Meta-analysis of structural brain abnormalities associated with stimulant drug dependence and neuroimaging of addiction vulnerability and resilience
Ersche KD, Williams GB, Robbins TW, Bullmore ET Curr. Opin. Neurobiol. 2013 Aug;23(4):615-24 PMID: 23523373 Abstract Since the first study in stimulant-dependent individuals using structural MRI was published fifteen years ago, much evidence has accumulated on brain abnormalities associated with stimulant drug dependence. Here we conducted a voxel-based morphometry meta-analysis of published MRI data in […]
Neuroanatomic basis of impaired self-awareness after traumatic brain injury: findings from early computed tomography
Sherer M, Hart T, Whyte J, Nick TG, Yablon SA J Head Trauma Rehabil 2005 Jul-Aug;20(4):287-300 PMID: 16030437 Abstract BACKGROUND: Impaired self-awareness (ISA) is common among patients with severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) and contributes to poorer functional outcome. There is keen interest in improving the understanding of this disorder as the neuroanatomic substrate of […]
Structured learning and self-reflection: strategies to decrease anxiety in the psychiatric mental health clinical nursing experience
Ganzer CA, Zauderer C Nurs Educ Perspect 2013 Jul-Aug;34(4):244-7 PMID: 24187728 Abstract AIM: The purpose of this qualitative study was to test a teaching-learning strategy to help nursing students decrease stress and anxiety that may be brought about by the psychiatric mental health clinical experience. BACKGROUND: Undergraduate nursing students are known to experience affective stress […]
[Relationship between memory disorders and self-consciousness in Alzheimer's disease]
Kalenzaga S, Clarys D Geriatr Psychol Neuropsychiatr Vieil 2013 Jun;11(2):187-96 PMID: 23803636 Abstract Episodic memory deficits are almost always the first cognitive impairment in Alzheimer disease (AD). AD is also characterized by a loss of self-awareness. The aim of this article is to give an interpretation of AD patients' episodic impairments through the study of […]
Right hemispheric self-awareness: a critical assessment
Morin A Conscious Cogn 2002 Sep;11(3):396-401 PMID: 12435375 Abstract In this commentary I evaluate the claim made by that since self-recognition results from right hemispheric activity, self-awareness too is likely to be produced by the activity of the same hemisphere. This reasoning is based on the assumption that self-recognition represents a valid operationalization of self-awareness; […]
From denial to self-awareness: a 20 years' study of a case of childhood delinquency evolving into adult neurosis
Limentani A Br J Med Psychol 1981 Jun;54(Pt 2):175-86 PMID: 7248211 Abstract This is a study of the evolution of delinquency into adult neurosis in a girl whose analytic psychotherapy began in pre-puberty. With some interruptions the treatment was extended over nearly 20 years. The antisocial tendency, which was serious enough to lead to appearance […]
Foundations for self-awareness: An exploration through autism
Hobson PR, Chidambi G, Lee A, Meyer J Monogr Soc Res Child Dev 2006;71(2):vii-166 PMID: 17177915 Abstract Developmental psychopathology holds promise for elucidating the structure of self-awareness. Here we studied social emotions in matched groups of children and adolescents with and without autism. Our aims were to determine whether there are potentially dissociable aspects of […]
Self awareness: conceptual influences, contribution to nursing, and approaches to attainment
Rawlinson JW Nurse Educ Today 1990 Apr IL;10(2):111-7 PMID: 2329983 Abstract The paper examines the concept and dimensions of 'self', and the notion of self-awareness. It discusses the questions raised by the issues involved, and the central relationship of the concept of self-awareness to nursing, and some specific therapeutic models. It suggests that awareness of […]
The role of contextual factors in the relationship between physical activity and self-awareness
Kernis MH, Grannemann BD, Richie T, Hart J Br J Soc Psychol 1988 Sep;27 ( Pt 3):265-73 PMID: 3167515 Abstract Previous research has indicated that performing arousing or unusual activities heightens self-awareness, as indexed by the use of first person singular pronouns in a sentence completion task (McDonald, Harris & Maher, 1983; Wegner & Giuliano, […]
A cross-sectional observation of burnout in a sample of Irish junior doctors
Nason GJ, Liddy S, Murphy T, Doherty EM Ir J Med Sci 2013 Dec;182(4):595-9 PMID: 23463034 Abstract BACKGROUND: Stress and burnout are common among doctors. Excess levels of stress have been shown to have detrimental personal and professional effects as well as a negative influence on patient care. AIM: The aim of our pilot study […]
Peer support, self-determination, and treatment engagement: a qualitative investigation
