Long standing interest in individual differences linked to the experience of, and adjustment
to, pain has recently expanded to include the ''attachment styles''(Bowlby, 1982) of both pain …

Background Attachment and support from family and friends are core to the experiences of
ageing for older adults. The purpose of this study is to examine the relationships between …

Background Mental health researchers, clinicians and clinical psychologists have long
considered a good provider–patient relationship to be an important factor for positive …

This chapter outlines the development of an emerging new approach to compassion based
on aspects of human evolution and neuroscience and a review of some of the evidence for …

Objective: Difficulties collaborating with providers and important others may adversely
influence self-management in patients with diabetes. We predicted that dismissing …

Background In the acute medical care hospital setting, nursing the sick and dying is both
physically and emotionally demanding, making acute medical care hospital nurses more …

The progression of advanced disease often brings enormous adaptational challenges
related to a loss of the capacity to be self-sufficient and to a heightened need for support …

In accordance with attachment theory, the present study investigates whether internal
working models of attachment mediated the association between childhood memories and …

BACKGROUND: Because in most patients depression is a relapsing/remitting disorder,
finding clinical factors associated with risk of relapse is important. The majority of patients …

Analyses of 2002 National Health Interview supplement on complementary and alternative
medicine (NHI% AM) indicate that approximately 38 million adults in the US (18.9% of the …