Sydnor B Penick
Biographic Data
| ID | 8871633 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sydnor B Penick |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sydnor B |
| FAMILY NAME | Penick |
| SIGNATURE | PENICK S B |
| AFFILIATIONS | Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1965 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1973 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Onset Conditions for Psychosomatic Symptoms
A systematic review of 53 studies of the onset conditions revealed: (1) No symptoms were reported which were without psychological antecedents, although the level of the relationship between psychological antecedent and symptom was usually only moderate or weak; (2) the psychological antecedents, in order of rank with highest first, were resentment, frustration, depression, anxiety, and helplessness; (3) the special uniqueness of the review is in…
Behavior Modification in the Treatment of Obesity
Current interest in behavior modification has extended to the treatment of obesity and the results of two recent applications of this technology have been encouraging. The present study compared behavior modification in groups with traditional group psychotherapy in a sample of 32 obese patients. Each of two groups treated with behavior modification lost more weight than a matched control group treated with traditional group therapy. Furthermore,…
Drug-Set Interaction
To determine whether physiologic responses to a drug could be changed by expectation, and what role placebo effect might play, 14 medical students were given either epinephrine or placebo. Measurements of subjective response and response of plasma free fatty acids, blood glucose, and heart rate were made. Stimulant expectation was engendered by suggestion of epinephrine-like effects, and sedative expectation by suggestion of barbiturate-like effe…
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Drug-Set Interaction
To determine whether physiologic responses to a drug could be changed by expectation, and what role placebo effect might play, 14 medical students were given either epinephrine or placebo. Measurements of subjective response and response of plasma free fatty acids, blood glucose, and heart rate were made. Stimulant expectation was engendered by suggestion of epinephrine-like effects, and sedative expectation by suggestion of barbiturate-like effe…
Behavior Modification in the Treatment of Obesity
Current interest in behavior modification has extended to the treatment of obesity and the results of two recent applications of this technology have been encouraging. The present study compared behavior modification in groups with traditional group psychotherapy in a sample of 32 obese patients. Each of two groups treated with behavior modification lost more weight than a matched control group treated with traditional group therapy. Furthermore,…
Onset Conditions for Psychosomatic Symptoms
A systematic review of 53 studies of the onset conditions revealed: (1) No symptoms were reported which were without psychological antecedents, although the level of the relationship between psychological antecedent and symptom was usually only moderate or weak; (2) the psychological antecedents, in order of rank with highest first, were resentment, frustration, depression, anxiety, and helplessness; (3) the special uniqueness of the review is in…
Psychology (3 works) · Clinical Psychology (2 works) · Internal Medicine (2 works) · Internal Medicine (2 works) · Medicine (2 works) · Psychiatry (2 works) · Psychotherapist (2 works) · Anesthesia (1 work) · Antecedent (behavioral psychology) (1 work) · Anxiety (1 work)