Harvey Moldofsky
Biographic Data
| ID | 7591613 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Harvey Moldofsky |
| GIVEN NAMES | Harvey |
| FAMILY NAME | Moldofsky |
| SIGNATURE | MOLDOFSKY H |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Toronto |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5234-8864 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 13 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1970 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Insecure attachment is associated with the α-EEG anomaly during sleep
BACKGROUND: The alpha-EEG anomaly during sleep, originally associated with chronic pain, is noted in several psychiatric and medical conditions and is also present in some normal subjects. The exact significance of the alpha-EEG anomaly is uncertain, but it has been suggested to be a nonspecific response to a variety of noxious stimuli. We propose that attachment insecurity, which is often associated with a state of hypervigilance during wakefuln…
The probability of recovery and return to work from work disability as a function of time
Sleep and posttraumatic rheumatic pain modulation disorder (fibrositis syndrome)
The clinical features and sleep physiology of 11 female patients with "fibrositis syndrome" or rheumatic pain modulation disorder (RPMD) were compared with 11 female postaccident pain (PAP) patients who complained of widespread musculoskeletal pain, fatigue, and nonrestorative sleep following a nonphysically injurious motor vehicle or work-related accident. Both groups had similar musculoskeletal pain, fatigue, sleepiness and an alpha (7.5-11 Hz)…
The relationship of interleukin-1 and immune functions to sleep in humans
Serial sampling of peripheral blood from six healthy adult male volunteers was performed during daytime waking and nighttime sleeping. In addition, sleep physiology was assessed in all subjects (Ss) and sleep stages scored blind by standard criteria. Samples of plasma were analyzed for cortisol (Co) levels, functional interleukin-1 (IL-1), and interleukin-2 (IL-2) activity. Peripheral blood monocytes (PBM) were assayed to evaluate natural killer …
Sleep-Related Myoclonus in Rheumatic Pain Modulation Disorder (Fibrositis Syndrome) and in Excessive Daytime Somnolence
We describe a new syndrome, Rheumatic Pain Modulation Disorder (RPMD) ("fibrositis syndrome") with sleep-related myoclonus (involuntary periodic leg movements). Measures of sleepiness, fatigue and pain, before and after sleep, and aspects of sleep of nine subjects (Ss) with RPMD and sleep-related myoclonus were compared to nine subjects with excessive daytime somnolence and sleep-related myoclonus. In eight of the RPMD with sleep-related myoclonu…
Brain, Behavior, and Bodily Diseases—Association for Research in Nervous and Mental Disease, Research Publications, Volume 59
Hypothalamic Function as Related to Body Weight and Body Fat in Anorexia Nervosa
Percentage body fat is predictive of the onset of menstruation at puberty. In anorexia nervosa a relationship between luteinizing hormone (LH) levels and percentage weight loss has been reported. In the current study the relationship of percentage body fat and of percentage weight loss to LH and LH reactivity was examined in anorexia nervosa. Fifteen women with anorexia nervosa were studied. The resting levels of LH were measured, and in seven of…
Growth Hormone and Cortisol Responses, Tranquillizer Usage, and Their Association with Survival From Myocardial Infarction
Sixty-six patients consecutively admitted to a Coronary Care Unit with a diagnosis of myocardial infarction were evaluated physically, psychologically, and neuroendocrinologically. Records were also kept of appetite and drug intake. Serum cortisol and growth hormone, physical, and mood variables were evaluated daily and the neuroendocrine measures were also taken serially at the time of removal from the cardiac monitor. At the end of the 2 years …
Body Awareness in Anorexia Nervosa
Patients with anorexia nervosa have been shown previously to display distortions in body image perception. Bruch has postulated that these disturbances as well as disturbances in interoception are meaningfully related to the development of the syndrome. We hypothesized that disturbances in body image, as measured by a distorting photograph technique, and interoception, as measured by a satiety-aversion to sucrose test, should be demonstrable in a…
Induction of Neurasthenic Musculoskeletal Pain Syndrome by Selective Sleep Stage Deprivation
Two groups of young, healthy, nonathletic volunteers were subjected to selective sleep stage deprivation. Six subjects were deprived of stage 4 sleep and seven subjects of REM sleep. The stage 4 deprived group reported more musculoskeletal symptoms during the deprivation condition than did the REM deprived group. The stage 4 deprived group also showed a significant increase in muscle tenderness between the baseline and deprivation conditions and …
Body Image Disturbances in Anorexia Nervosa and Obesity
Measures were made of body image and personality features in patients with anorexia nervosa and obesity. It was hypothesized that obese and anorexic patients would display similar body image disturbances characterized by relative overestimation of body size in comparison with control subjects. Body image was measured by both a distorting photograph technique (a general measure) and a visual size estimation apparatus (for specific body regions). P…
Musculosketal Symptoms and Non-REM Sleep Disturbance in Patients with “Fibrositis Syndrome” and Healthy Subjects
In sleep studies of (a) patients with the "fibrositis syndrome" and (b) healthy subjects undergoing stage 4 sleep deprivation, we observed in both groups the anomalous presence of alpha-rhythms in the non-rapid-eye-movement (NREM) sleep EEG. This phenomenon has been termed alpha-delta sleep. In the healthy subjects stage 4 deprivation was accompanied by the temporary appearance of muscoloskeletal and mood symptoms comparable to the symptoms seen …
Pain and Mood Patterns in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Sixteen randomly selected patients, fulfilling the American Rheumatism Association criteria for definite or classic rheumatoid arthritis, were involved in a longitudinal psychosomatic study during their stay on a rheumatic diseases unit. After initial rheumatologic and psychiatric evaluation, twice daily mood and pain ratings were conducted by a single observer employing a mood adjective check list and a dolorimeter for measuring all upper limb p…
