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  4. Pictorial Representation of Illness and Self Measure (PRISM) is a tool that can be used to visualize and evaluate the burden of suffering caused by an illness. The aim of this study was to identify which aspec...

    Authors: Mitsunao Tomioka, Masako Hosoi, Tomona Okuzawa, Kozo Anno, Rie Iwaki, Hiroshi Kawata, Chiharu Kubo and Nobuyuki Sudo
    Citation: BioPsychoSocial Medicine 2021 15:22
    Content type: Research Published on:

    The Correction to this article has been published in BioPsychoSocial Medicine 2022 16:4

  5. Sleep problems interfere with work performance. Decreased work productivity due to health problems is defined as presenteeism. Although empirical data on the improvement of presenteeism by sleep interventions ...

    Authors: Yuta Takano, Suguru Iwano, Shuntaro Aoki, Norihito Nakano and Yuji Sakano
    Citation: BioPsychoSocial Medicine 2021 15:21
    Content type: Review Published on:

  6. Functional gastrointestinal disorders (FGIDs) involve chronic or persistent gastrointestinal symptoms. Laboratory tests show no organic lesions, and the symptoms are due to dysfunction. The most typical FGID i...

    Authors: Yohei Okawa
    Citation: BioPsychoSocial Medicine 2021 15:20
    Content type: Review Published on:

  7. Burning mouth syndrome (BMS) is a chronic condition characterized by pain in the oral cavity. Kampo medicine is a traditional Japanese medical system that has its roots partly in ancient Chinese medicine. The ...

    Authors: Hiroyuki Hato, Ken-ichiro Sakata, Jun Sato, Takuya Asaka, Noritaka Ohga, Yutaka Yamazaki and Yoshimasa Kitagawa
    Citation: BioPsychoSocial Medicine 2021 15:19
    Content type: Short report Published on:

  8. Environmental psychological factors such as mood states can modify and trigger an organic response; depressive disorder is considered a risk factor for oncological development, leading to alterations both in t...

    Authors: ML Ramírez-de los Santos, A López-Navarro, S Ramírez-de los Santos, JM Guzmán-Flores, AL Pereira-Suárez and EI López-Pulido
    Citation: BioPsychoSocial Medicine 2021 15:18
    Content type: Research Published on:

  9. Our previous study demonstrated that 42% of yoga class participants in Japan had chronic diseases requiring medication. This raises the question as to whether those with chronic diseases would benefit from pra...

    Authors: Takakazu Oka and Battuvshin Lkhagvasuren
    Citation: BioPsychoSocial Medicine 2021 15:17
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  10. Cognitive–behavioral therapy (CBT) helps individuals to eliminate avoidant and safety-seeking behaviors that prevent self-correction of faulty beliefs, thereby facilitating stress management to reduce stress-r...

    Authors: Mutsuhiro Nakao, Kentaro Shirotsuki and Nagisa Sugaya
    Citation: BioPsychoSocial Medicine 2021 15:16
    Content type: Review Published on:

  11. In recent years, the roles of rumination, subjective cognitive impairment (SCI), and presenteeism have been emphasized in occupational mental health. However, associations between rumination, SCI, presenteeism...

    Authors: Kuniyoshi Toyoshima, Masahiko Ichiki, Takeshi Inoue, Akiyoshi Shimura, Jiro Masuya, Yota Fujimura, Shinji Higashi and Ichiro Kusumi
    Citation: BioPsychoSocial Medicine 2021 15:15
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  12. Many family caregivers of patients with cancer feel guilty about self-care. A meaningful relationship with patients reduces such negative feelings and functions as self-care for family caregivers. Moreover, ha...

    Authors: Hiroko Sakuma, Hideaki Hasuo and Mikihiko Fukunaga
    Citation: BioPsychoSocial Medicine 2021 15:14
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  13. Despite improvements in surgical techniques, the removal of vestibular schwannoma is related to some complications. Recovery from surgical complications of vestibular schwannoma is often difficult and complica...

