A simple verbal procedure for reducing the rates of psychosomatic enfeeblement and death in an aged population

Casler, Lawrence

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“…Search terms used were “enfeeblement,” with 15 and 44 results, respectively; “enfeebled,” with 48 and 38 results, respectively; and “enfeeble,” with 4 and 5 results, respectively. The contexts in which these terms were used was limited to archaic medical terminology (i.e., mental enfeeblement as it relates to psychiatric conditions such as dementia) 21 -23 or an undefined or nonspecific term or descriptor (e.g., “psychosomatic enfeeblement,” 24 “enfeeblement of the response,” 25 “enfeebled hematopoiesis” 26 ); one qualitative study identified “enfeeblement of dignity” as a category comprised of 8 themes related to human dignity. 27 However, we found no preexisting scales for enfeeblement.…”

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Enfeeblement in Essential Tremor: Development and Validation of a New Psychometric Measure

Diaz

Cersonsky

Kellner

et al. 2019

J Geriatr Psychiatry Neurol

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Introduction: Despite a growing body of knowledge regarding essential tremor (ET), past studies have fallen short in capturing the full impact of ET on patients and caregivers. We propose enfeeblement (i.e., having the qualities of being prematurely old, helpless, or debilitated) as a novel clinical outcome measure in ET. Due to the lack of enfeeblement scales for ET in the literature, we developed and validated an enfeeblement scale for ET. Methods: The Essential Tremor Enfeeblement Survey (ETES) consists of eight 5-point Likert-type scale questions and is designed to be a caregiver-reported outcome. Results: Enfeeblement scores showed a floor effect of 15.3%, no ceiling effects, and demonstrated good overall test-retest reliability (intraclass correlation coefficient ¼ 0.73), favorable internal consistency (Cronbach a coefficient ¼ 0.92) and good convergent validity. Conclusion: The ETES has robust properties. Aside from future studies of enfeeblement in ET, enfeeblement should be explored more broadly as a psychometric measure across other neurological disorders.

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confidence: 99%

Enfeeblement in Essential Tremor: Development and Validation of a New Psychometric Measure

Diaz

Cersonsky

Kellner

et al. 2019

J Geriatr Psychiatry Neurol

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“…In a study on imagery as a pain control technique for use with geriatric patients, Hamm and King (1984) found that those who practiced imagery experienced a decrease in self-perceived pain. Further evidence for the capability of older adults to practice imagery is the finding that people 60 years and older show a significant higher frequency of eidetic imagery than younger adults (Giray, Roodin, Altkin, Flagg, tion was demonstrated by Casler (1985). He gave nursing home residents verbal, positive suggestions about health and longevity and compared these subjects' survival to matched control subjects.…”

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Effects of Cognitive Group Iterventions on Depression and Cognition Among Elderly Women in Long-Term Care

Abraham

Currie

Neundorfer

1992

Journal of Women & Aging

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The effects of cognitive-behavioral group therapy and focused visual imagery group therapy on cognition and depression in frail women residing in nursing homes were examined.' Twenty-four (24) women participated in a 24-week protocol of cognitive- behavioral group therapy and twenty-one (21) in a protocol of visual imagery group therapy of similar duration. Eleven (11) women in a comparison condition participated in a 24 week series of educational discussion group sessions. Data on cognition and depression are reported for four time points: 4 weeks before treatment initiation, 8 and 20 weeks after treatment initiation, and 4 weeks after treatment termination. Subjects in the cognitive-behavioral and visual imagery groups experienced a significant improvement in cognition over the duration of the study, while subjects in the educational discussion groups did not. There was no effect for any of the interventions on depression. This lack of effect may indicate the tenacity of depression among female nursing home residents and.

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Psychosomatically induced death: Relative to stress, hypnosis, mind control, and voodoo: Review and possible mechanisms

1991

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A common denominator in psychosomatically induced death is stress. Death can occur slowly, as from the preponderance of chronic stressors, or it can come on suddenly, as from an acute stressor. Sudden death is more likely in an individual with a preexistent serious medical condition such as hypertension, CAD, diabetes mellitus, hyperthyroidism, peptic ulcer, Cushing's disease, and bronchial asthma. Individuals are more prone to sudden death who are: (1) highly anxious; (2) hostile; ( 3 ) manipulative of the environment; (4) anger repressors; ( 5 ) rapid shifters between anxiety and depression; (6) sufferers of a recent major less; or (7) socially isolated. Most cases of sudden death are related to the presence of a severely stressful situation in which there appears to be no means of control or escape. With mind control, hypnosis, and voodoo curses, circumstances can be manipulated to achieve severe stress and uncontrollability.

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A simple verbal procedure for reducing the rates of psychosomatic enfeeblement and death in an aged population

Cited by 3 publications

References 18 publications

Enfeeblement in Essential Tremor: Development and Validation of a New Psychometric Measure

Enfeeblement in Essential Tremor: Development and Validation of a New Psychometric Measure

Effects of Cognitive Group Iterventions on Depression and Cognition Among Elderly Women in Long-Term Care

Psychosomatically induced death: Relative to stress, hypnosis, mind control, and voodoo: Review and possible mechanisms

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