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Pain and Mood Patterns in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Sixteen randomly selected patients, fulfilling the American Rheumatism Association criteria for definite or classic rheumatoid arthritis, were involved in a longitudinal psychosomatic study during their stay on a rheumatic diseases unit. After initial rheumatologic and psychiatric evaluation, twice daily mood and pain ratings were conducted by a single observer employing a mood adjective check list and a dolorimeter for measuring all upper limb p…
Musculosketal Symptoms and Non-REM Sleep Disturbance in Patients with “Fibrositis Syndrome” and Healthy Subjects
In sleep studies of (a) patients with the "fibrositis syndrome" and (b) healthy subjects undergoing stage 4 sleep deprivation, we observed in both groups the anomalous presence of alpha-rhythms in the non-rapid-eye-movement (NREM) sleep EEG. This phenomenon has been termed alpha-delta sleep. In the healthy subjects stage 4 deprivation was accompanied by the temporary appearance of muscoloskeletal and mood symptoms comparable to the symptoms seen …
Induction of Neurasthenic Musculoskeletal Pain Syndrome by Selective Sleep Stage Deprivation
Two groups of young, healthy, nonathletic volunteers were subjected to selective sleep stage deprivation. Six subjects were deprived of stage 4 sleep and seven subjects of REM sleep. The stage 4 deprived group reported more musculoskeletal symptoms during the deprivation condition than did the REM deprived group. The stage 4 deprived group also showed a significant increase in muscle tenderness between the baseline and deprivation conditions and …
Body Image Disturbances in Anorexia Nervosa and Obesity
Measures were made of body image and personality features in patients with anorexia nervosa and obesity. It was hypothesized that obese and anorexic patients would display similar body image disturbances characterized by relative overestimation of body size in comparison with control subjects. Body image was measured by both a distorting photograph technique (a general measure) and a visual size estimation apparatus (for specific body regions). P…
Hypothalamic Function as Related to Body Weight and Body Fat in Anorexia Nervosa
Percentage body fat is predictive of the onset of menstruation at puberty. In anorexia nervosa a relationship between luteinizing hormone (LH) levels and percentage weight loss has been reported. In the current study the relationship of percentage body fat and of percentage weight loss to LH and LH reactivity was examined in anorexia nervosa. Fifteen women with anorexia nervosa were studied. The resting levels of LH were measured, and in seven of…
Growth Hormone and Cortisol Responses, Tranquillizer Usage, and Their Association with Survival From Myocardial Infarction
Sixty-six patients consecutively admitted to a Coronary Care Unit with a diagnosis of myocardial infarction were evaluated physically, psychologically, and neuroendocrinologically. Records were also kept of appetite and drug intake. Serum cortisol and growth hormone, physical, and mood variables were evaluated daily and the neuroendocrine measures were also taken serially at the time of removal from the cardiac monitor. At the end of the 2 years …
Body Awareness in Anorexia Nervosa
Patients with anorexia nervosa have been shown previously to display distortions in body image perception. Bruch has postulated that these disturbances as well as disturbances in interoception are meaningfully related to the development of the syndrome. We hypothesized that disturbances in body image, as measured by a distorting photograph technique, and interoception, as measured by a satiety-aversion to sucrose test, should be demonstrable in a…
Brain, Behavior, and Bodily Diseases—Association for Research in Nervous and Mental Disease, Research Publications, Volume 59
Sleep-Related Myoclonus in Rheumatic Pain Modulation Disorder (Fibrositis Syndrome) and in Excessive Daytime Somnolence
We describe a new syndrome, Rheumatic Pain Modulation Disorder (RPMD) ("fibrositis syndrome") with sleep-related myoclonus (involuntary periodic leg movements). Measures of sleepiness, fatigue and pain, before and after sleep, and aspects of sleep of nine subjects (Ss) with RPMD and sleep-related myoclonus were compared to nine subjects with excessive daytime somnolence and sleep-related myoclonus. In eight of the RPMD with sleep-related myoclonu…
Sleep and posttraumatic rheumatic pain modulation disorder (fibrositis syndrome)
The clinical features and sleep physiology of 11 female patients with "fibrositis syndrome" or rheumatic pain modulation disorder (RPMD) were compared with 11 female postaccident pain (PAP) patients who complained of widespread musculoskeletal pain, fatigue, and nonrestorative sleep following a nonphysically injurious motor vehicle or work-related accident. Both groups had similar musculoskeletal pain, fatigue, sleepiness and an alpha (7.5-11 Hz)…
The relationship of interleukin-1 and immune functions to sleep in humans
Serial sampling of peripheral blood from six healthy adult male volunteers was performed during daytime waking and nighttime sleeping. In addition, sleep physiology was assessed in all subjects (Ss) and sleep stages scored blind by standard criteria. Samples of plasma were analyzed for cortisol (Co) levels, functional interleukin-1 (IL-1), and interleukin-2 (IL-2) activity. Peripheral blood monocytes (PBM) were assayed to evaluate natural killer …
The probability of recovery and return to work from work disability as a function of time
Insecure attachment is associated with the α-EEG anomaly during sleep
BACKGROUND: The alpha-EEG anomaly during sleep, originally associated with chronic pain, is noted in several psychiatric and medical conditions and is also present in some normal subjects. The exact significance of the alpha-EEG anomaly is uncertain, but it has been suggested to be a nonspecific response to a variety of noxious stimuli. We propose that attachment insecurity, which is often associated with a state of hypervigilance during wakefuln…
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