    Authors: Takayuki Suga, Trang T.H Tu, Junichiro Sakamoto and Akira Toyofuku
    Citation: BioPsychoSocial Medicine 2021 15:13
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  14. Anxious-depressive attack (ADA) is a symptom complex that comprises sudden intense feelings of anxiety or depression, intrusive rumination of regretful memories or future worries, emotional distress due to pai...

    Authors: Shota Noda, Satomi Matsumoto, Naoko Kawasaki, Mina Masaki, Itaru Fukui and Hisanobu Kaiya
    Citation: BioPsychoSocial Medicine 2021 15:12
    Content type: Short report Published on:

  15. Graves’ disease is characterized by hyperthyroidism and its symptoms often overlap with those of panic disorder, which may make it difficult to distinguish between the two conditions. In this report, we descri...

    Authors: Manabu Yasuda, Jun Kumakura, Kiyonori Oka and Kazuhito Fukuda
    Citation: BioPsychoSocial Medicine 2021 15:11
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  16. Sleep is essential for mental health at all ages, but few studies have investigated the importance of sleep for mental health in early childhood. Therefore, this study examined the association between mental h...

    Authors: Fumie Horiuchi, Kentaro Kawabe, Yasunori Oka, Kiwamu Nakachi, Rie Hosokawa and Shu-ichi Ueno
    Citation: BioPsychoSocial Medicine 2021 15:10
    Content type: Research Published on:

  17. Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and feeding and eating disorders (FEDs) such as anorexia nervosa (AN) are strongly linked as evidenced by frequent comorbidity and overlapping traits. However, eating and social ...

    Authors: Takeshi Inoue, Ryoko Otani, Toshiyuki Iguchi, Ryuta Ishii, Soh Uchida, Ayumi Okada, Shinji Kitayama, Kenshi Koyanagi, Yuki Suzuki, Yuichi Suzuki, Yoshino Sumi, Shizuo Takamiya, Yasuko Tsurumaru, Shinichiro Nagamitsu, Yoshimitsu Fukai, Chikako Fujii…
    Citation: BioPsychoSocial Medicine 2021 15:9
    Content type: Research Published on:

  18. Psychological well-being has been associated with reduced mortality rates in both healthy and diseased populations. However, there is considerably less evidence on the effect of lifestyle behaviours on positiv...

    Authors: Toshihiro Takao, Naoki Sumi, Yoshiyuki Yamanaka, Sohachi Fujimoto and Tomoari Kamada
    Citation: BioPsychoSocial Medicine 2021 15:8
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  19. An oral burning sensation with unidentified cause in patients with preexisting psychosocial conditions is usually diagnosed as burning mouth syndrome. However, unexpected organic lesions may be detected in rar...

    Authors: Takayuki Suga, Miho Takenoshita, Trang T. H. Tu, Takashi Sugawara, Susumu Kirimura and Akira Toyofuku
    Citation: BioPsychoSocial Medicine 2021 15:7
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  20. To assess the validity and reliability of the Japanese version of the Daily Record of Severity of Problems (J-DRSP, 24 items) for evaluating symptoms of premenstrual syndrome (PMS), and to develop a short form...

    Authors: Yumie Ikeda, Miho Egawa, Kazuya Okamoto, Masaki Mandai, Yoshimitsu Takahashi and Takeo Nakayama
    Citation: BioPsychoSocial Medicine 2021 15:6
    Content type: Research Published on:

    The Correction to this article has been published in BioPsychoSocial Medicine 2021 15:27

  21. Japan, like many developed countries, now faces fiscal problems from the escalating health-care expenditures associated with an aging population. Mental health problems such as depression contribute as much to...

    Authors: Shuji Inada, Kazuhiro Yoshiuchi, Sungjin Park and Yukitoshi Aoyagi
    Citation: BioPsychoSocial Medicine 2021 15:5
    Content type: Short report Published on:

  22. Adverse responses to critical illness, such as symptoms of depression, anxiety or posttraumatic stress, are relatively common among family members. The role of risk factors, however, remains insufficiently und...