Jones N, Corrigan PW, James D, Parker J, Larson N Psychiatr Rehabil J 2013 Sep;36(3):209-14 PMID: 23815173 Abstract OBJECTIVE: To address gaps in the literature concerning the relationships among participation in peer-led mental health programs, the development of self-determination in service use, and medication use and engagement with medication prescribers and other traditional providers, we […]
Reflective practice groups for nurses: a consultation liaison psychiatry nursing initiative: part 2--the evaluation
Dawber C Int J Ment Health Nurs 2013 Jun;22(3):241-8 PMID: 23020828 Abstract This paper outlines an evaluation of reflective practice groups (RPG) involving nurses and midwives from three clinical nursing specialties at Redcliffe and Caboolture Hospitals, Queensland, Australia. The groups were facilitated by the consultation liaison psychiatry nurse and author using a process-focused, whole-of-group approach […]
Categorization, deductive reasoning, and self-awareness: association with everyday competence in persons with acute brain injury
Goverover Y J Clin Exp Neuropsychol 2004 Sep;26(6):737-49 PMID: 15370372 Abstract The present study examined the relationship between executive function, self-awareness and everyday functional competence in individuals with brain injuries. Executive function was assessed using measures of categorization and deductive reasoning ability, both of which were shown by multiple regression analysis to make significant contributions […]
Self-awareness, alcohol consumption, and reduced cardiovascular reactivity
Niaura R, Wilson GT, Westrick E Psychosom Med 1988 Jul-Aug;50(4):360-80 PMID: 3413270 Abstract Seventy-two healthy males were divided into Type A and Type B groups using the Jenkins Activity Survey. Subjects were subdivided further into high and low self-awareness categories on the private self-consciousness factor of the Self-Consciousness Scale. After random assignment to consume alcohol […]
Authentic leadership and nurse-assessed adverse patient outcomes
Wong CA, M Giallonardo L J Nurs Manag 2013 Jul;21(5):740-52 PMID: 23865927 Abstract AIM: Our purpose was to test a model examining relationships among authentic leadership, nurses' trust in their manager, areas of work life and nurse-assessed adverse patient outcomes. BACKGROUND: Although several work environment factors have been cited as critical to patient outcomes, studies […]
Knowledge, attitudes, and practice regarding HIV testing among female military family members of childbearing age in Honduras
Hickey PW, Kuehn DR, Aviles R, Yu C, Watson CM, Medina R, Lopez M Mil Med 2013 Oct;178(10):1126-32 PMID: 24083927 Abstract This is a survey of knowledge, attitudes, and practice regarding HIV testing among 187 female family members affiliated with the Honduran Armed Forces and civilian controls. Prior HIV testing was reported by 45%, and […]
Levels of self-awareness after acute brain injury: how patients' and rehabilitation specialists' perceptions compare
Abreu BC, Seale G, Scheibel RS, Huddleston N, Zhang L, Ottenbacher KJ Arch Phys Med Rehabil 2001 Jan;82(1):49-56 PMID: 11239286 Abstract OBJECTIVE: To examine self-awareness regarding performance on 4 daily living tasks and to test theoretical predictions for a model of self-awareness in persons with acquired brain injury. DESIGN: A comparative design examining the level […]
Preparing culture change agents for academic medicine in a multi-institutional consortium: the C - change learning action network
Pololi LH, Krupat E, Schnell ER, Kern DE J Contin Educ Health Prof 2013 Sep;33(4):244-57 PMID: 24347103 Abstract INTRODUCTION: Research suggests an ongoing need for change in the culture of academic medicine. This article describes the structure, activities and evaluation of a culture change project: the C - Change Learning Action Network (LAN) and its […]
Reflective self-awareness and conscious states: PET evidence for a common midline parietofrontal core
Kjaer TW, Nowak M, Lou HC Neuroimage 2002 Oct;17(2):1080-6 PMID: 12377180 Abstract A recent meta-analysis has shown precuneus, angular gyri, anterior cingulate gyri, and adjacent structures to be highly metabolically active in support of resting consciousness. We hypothesize that these regions constitute a functional network of reflective self-awareness thought to be a core function of […]
The importance of cultural sensitivity and therapist self-awareness when working with mandatory clients
Baker KA Fam Process 1999;38(1):55-67 PMID: 10207710 Abstract Systemic therapy emphasizes the importance of understanding each relationship in the context of its ecosystem. Considerations such as the influence of social agencies, culture, and the therapist's self-awareness are described in the literature as amplifying lenses within the therapeutic relationship. When a minority client is caught in […]
An adaptive approach to facilitating research productivity in a primary care clinical department
