Submitted by Cristiane Chim (cristiane.chim@ucpel.edu.br) on 2016-08-01T12:24:32Z No. of bitstreams: 1 amanda reyesvolume final - 23-07-15.pdf: 348695 bytes, checksum: 2ee5f76444cb295f170acae0bec93565 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2016-08-01T12:24:32Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 amanda reyesvolume final - 23-07-15.pdf: 348695 bytes, checksum: 2ee5f76444cb295f170acae0bec93565 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014-11-25 / . / Objetivo Geral • Comparar o desempenho cognitivo e o funcionamento global entre adultos jovens com e sem o diagnóstico de Transtorno Bipolar, bem como correlacionar estas medidas nos sujeitos com Transtorno Bipolar. 2.2 Objetivos Específicos • Comparar o funcionamento global de adultos jovens com e sem diagnóstico de TB; • Comparar o desempenho cognitivo de adultos jovens com e sem diagnóstico de TB; • Correlacionar o desempenho cognitivo e o funcionamento em uma amostra populacional de adultos jovens; • Correlacionar o desempenho cognitivo e o funcionamento nos adultos jovens com Transtorno Bipolar; • Correlacionar a severidade dos sintomas maníacos e depressivos com o desempenho cognitivo e o funcionamento dos jovens com TB.

Nos transtornos de humor, o estigma internalizado (internalização de estereótipos depreciativos associados a uma condição) é desafiador e prejudicial para a reabilitação e qualidade de vida do indivíduo. O presente estudo tem como objetivo investigar o estigma internalizado e as associações entre essa variável e as variáveis sociodemográficas e clínicas, além da esperança e adesão ao tratamento entre pessoas com transtornos de humor. Este estudo com abordagem quantitativa foi realizado com uma amostra de conveniência de 108 pacientes com transtornos de humor, em tratamento em um Centro de Atenção Psicossocial no interior de São Paulo - Brasil. Na coleta de dados foram aplicados os instrumentos: ISMIBR para investigar o estigma internalizado; MAT para investigar a adesão ao tratamento, EEH para analisar a esperança; aplicação da BPRS-a para observar a sintomatologia dos pacientes, e um questionário com questões sociodemográficas e clínicas. Na análise de dados foram empregados testes de comparação de média, teste de correlação e regressão linear múltiplo. Neste estudo predominam mulheres, sem ensino superior, sem companheiro, sem trabalho. A maioria tinha transtorno afetivo bipolar, era aderente ao tratamento medicamentoso, referiu internações psiquiátricas e tentativas prévias de suicídio e negou episódios de heteroagressão. Na amostra investigada, maiores níveis de estigma estiveram associados à maior sintomatologia, menor nível de esperança, tentativas prévias de suicídio, histórico de comportamento agressivo, internações psiquiátricas, não adesão ao tratamento e não ter trabalho. No modelo de regressão linear múltiplo estiveram associadas ao estigma as variáveis trabalho, tentativas de suicídio, sintomas e esperança. Nesse estudo foram identificados fatores que podem conferir ao indivíduo maior vulnerabilidade ao estigma internalizado e que precisam ser cuidadosamente investigados e abordados em intervenções voltadas para a redução do estigma e à reabilitação psicossocial / In mood disorders, the internalized stigma (internalization of derogatory stereotypes associated with a condition) is challenging and detrimental to the individual\'s rehabilitation and quality of life. The present study aimed to investigate the internalized stigma and the associations between these variables and sociodemographic, clinical variables, as well as hope and adherence to treatment among people with mood disorders. This quantitative approach was carried out with a convenience sample of 108 patients with mood disorders undergoing treatment at a Psychosocial Care Center in the interior of São Paulo - Brazil. In the data collection, the following instruments were applied: ISMI-BR to investigate internalized stigma; MAT to check adherence to treatment, EEH to examine the hope and application of BPRS-a to observe patient\'s symptomatology and a questionnaire with sociodemographic and clinical issues. In the data analysis, mean comparison, correlation test, and multiple linear regression tests were used. In this study, women predominated, without higher education, without a partner, without work. Most of them presented bipolar affective disorder, adhered to drug treatment, reported psychiatric hospitalizations and previous suicide attempts, and denied episodes of heteroaggression. In the sample investigated, higher levels of stigma were associated with greater symptomatology, lower level of hope, previous attempts of suicide, history of aggressive behavior, psychiatric hospitalizations, non-adherence to treatment and not having a job. In the multiple linear regression model, the variables labor, suicide attempts, symptoms, and hope were associated with the stigma. In this paper, were identified factors that may give the individual greater vulnerability to internalized stigma and which need to be carefully investigated and addressed in interventions or aiming at reducing stigma and psychosocial rehabilitation

