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HPA axis activity in patients with panic disorder: review and synthesis of four studies
(Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company, 2007)
Dysregulation of the hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal (HPA) axis may play a role in panic disorder. HPA studies in patients with panic disorder, however, have produced inconsistent results. Seeking to understand the ...
From adorable to worthless : implicit and self-report structure of highly evaluative personality descriptors
(John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., 2002-01)
So-called highly ‘evaluative’ personality judgments (e.g. describing someone as exceptional, odd, or vile,) are an integral component of people's daily judgments of themselves and others. However, little is known about the ...
Waist-to-Hip Ratio Is Positively Associated with Bioavailable Testosterone but Negatively Associated with Sexual Desire in Healthy Premenopausal Women
(2005-03)
We examined whether high waist-to-hip ratio (WHR) in women is a biomarker for increased testosterone (T) and higher levels of sexual desire. Methods: Participants were 99 healthy nonobese premenopausal women. Trait levels ...
Imagining the American polity: Political science and the discourse of democracy
(Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company, 2006)
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“We Never was Happy Living Like a Whiteman” : Mental Health Disparities and the Postcolonial Predicament in American Indian Communities
(Wiley Periodicals, Inc.Springer US, 2007-12)
In the context of increasing attention to disparities in health status between U.S. ethnoracial groups, this article examines the dilemma of divergent cultural practices for redressing disparities in mental health status ...
Sustained striatal ciliary neurotrophic factor expression negatively affects behavior and gene expression in normal and R6/1 mice
(Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company, 2008-06)
Huntington's disease (HD) is a neurodegenerative disorder caused by an elongation of CAG repeats in the HD gene, which encodes a mutant copy of huntingtin with an expanded polyglutatmine repeat. Individuals who are ...
Estimating frequencies of emotions and actions: a web-based diary study
(John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., 2007-03)
Mental health questionnaires often ask respondents to report how frequently they experience different emotions. We report two experiments designed to assess the accuracy of these reports and the strategies used to generate ...
Sexual Trauma, Substance Abuse, and Treatment Success in a Sample of African American Women Who Smoke Crack Cocaine
(Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers; Association for Medical Education and Research in Substance Abuse ; Springer Science+Business Media, 2000-03)
The purpose of this descriptive study was to examine the relationship among sexual trauma, severity of substance use, and treatment success for African American women who smoke crack cocaine. Using a convenience sample of ...