    Authors: Rahel Naef, Stefanie von Felten and Jutta Ernst
    Citation: BioPsychoSocial Medicine 2021 15:4
    Content type: Research Published on:

  23. Ample evidence indicates the efficacy of serotonin type 3 (5-HT3) receptor antagonists in the treatment of patients with diarrhea-predominant irritable bowel syndrome (IBS-D). Mirtazapine is an atypical antidepre...

    Authors: Alireza Khalilian, Davoud Ahmadimoghaddam, Shiva Saki, Younes Mohammadi and Maryam Mehrpooya
    Citation: BioPsychoSocial Medicine 2021 15:3
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  24. Children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) may experience difficulty adapting to daily life in a preschool or school settings and are likely to develop psychosomatic symptoms. For a better understanding of t...

    Authors: Yuko Ishizaki, Takahiro Higuchi, Yoshitoki Yanagimoto, Hodaka Kobayashi, Atsushi Noritake, Kae Nakamura and Kazunari Kaneko
    Citation: BioPsychoSocial Medicine 2021 15:2
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  25. The adherence of diabetic patients to their medication regimen is associated with many psychosocial factors that are still unknown. Therefore, the present study aims to identify the psychosocial barriers to me...

    Authors: Firoozeh Mostafavi, Fereshteh Zamani Alavijeh, Arash Salahshouri and Behzad Mahaki
    Citation: BioPsychoSocial Medicine 2021 15:1
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  28. Previous studies reported that subjective well-being in adulthood correlates with perceived parental bonding in childhood as well as personality traits. However, whether personality traits mediate the effect o...

    Authors: Akiko Murakoshi, Nobuyuki Mitsui, Jiro Masuya, Yota Fujimura, Shinji Higashi, Ichiro Kusumi and Takeshi Inoue
    Citation: BioPsychoSocial Medicine 2020 14:28
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  31. Although the association between polypharmacy and the occurrence of delirium has been well studied, the influence of polypharmacy on the persistence of delirium remains unclear. We aimed to explore the effect ...

    Authors: Ken Kurisu, Daisuke Miyabe, Yoshiko Furukawa, Osamu Shibayama and Kazuhiro Yoshiuchi
    Citation: BioPsychoSocial Medicine 2020 14:25
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  32. Galectin-3 promotes the proliferation of neural progenitor cells and is engaged in cell-cell adhesion, cell-matrix interactions, and macrophage activation. In addition, in patients with heart failure this carb...

    Authors: Monika Sadlonova, Thomas Meyer, Lutz Binder, Rolf Wachter, Frank Edelmann and Christoph Herrmann-Lingen
    Citation: BioPsychoSocial Medicine 2020 14:24
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  34. Due to the high pathogenicity and mortality, the COVID-19 disaster caused global panic and anxiety. At present, diagnosis and treatment are of great concern. As time progresses, however, the sequelae caused by...

    Authors: Guo Heng Mo, Zi Xuan Wang, Xiao Si Chen and Qunguang Jiang
    Citation: BioPsychoSocial Medicine 2020 14:22
    Content type: Review Published on:

  37. The Clinical Impairment Assessment questionnaire (CIA) is used to measure the severity of psychosocial impairment in patients with eating disorders. The purpose of the present study was to develop a new Japane...

    Authors: Takeshi Horie, Maiko Hiraide, Shu Takakura, Tomokazu Hata, Nobuyuki Sudo and Kazuhiro Yoshiuchi
    Citation: BioPsychoSocial Medicine 2020 14:19
    Content type: Research Published on:

  38. An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via the original article.

    Authors: Miki Shimizu, Keisuke Kawai, Makoto Yamashita, Masayasu Shoji, Shu Takakura, Tomokazu Hata, Megumi Nakashima, Keita Tatsushima, Kazunari Tanaka and Nobuyuki Sudo
    Citation: BioPsychoSocial Medicine 2020 14:18
    Content type: Correction Published on:

    The original article was published in BioPsychoSocial Medicine 2020 14:14

  40. The Eating Disorder Quality of Life (ED-QOL) scale is a 25-item self-report measure that assesses health-related quality of life (HRQoL) of eating-disorder patients. Although the ED-QOL is one of the most wide...

