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Clinical Psychology: The State of the Art

A special issue of Healthcare (ISSN 2227-9032).

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 August 2024 | Viewed by 4287

Special Issue Editor

Dr. Emanuele M. Merlo

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Department of Biomedical and Dental Sciences and Morphofunctional Imaging, University of Messina, 98125 Messina, Italy
Interests: clinical psychology; psychopathology; chronic conditions; assessment; outcomes

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

The current Special Issue aims to detail some of the current advances in scientific knowledge in the field of clinical psychology, by evaluating and publishing high-quality research papers. This Special Issue will detail the state of the art and elucidate the areas within clinical psychology that are receiving increasing attention, with reference to the clinical implications of such advances. Specifically, this Special Issue will discuss the psychopathological, dynamic, affective, cognitive and behavioural mechanisms contributing to mental health difficulties, together with assessment issues and the implications of such theories on clinical interventions. We aim to publish papers written by remarkable authors with research interests in line with current trends and future perspectives in the field. Accordingly, this Special Issue will attract representative, innovative and both theoretically and clinically relevant contributions, discussing evidence from both qualitative and quantitative studies in clinical psychology.

Dr. Emanuele M. Merlo
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • clinical psychology
  • psychopathology
  • chronic conditions
  • clinical outcomes
  • quality of life
  • assessment
  • personality
  • psychosis
  • psychological mechanisms

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Personality and Pain Outcomes in Rheumatic Disease: The Mediating Role of Psychological Flexibility
by Cristiana-Manuela Cojocaru, Cosmin Octavian Popa, Alina Schenk, Ștefan Marian, Horia Marchean, Bogdan Andrei Suciu, Simona Szasz, Horațiu Popoviciu and Simona Mureșan
Healthcare 2024, 12(11), 1087; https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare12111087 (registering DOI) - 25 May 2024
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Background: Chronic pain is associated with increased disability and vulnerability to emotional disorders. Personality and psychological flexibility (PF) describe interindividual differences that shape the adjustment to chronic pain. Specifically, PF was found to be associated with pain, fatigue, anxiety, and depression intensity. Although [...] Read more.
Background: Chronic pain is associated with increased disability and vulnerability to emotional disorders. Personality and psychological flexibility (PF) describe interindividual differences that shape the adjustment to chronic pain. Specifically, PF was found to be associated with pain, fatigue, anxiety, and depression intensity. Although previous studies established strong correlations between personality and pain outcomes, evidence on the nature of this relationship is scarce. Therefore, the objective of this study is to explore the mediating effect of PF on the relationship between personality and distress. Methods: This transversal study included 108 participants (age M = 56.7, SD = 11.3) diagnosed with musculoskeletal chronic pain. Self-reported measures were administered by the medical care team. Multiple mediation models were performed for estimating the indirect effects on each outcome variable. Results: After controlling for age and gender covariates, we found that PF completely mediated the relationship between personality traits and all pain outcomes and partially mediated the impact of extraversion on anxiety. In addition, emotional stability also had an indirect effect on anxiety through PF. Conclusions: Personality traits and PF are significant predictors of pain outcomes. PF represents a core process mediating the impact of personality traits on the perceived intensity of pain, fatigue, anxiety, and depression in patients with rheumatic disease. These results could facilitate the application of individualized psychological interventions in clinical contexts targeting the reduction of emotional avoidance and in chronic pain patients. Full article
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Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus, Psychopathology, Uncertainty and Alexithymia: A Clinical and Differential Exploratory Study
by Emanuele Maria Merlo, Rita Tutino, Liam Alexander MacKenzie Myles, Angela Alibrandi, Maria Carmela Lia and Domenico Minasi
Healthcare 2024, 12(2), 257; https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare12020257 - 19 Jan 2024
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Type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) represents a complex pathology affecting a large number of people. Research suggests that psychological factors influence coping with T1DM. This study aimed to investigate the presence and role of psychopathology, alexithymia and uncertainty in people affected by T1DM. [...] Read more.
Type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) represents a complex pathology affecting a large number of people. Research suggests that psychological factors influence coping with T1DM. This study aimed to investigate the presence and role of psychopathology, alexithymia and uncertainty in people affected by T1DM. The sample consisted of 137 patients (88 females, 49 males) affected by T1DM aged from 11 to 19 years old (Mean: 13.87; SD: 2.40). The diagnostic protocol consisted of a sociodemographic questionnaire, Self-administration Psychiatric Scales for Children and Adolescents (SAFA), Toronto Alexithymia Scale-20 (TAS-20) and Intolerance to Uncertainty Scale-12 (IUS-12). Descriptive, differential, correlational and regression analyses were performed in order to examine the relationships between these variables. The results suggested the sample had high levels of psychopathological indexes, alexithymia and intolerance of uncertainty. Also, there were significant differences between TAS-20 and IUS-12 distributions with respect to psychopathology. Correlations and multivariate linear regressions indicated age, gender and education significantly predicted alexithymia and intolerance of uncertainty. This data suggest the presence of elevated psychopathology, alexithymia and uncertainty in people with diabetes. Full article
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How Does Trauma Make You Sick? The Role of Attachment in Explaining Somatic Symptoms of Survivors of Childhood Trauma
by Paul Samuel Greenman, Alessia Renzi, Silvia Monaco, Francesca Luciani and Michela Di Trani
Healthcare 2024, 12(2), 203; https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare12020203 - 15 Jan 2024
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Exposure to traumatic events during childhood is common, and the consequences for physical and mental health can be severe. Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) such as physical abuse, sexual abuse, emotional abuse, and neglect appear to contribute to the onset and severity of a [...] Read more.
Exposure to traumatic events during childhood is common, and the consequences for physical and mental health can be severe. Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) such as physical abuse, sexual abuse, emotional abuse, and neglect appear to contribute to the onset and severity of a variety of somatic inflictions, including obesity, diabetes, cancer, and heart disease. The aim of this scoping review was to try to gain insight into how this might occur. Given the evidence of indirect (i.e., through unhealthy behaviours such as excessive drinking or poor eating habits) and direct (i.e., through its impact on the endocrine, immune, and cardiovascular systems as well as on the brain) effects of attachment on health, we examined the possibility that insecure attachment might contribute to the development of somatic symptoms in adult survivors of childhood trauma. Eleven studies met our inclusion criteria. Findings from this review suggest that insecure and disorganized attachment orientations are related to DNA damage, metabolic syndrome and obesity, physical pain, functional neurological disorder, and somatization in adults exposed to childhood trauma. We discuss the implications of this for the conceptualization and treatment of trauma and stress disorders. Full article
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