Disease relevance of Body Image

• Psychiatric distress, binge eating, and body image dissatisfaction were tested by self-administered questionnaires (Symptom CheckList-90, Binge Eating Scale, and Body Uneasiness Test) [1].
• Ten other factors entered predictive models: age, time since diagnosis, breast conservation, comorbidity, urinary incontinence, perceived health, body image, bioavailable testosterone, luteinizing hormone, and sex hormone binding globulin [2].
• After surgery, women complained of numbness, pulling, and body image changes; while receiving Adriamycin and Cyclophosphamide, symptoms of intense nausea and hair loss caused distress; while receiving Paclitaxel, symptoms of intense bone pain and peripheral neuropathy caused distress [3].
• After three cycles of chemotherapy, in the follow-up Ga-67 citrate total body images seven months after his first Ga-67 citrate imaging, the intense uptake in the left neck and the left upper chest wall had been resolved and the scoliosis of the cervical-thoracic and lower lumbar spine had also been reversed to normal [4].
• This article reports on a study of the perceived body image of persons with multiple sclerosis (MS) and the relationship between body image and the severity of physical disability [5].

Psychiatry related information on Body Image

• Body image disturbances in anorexia nervosa patients have been assessed in an experimental study which dealt with the following issues: Three different procedures for the assessment of body image disturbances were compared in a discriminant function analysis: a Video Monitor Procedure, the Movable Caliper Procedure and the Image Marking Procedure [6].
• MEASUREMENTS: Standardized self-report scales on distress (SCL-90R), eating behavior (FEV), interpersonal problems (IIP), body image (FKB-20), life satisfaction (IRES) [7].
• The potential of specific antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) to cause clinically significant changes in bodyweight is a key consideration in the management of epilepsy; changes in weight can pose health hazards, impair body image and self-esteem, and lead to noncompliance with therapy [8].
• On all seven HRQOL measures (impact of cancer and treatment, concern regarding body image, mental health, general health, activity, worries about cancer and dying, and energy), there were statistically significant decrements associated with androgen deprivation [9].
• The Dysmorphic group reported a pattern of body image disturbance consistent with MD by displaying a high overall level of body image disturbance, symptoms of associated psychopathology, steroid use, and appearance-controlling behavior [10].

High impact information on Body Image

• RESULTS: Compared with healthy controls, subjects with a history of BN had significant lowering of mood, increases in ratings of body image concern, and subjective loss of control of eating following the tryptophan-free mixture [11].
• Whole body images of anesthetized mice taken at various time points after cell infusion revealed the early migration of allogeneic cells to peripheral lymphoid organs, with later infiltration of GVHD target organs [12].
• Body image and attitudes toward male roles in anabolic-androgenic steroid users [13].
• Whole body images of HO-1 transcription patterns did, however; reveal increases in HO-1 transcription in Tg mice after treatment with other Mps, heme and cadmium chloride (CdCl(2)) [14].
• Each subject took part in investigations of body image, using a distorting photograph technique, and interoception, using a satiety aversion to sucrose test [15].

Chemical compound and disease context of Body Image

• This report documents the importance of measuring plasma prednisolone concentrations to diagnose noncompliance, especially in adolescents who are overly concerned about their body image [16].
• The finding that m-CPP temporarily improved mood and reduced body image distortions supports the hypothesis that altered serotonin activity may contribute to the pathophysiology of AN [17].
• Data showed that the women in the exercise group improved significantly in body image (Physical Condition and Weight Concerns subscales) vs control group participants at post-treatment [18].
• This result is consistent with a mechanism for the development of a disturbance in body image proposed by Cooper and Taylor (British Journal of Psychiatry 153 [Suppl. 2] 20-22, 1988) [19].
• Indium-111 tropolonate labeled autologous platelets were used to determine mean platelet life and platelet production rate; total body images were also acquired [20].

Biological context of Body Image

• The psychosocial problems commonly reported in relation to parenteral nutrition are distress from loss of normal eating ability, depression, body image changes, fear of problems with apparatus, and decreased sexual activity [21].
• Analysis indicated that body image and adiposity were significantly (p<.01) related for the whole sample, for boys and girls and for White children, Black children, and Asian children [22].

Anatomical context of Body Image

• As expected, the treatment was not able to reduce the subjects' highly distorted perception of body image, due to the fact that GH treatment, despite a clear amelioration of lean/fat body mass ratio, did not change their body proportions.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)[23]

Gene context of Body Image

• Total body images were acquired in patients and normal volunteers 1 and 3 h after 99mTc BN acquisition [24].
• Psychiatric aspects of head and neck surgery. Part II: Body image and psychiatric intervention [25].
• One-way ANOVA was applied, with body image measures as the dependent variables, and time since surgery (group) as the independent variable [26].
• The women with Turner syndrome tended to exhibit more conservative sexual attitudes and a more negative body image [27].
• Body image of women with rheumatoid arthritis [28].

Analytical, diagnostic and therapeutic context of Body Image

• This cross-sectional survey study examined body image, dieting and exercise variables, and steroid use in 2,088 high-school graduates aged 18 years [29].
• Ketamine causes complete analgesia with superficial unconciousness and amnesia called "dissociative anasthesia". Futhermore low anaesthetic doses of ketamine induce alterations in mood, cognition and body image and the substance is an emerging drug of abuse [30].
• Looking at subjective body experience, as measured with a self-report questionnaire (Body Attitudes Test), body dissatisfaction appeared to be negatively correlated with the ideal body image but not with the estimation of actual body sizes [31].
• The Ste-Justine Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis Cohort Study. Part II: Perception of health, self and body image, and participation in physical activities [32].
• Following transplantation body image problems may occur, primarily arising from the introjection of the new organ and from the disfiguring side effects of steroid medication [33].

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