    Authors: Ryo Yoneda, Makoto Otani, Maiko Hiraide, Takeshi Horie, Tomoyo Mitsui, Toshiyuki Yoshida, Gen Komaki and Kazuhiro Yoshiuchi
    Citation: BioPsychoSocial Medicine 2020 14:16
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  41. Patients with heart failure (HF) accompanied by delirium are at risk of rehospitalization and death, thus early detection and appropriate treatment is imperative. Palliative care for patients with HF is an imp...

    Authors: Anna Hayashi, Sayaka Kobayashi, Kentaro Matsui, Rie Akaho and Katsuji Nishimura
    Citation: BioPsychoSocial Medicine 2020 14:15
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  42. Anorexia nervosa (AN) is a disease resulting in extreme weight loss. It is caused by multiple factors, including psychosocial, environmental, and genetic factors. A genetic abnormality affecting lipid metaboli...

    Authors: Miki Shimizu, Keisuke Kawai, Makoto Yamashita, Masayasu Shoji, Shu Takakura, Tomokazu Hata, Megumi Nakashima, Keita Tatsushima, Kazunari Tanaka and Nobuyuki Sudo
    Citation: BioPsychoSocial Medicine 2020 14:14
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    The Correction to this article has been published in BioPsychoSocial Medicine 2020 14:18

  44. Noncardiac chest pain (NCCP) is one of the leading reasons for emergency department visits and significantly limits patients’ daily functioning. The protective effect of physical activity has been established ...

    Authors: Joanne Castonguay, Stéphane Turcotte, Richard P Fleet, Patrick M Archambault, Clermont E Dionne, Isabelle Denis and Guillaume Foldes-Busque
    Citation: BioPsychoSocial Medicine 2020 14:12
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  45. Many intervention studies of coronary artery disease (CAD) have found health benefits for patients in the “treatment as usual” (TAU) group like in the specific psychotherapy group. In this pilot study, we want...

    Authors: Hans-Christian Deter and Kristina Orth-Gomér
    Citation: BioPsychoSocial Medicine 2020 14:11
    Content type: Review Published on:

  46. Presenteeism has attracted much attention in the research into mental health. However, how cognitive complaints and depressive symptoms affect presenteeism remains unknown. Therefore, this study examined the c...

    Authors: Kuniyoshi Toyoshima, Takeshi Inoue, Akiyoshi Shimura, Jiro Masuya, Masahiko Ichiki, Yota Fujimura and Ichiro Kusumi
    Citation: BioPsychoSocial Medicine 2020 14:10
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  47. Post-traumatic stress symptoms can occur in patients with medical illness. During the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) outbreak in South Korea in 2015, some dialysis patients in three centers who were i...

    Authors: A Jin Cho, Hong-Seock Lee, Young-Ki Lee, Hee Jung Jeon, Hayne Cho Park, Da-Wun Jeong, Yang-Gyun Kim, Sang-Ho Lee, Chang-Hee Lee, Kyung Don Yoo and Ae Kyeong Wong
    Citation: BioPsychoSocial Medicine 2020 14:9
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  50. Chronic pain is a major health problem, and cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is its recommended treatment; however, efforts to develop CBT programs for chronic pain and assess their feasibility are remarkabl...

    Authors: Hiroki Hosogoshi, Kazunori Iwasa, Takaki Fukumori, Yuriko Takagishi, Yoshitake Takebayashi, Tomonori Adachi, Yuki Oe, Yukino Tairako, Yumiko Takao, Hiroyuki Nishie, Ayako Kanie, Masaki Kitahara, Kiyoka Enomoto, Hirono Ishii, Issei Shinmei, Masaru Horikoshi…
    Citation: BioPsychoSocial Medicine 2020 14:6
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