L'AVC est la seconde cause de décès et la première cause de handicaps acquis chez l’adulte dans le monde. Au cours des vingt dernières années le traitement en phase aigüe de l'AVC s’est considérablement amélioré. La mortalité post-AVC a alors commencé à diminuer et la proportion de patients survivants avec un handicap léger ou modéré a augmenté. Le suivi à long terme de ces patients a permis de mettre en évidence, chez une proportion importante d’entre-eux, la survenue d’une forte détresse psychologique. Ces troubles de l’humeur réduisent considérablement la qualité de vie post- AVC. La prise en charge principalement axée sur les déficits moteurs, sensoriels ou de langage, commence alors à s’orienter vers la prise en charge psychiatrique des patients. Ces complications restent cependant insuffisamment comprises et leur prise en charge demeure insatisfaisante. Dans ce contexte, l’objectif de ce travail de thèse a été de mieux décrire les troubles de l’humeur post-AVC et de mettre en évidence, grâce à des outils de mesure objectifs, l’existence de facteurs de risques de leur survenue. 91 patients ont été suivis durant un an et ont répondu à des évaluations cognitives, de l’humeur, du sommeil et/ou du langage. Les résultats obtenus ont permis d’identifier certaines variables impliquées dans la survenue ou l’évolution de certains troubles post-AVC, par exemple la fragmentation du sommeil avec l’apathie ou la prosodie affective avec la dépression. Les lésions cérébelleuses semblent également liées à la survenus des troubles de l’humeur post-AVC. Ces résultats s’inscrivent dans une dynamique de recherche de plus en plus importante concernant les troubles de l’humeur post-AVC. / Stroke is the second leading cause of death and the leading cause of acquired disability in adults worldwide. Over the last twenty years, treatment in the acute phase of stroke has improved considerably. As a result, post-stroke mortality began to decline and the proportion of surviving patients with mild or moderate disabilities has increased. The long-term monitoring of this category of patients allowed to highlight, in a significant proportion of them, the occurrence of high psychological distress. These mood disorders significantly reduce post-stroke quality of life and, therefore, the assumption that put primary emphasis on the motor deficits, sensory or language now begins to move towards the psychological care of patients. These complications are however still insufficiently understood and their management remains unsatisfactory.In this context, the objective of this PhD was to better describe these post-stroke mood disorders and highlight, through objective measurement tools, the existence of risk factors for their occurrence. 91 patients were followed during one year after stroke and were evaluated on cognitive assessments, mood state evaluation, sleep recording and language recording. The results allowed us to better understand the involvement of some variables in the occurrence or progression of some mood disorders, for example sleep fragmentation and post-stroke apathy or affective prosody and post-stroke depression. Cerebellar lesions also appear to be related to the occurrence of post-stroke mood disorders. These results are part of the increasing research on post-stroke mood disorders.

Introduction : Près de 60% des patients bipolaires stabilisés souffrent de déficits cognitifs associés à des troubles du fonctionnement psychosocial. En l’absence de traitement, ces troubles sont susceptibles de persister tout au long de la vie. Malgré cela, les déficits cognitifs ont longtemps été ignorés dans les troubles bipolaires et il n’existe que peu d’études à l’heure actuelle ciblant cette problématique. Méthodologie : Nous avons développé le programme individuel écologique de remédiation cognitive ECo, élaboré pour les troubles de l’humeur. Nous avons mené une série d’études empiriques afin d’explorer les corrélats psychologiques des troubles cognitifs, ainsi que l’amélioration cognitive, fonctionnelle et psychologique de patients bipolaires suite à une intervention en remédiation cognitive ou une psychothérapie individuelle.Résultats : Les troubles métacognitifs pourraient être associés à une augmentation de la fréquence des activités des patients et à une fragilisation sur le plan cognitif et émotionnel. La remédiation cognitive, et en particulier le programme ECo, a permis d’améliorer les capacités de résolution de problèmes dans notre population. Le programme ECo peut normaliser les fonctions cognitives déficitaires et la régulation métacognitive chez certains patients, mais peut également améliorer la résistance aux facteurs de stress, le contrôle émotionnel, l’ouverture aux relations et l’estime de soi.Conclusion : Un programme de remédiation cognitive écologique et individualisé, centré sur la métacognition et le sentiment d’efficacité personnelle, peut contribuer à améliorer des composantes de la santé fonctionnelle chez les patients bipolaires. / Background: Nearly sixty percent of stabilized bipolar patients suffer from important cognitive impairments that lead to significant functional disabilities. Without proper treatment, these impairments remain throughout lifespan. However, cognitive deficits in bipolar disorders have been overlooked and only a few studies investigated treatments to improve cognitive functioning for bipolar patients. Method: We developed ECo, an individual ecological cognitive remediation intervention that was designed for mood disorders. We conducted experimental studies to investigate psychological correlates of cognitive impairments, and the cognitive, functional and psychological improvements of bipolar patients after either cognitive remediation or individual psychotherapy.Results: Our results suggest that metacognitive impairments lead to an increased frequency of everyday life activities that can create a cognitive and emotional overload. We observed that cognitive remediation, and in particular the ECo program, can improve problem solving skills in our population. The ECo program can improve impaired cognitive functions and metacognitive regulation, as well as coping skills, emotional control, openness to relationships and self-esteem.Conclusion: An ecological, individualized cognitive remediation program, targeting metacognition and self-efficacy, can contribute to an improvement of functional health components in bipolar disorders.

