G Ikkos
Biographic Data
| ID | 1358834 |
|---|---|
| NAME | G Ikkos |
| GIVEN NAMES | G |
| FAMILY NAME | Ikkos |
| SIGNATURE | IKKOS G |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of London |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1496-1040 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1985 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The suicide of the Soviet Union, Brexit and Svetlana Alexievich’s ‘Secondhand time’
Spurred by Literature Nobel Laureate Svetlana Alexievich’s empathic reports in Secondhand time: The last of the Soviets—An Oral History (2016b), the authors reflect on the dynamics of suicide and self-harm at individual and communal and national levels. Themes explored in relation to two of Alexievich’s individual cases of suicide, the demise of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and the Soviet Union itself, as well as the result of the Brex…
Psychosomatics and Psychodynamics
The presentation of physical symptoms for medical evaluation and care in the presence of psychopathology constitutes the area of psychosomatic enquiry. The diverse psychiatric conditions with psychosomatic presentations are defined. Underlying psychobiological and psychodynamic mechanisms are discussed. This review of psychodynamics and psychotherapy is particularly focused on conditions where there is concurrent presentation of established organ…
Psychological disturbance and illness behaviour in a clinic for sexually transmitted diseases
Patients attending a sexually transmitted diseases (STD) clinic were asked to complete the General Health Questionnaire and the Illness Behaviour Questionnaire. Data were collected from 852 patients. One‐third of the sample were found to score positively on the GHQ, indicating possible psychological disturbance. Women were more likely than men to score positively on the GHQ. On the General Hypochondriasis scale of the IBQ the sample's scores were…
The assessment of patients' distress in Genito-Urinary Medicine Clinics
The Recognition of Psychological Disturbance in a Sexually Transmitted Diseases Clinic
This study examined the rate of psychological disturbance in a series of new patients attending a clinic for sexually transmitted diseases. Forty three per cent of patients were identified as probable psychiatric cases by the General Health Questionnaire. Medical staff in the clinic were asked to assess patients' level of psychological disturbance. Disagreement between GHQ and doctors' ratings occurred in 41% of patients. Some patient and doctor …
Psychological disturbance and illness behaviour in a clinic for sexually transmitted diseases
Patients attending a sexually transmitted diseases (STD) clinic were asked to complete the General Health Questionnaire and the Illness Behaviour Questionnaire. Data were collected from 852 patients. One‐third of the sample were found to score positively on the GHQ, indicating possible psychological disturbance. Women were more likely than men to score positively on the GHQ. On the General Hypochondriasis scale of the IBQ the sample's scores were…
The Recognition of Psychological Disturbance in a Sexually Transmitted Diseases Clinic
This study examined the rate of psychological disturbance in a series of new patients attending a clinic for sexually transmitted diseases. Forty three per cent of patients were identified as probable psychiatric cases by the General Health Questionnaire. Medical staff in the clinic were asked to assess patients' level of psychological disturbance. Disagreement between GHQ and doctors' ratings occurred in 41% of patients. Some patient and doctor …
Psychological disturbance and illness behaviour in a clinic for sexually transmitted diseases
Patients attending a sexually transmitted diseases (STD) clinic were asked to complete the General Health Questionnaire and the Illness Behaviour Questionnaire. Data were collected from 852 patients. One‐third of the sample were found to score positively on the GHQ, indicating possible psychological disturbance. Women were more likely than men to score positively on the GHQ. On the General Hypochondriasis scale of the IBQ the sample's scores were…
The assessment of patients' distress in Genito-Urinary Medicine Clinics
Psychosomatics and Psychodynamics
The presentation of physical symptoms for medical evaluation and care in the presence of psychopathology constitutes the area of psychosomatic enquiry. The diverse psychiatric conditions with psychosomatic presentations are defined. Underlying psychobiological and psychodynamic mechanisms are discussed. This review of psychodynamics and psychotherapy is particularly focused on conditions where there is concurrent presentation of established organ…
The suicide of the Soviet Union, Brexit and Svetlana Alexievich’s ‘Secondhand time’
Spurred by Literature Nobel Laureate Svetlana Alexievich’s empathic reports in Secondhand time: The last of the Soviets—An Oral History (2016b), the authors reflect on the dynamics of suicide and self-harm at individual and communal and national levels. Themes explored in relation to two of Alexievich’s individual cases of suicide, the demise of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and the Soviet Union itself, as well as the result of the Brex…
Psychology (5 works) · Clinical Psychology (4 works) · Psychiatry (4 works) · General Health Questionnaire (3 works) · Medicine (3 works) · Mental health (3 works) · Clinical Psychology (2 works) · Distress (2 works) · Mental Health and Psychiatry (2 works) · Mental Health Treatment and Access (2 works)