Background: The staging method, whereby a disorder is characterized according to its
seriousness, extension, development and features, is attracting increasing attention in …

Euthymia is a trans-diagnostic construct characterized by lack of mood disturbances;
presence of positive affect; balance of psychological well-being dimensions, flexibility …

Drug Dosage. The author and the publisher have exerted every effort to ensure that drug
selection and dosage set forth in this text are in accord with current recommendations and …

BackgroundDemoralization has been described as a psychological state characterized by
helplessness, hopelessness, a sense of failure and the inability to cope. MethodsWe …

Abstract The Diagnostic Criteria for Psychosomatic Research (DCPR) were introduced in
1995 by an international group of investigators to expand the traditional domains of the …

Background: Clinimetrics was introduced three decades ago to specify the domain of clinical
markers in clinical medicine (indexes or rating scales). In this perspective, clinical validity is …

Abstract Background: The Diagnostic Criteria for Psychosomatic Research (DCPR) are a set
of 12 psychosomatic syndromes and are provided with a reliable diagnostic structured …

The Diagnostic and Statistical of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-5) somatic symptom
and related disorders chapter has a limited clinical utility. In addition to the problems that the …

Background The clinical value of the identification of mood disorders in patients with acute
coronary syndrome (ACS) is well established. However, assessment based on DSM criteria …

The standard randomized controlled trial design is still based on the acute disease model.
This is in sharp contrast with the fact that the patient is likely to have experienced other …