Weber-Main AM, Finstad DA, Center BA, Bland CJ Acad Med 2013 Jul;88(7):929-38 PMID: 23702527 Abstract Efforts to foster the growth of a department's or school's research mission can be informed by known correlates of research productivity, but the specific strategies to be adopted will be highly context-dependent, influenced by local, national, and discipline-specific needs and […]
Psychological and physiological characteristics of a proposed object-referral/self-referral continuum of self-awareness
Travis F, Arenander A, DuBois D Conscious Cogn 2004 Jun;13(2):401-20 PMID: 15134768 Abstract This research extends and confirms recent brainwave findings that distinguished an individual's sense-of-self along an Object-referral/Self-referral Continuum of self-awareness. Subjects were interviewed and were given tests measuring inner/outer orientation, moral reasoning, anxiety, and personality. Scores on the psychological tests were factor analyzed. […]
Evaluation of the short-term executive plus intervention for executive dysfunction after traumatic brain injury: a randomized controlled trial with minimization
Cantor J, Ashman T, Dams-O'Connor K, Dijkers MP, Gordon W, Spielman L, Tsaousides T, Allen H, Nguyen M, Oswald J Arch Phys Med Rehabil 2014 Jan;95(1):1-9.e3 PMID: 23988395 Abstract OBJECTIVE: To determine whether the Short-Term Executive Plus (STEP) cognitive rehabilitation program improves executive dysfunction after traumatic brain injury (TBI). DESIGN: Randomized, waitlist controlled trial with […]
Personal resilience in nurses and midwives: effects of a work-based educational intervention
McDonald G, Jackson D, Wilkes L, Vickers MH Contemp Nurse 2013 Aug;45(1):134-43 PMID: 24099234 Abstract Nurses and midwives commonly face a variety of challenges and difficulties in their everyday work. Stress, pressure, fatigue and anxiety are acknowledged sources of workplace adversity, which causes decreased perceptions of health and wellbeing. This study reports the effects of […]
Disturbances of self-awareness and rehabilitation of patients with traumatic brain injury: a 20-year perspective
Prigatano GP J Head Trauma Rehabil 2005 Jan-Feb;20(1):19-29 PMID: 15668568 Abstract Over the last 20 years, numerous papers that are relevant to understanding the problem of impaired self-awareness after moderately severe to severe traumatic brain injury have appeared. This article reviews many of these papers and summarizes salient findings relevant to rehabilitation and future research.
Personhood within the context of sedation at the end of life in Singapore
Krishna LK BMJ Case Rep 2013;2013 PMID: 23749859 Abstract The concept of personhood is critical to the provision of holistic, patient-centred, palliative care yet no common definition of this term exists. Some characterise personhood by the presence of consciousness-related features such as self-awareness while others deem personhood present by virtue of Divine endowment or as […]
Behavioural and psychological responses of lower educated smokers to the smoke-free legislation in Dutch hospitality venues: a qualitative study
Van der Heiden S, Gebhardt WA, Willemsen MC, Nagelhout GE, Dijkstra A Psychol Health 2013;28(1):49-66 PMID: 22877306 Abstract OBJECTIVE: In 2008, smoke-free legislation was implemented in hospitality venues (HV) in the Netherlands. We investigated how continuing smokers with a lower educational background respond behaviourally and psychologically to the legislation and the norm it communicates. DESIGN: […]
'Social dysmetria' in first-episode psychosis patients
Waters F, Rock D, Dragovic M, Jablensky A Acta Psychiatr Scand 2011 Jun;123(6):475-84 PMID: 21166784 Abstract OBJECTIVE: The 'embodied cognition' hypothesis suggests a close relationship between internal self-representations and the outward expression of social behaviours and emotions. Given self-awareness disturbances in patients with first-rank symptoms (FRS), we hypothesized that these patients would show abnormal social […]
The contribution of judgment scale to the unskilled-and-unaware phenomenon: How evaluating others can exaggerate over- (and under-) confidence
Hartwig MK, Dunlosky J Mem Cognit 2014 Jan;42(1):164-73 PMID: 23846414 Abstract The unskilled-and-unaware phenomenon occurs when low performers tend to overestimate their performance on a task, whereas high performers judge their performance more accurately (and sometimes underestimate it). In previous research, this phenomenon has been observed for a variety of cognitive tasks and judgment scales. […]
Relationships between personality traits and attitudes toward the sense of smell
Seo HS, Lee S, Cho S Front Psychol 2013;4:901 PMID: 24348450 Abstract Olfactory perception appears to be linked to personality traits. This study aimed to determine whether personality traits influence human attitudes toward sense of smell. Two-hundred participants' attitudes toward their senses of smell and their personality traits were measured using two self-administered questionnaires: the […]
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