022 16:6
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  44. There is increasing evidence that the dietary intake of phytochemicals is inversely associated with severity of depression and positively associated with quality of life (QoL). The present study investigated t...

    Authors: Abbas Ali Sangouni, Azam Ahmadi Vasmehjani, Majid Ghayour-Mobarhan, Gordon A. Ferns and Sayyed Saeid Khayyatzadeh
    Citation: BioPsychoSocial Medicine 2022 16:5
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  45. Authors: Mitsunao Tomioka, Masako Hosoi, Tomona Okuzawa, Kozo Anno, Rie Iwaki, Hiroshi Kawata, Chiharu Kubo and Nobuyuki Sudo
    Citation: BioPsychoSocial Medicine 2022 16:4
    Content type: Correction Published on:

    The original article was published in BioPsychoSocial Medicine 2021 15:22

  46. COVID-19 continues to have a global impact and has yet to converge. Behavioral restrictions in daily life are widespread, forcing changes to the behavioral patterns of people. Significant changes have also occ...

    Authors: Kentaro Shirotsuki, Nagisa Sugaya and Mutsuhiro Nakao
    Citation: BioPsychoSocial Medicine 2022 16:3
    Content type: Review Published on:

  47. The COVID-19 pandemic and associated lockdown had a considerable impact on eating disorders (EDs). We evaluated the clinical features of Japanese ED patients before and after the first COVID-19 outbreak-relate...

    Authors: Shu Takakura, Kenta Toda, Makoto Yamashita, Tomoko Kitajima, Takafumi Suematsu, Hiroaki Yokoyama, Chie Suzuyama Asou, Tomokazu Hata and Nobuyuki Sudo
    Citation: BioPsychoSocial Medicine 2022 16:2
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  48. Shogi is a traditional board game in Japan. A preventive stress management program based on Shogi-assisted cognitive behavioral therapy (S-CBT) was applied in the Japanese municipality of Kakogawa City. The st...

    Authors: Hirokazu Furukawa, Shota Noda, Chiho Kitashima, Manami Omine, Takumi Fukumoto, Hitomi Ono, Aya Ohara and Mutsuhiro Nakao
    Citation: BioPsychoSocial Medicine 2022 16:1
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  49. Authors: Yumie Ikeda, Miho Egawa, Kazuya Okamoto, Masaki Mandai, Yoshimitsu Takahashi and Takeo Nakayama
    Citation: BioPsychoSocial Medicine 2021 15:27
    Content type: Correction Published on:

    The original article was published in BioPsychoSocial Medicine 2021 15:6

  50. Anorexia Nervosa is highly comorbid with depressive, anxiety, and obsessive-compulsive spectrum disorders. However, it has not previously been reported as comorbid with antisocial personality traits, except wh...

    Authors: Miriam L. Robinovitz, Gregg Joseph Montalto, Khalid I. Afzal, Stephanie Lichtor, Sandeep Palepu, Dena Oaklander, Sarah Carollo, Jonathan Tutko and Jennifer E. Wildes
    Citation: BioPsychoSocial Medicine 2021 15:26
    Content type: Case report Published on:
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