Glass Shoulders is a collection of poems that embody events from my life which have served as catalysts in the process of integrating myself emotionally, psychologically, and spiritually. In the poetry, the speaker searches for spiritual knowledge, and is guided toward meditation of Spirit as an internal reality to find healing. The narrative of the manuscript portrays the speaker’s deep introspection of self, exploring loss and resiliency through challenges surrounding grief, unrecovered abuses, and mood disorders. The inspiration for these poems arose from my contemplations on the incongruities between fate and free will, and how behaviors are influenced by the attitude of each. The poems explore her innermost conflicts as she contemplates whether she is director of her own destiny, or subject to a predestined fate, and seek to illumine how these differences effect her choices, behaviors, and attitude towards Spirit. The speaker is bipolar, and the paradox of the book debates whether the union of her polar selves is the ingredient to healing her phobias and disconnections, granting Spirit integration, or do her fractured selves support greater sensory experience that enhance her perceptions of self and Spirit toward new levels of recognition. The poems contain a variety of humor, tone, and voice. The humor in the poetry is unconscious to the speaker and shields her from her sense of loss and separation from her partner, her family, and divinity. At times she appears sarcastic and flippant, curious and gullible, yet always there is an undercurrent of deep thought. My visions and images for the poems are sourced from the philosophies of metaphysics, and are inspired by both Western and Eastern teachings of mysticism and myth that leads to Self-realization, or God-communion. It is through my studies of these sciences and methodologies that I have sourced my life long aspirations of spiritual knowledge for greater understanding of the human condition. Glass Shoulders is my attempt to show Self-realization as a gnosis of healing. This is a tale of freedom of psyche.

Most cases of lung cancer have a commonly-understood behavioral etiology. Thus, individuals with lung cancer are often blamed for their illness by others and may therefore seek to avoid this blame by concealing their diagnosis from others. This study sought to determine the prevalence of diagnosis concealment, examine potential predictors of concealment, and test parts of a cognitive-affective-behavioral model of the effects of concealing a concealable stigma among individuals receiving treatment for lung cancer. With regard to predictors of concealment, it was hypothesized that concealment would be positively associated with male gender, introversion, and trait social anxiety and would be negatively associated with social support and the use of seeking guidance and support as a coping strategy. Hypothesized correlates of concealment included poorer self-esteem as well as greater anxiety, cancer-specific distress, and social avoidance. A sample of 117 participants receiving chemotherapy or radiation for stage I-IV non-small cell lung cancer and limited to extensive stage small cell lung cancer was recruited during routine outpatient visits. A medical chart review was conducted to assess clinical factors and participants completed a standard demographic questionnaire as well as measures of coping strategies, introversion, trait social anxiety, social avoidance, social support, anxiety, depression, cancer-specific distress, self-esteem, perceived stigma, public self-consciousness, and private self-consciousness. Results indicated that 31% of participants concealed their diagnosis from others since their diagnosis and 26% concealed their diagnosis in the month preceding their participation in the study. Hypotheses regarding predictors and correlates of concealment were not supported. However, exploratory analyses identified use of alcohol, recency of a recurrence of lung cancer, use of positive reappraisal as a coping strategy, and social support as predictors of concealment as well as internalized shame as a correlate of concealment. These findings serve to extend existing literature on concealing a concealable stigma and support parts of an existing model on the effects of concealment. Future research should aim to test the impacts of concealment in the context of certain social situations to examine longitudinal relationships between predictors and consequences of concealment.

Exposure to sexual assault results in ongoing harms for women. After an assault, some women engage higher levels of externalizing behaviors, such as drinking problems and drug use, and others experience higher levels of internalizing dysfunction, such as clinical anxiety and clinical depression. In a longitudinal sample of 1929 freshman college women assessed across three time points, I found the following. Pre-assault negative urgency (the tendency to act rashly when distressed) interacted with assault exposure to predict increased subsequent drinking and initiation of drug use. Pre-assault trait anxiety/depression interacted with assault exposure to predict increased subsequent clinical anxiety and depression. There was also the surprising finding that the interaction between assault and trait anxiety/ depression was a protective factor against drinking and drug use. Finally, mean levels of trait negative urgency were significantly higher after an assault, though the same was not true for trait anxiety/depression. Women with different personalities tend to experience different forms of post-assault distress. These results support the development of targeted treatment protocols for trauma specific to personality types.

Diss. (sammanfattning) Stockholm : Karol. inst., 2002. / Härtill 6 uppsatser.

Diss. (sammanfattning) Stockholm : Karol. inst., 2003. / Härtill 6 uppsatser.

Diss. (sammanfattning) Göteborg : Göteborgs universitet, 2008. / Härtill 9 uppsatser. Titel på omslag och spikblad börjar: "On the influence of ..."