Volume 40 Number 1 January 1996 CONTENTS OF THIS ISSUE Forty Years of the Journal 1 Forty Years On R. Mayou and C. Shapiro 3 Psychosomatic Research (Editorial reprinted from Vol. 1 No. 1) D. Leigh and colleagues 5 Contents of Journal’s Ist Volume in 1956 Editorials 7 Somatization—beyond symptom count P. Fink 11 The “railway spine” diagnosis and Victorian response to PTSD R. Harrington Original Articles 15 Screening for eating disorders in diabetes mellitus D Conwal andJ M, So Dimensions of hostility and myocardial infarction in adult males C. M. G. Meesters, P. Muris and I. P. G. Backus General and illness-specific adjustment to cancer: relationship to marital status and marital quality J. R. Rodrigue and T. L. Park Spouse-pair risk factors and cardiovascular reactivity C. J. Frankish and W. Linden Is aspirin, as used for antithrombosis, an emotion-modulating agent? M. W. Ketterer, J. Brymer, K. Rhoads, P. Kraft and W. R. Lovallo Depressive symptoms in overweight and obese older adults: a test of the “jolly fat” hypothesis L. A. Palinkas, D. L. Wingard and E. Barrett-Connor MMPI profiles of patients with chronic fatigue syndrome K. B. Schmaling and J. F. Jones Baseline correlates of the response to the treatment of chronic localized myofascial pain syndrome by injection of local anaesthetic J. Scicchitano, B. Rounsefell and I. Pilowsky The Patient Requests Form: a way of measuring what patients want from their general practitioner R. Valori, M. Woloshynowych, N. Bellenger, V. Aluvihare and Peter Salmon A validation study of the Whitely Index, the Illness Attitude Scales, and the Somatosensory Amplification Scale in general medical and general practice patients A. E. M. Speckens, P. Spinhoven, P. P. A. Sloekers, J. H. Bolk and A. M. van Hemert Book Reviews Calendar Volume 40 Number 2 February 1996 CONTENTS OF THIS ISSUE Editorials 117. Beyond the biopsychosocial model: psychological characterization of medical illness G. A. Fava 121 International cooperation to improve the psychiatric care of the general hospital patient: the ECLW collaborative study G. Fulop Review 123 The acute effects of exercise on mood state R. R. Yeung Original Articles 143. The ECLW collaborative study II: Patient Registration Form (PRF) instrument, training and reliability A. Lobo, F. J. Huyse, T. Herzog, U. F. Malt, B. C. Opmeer and ECLW Interpersonal conflict as a predictor of work disability: a follow-up study of 15,348 Finnish employees K. Appelberg, K. Romanov, K. Heikkila, M.-L. Honkasalo and M. Koskenvuo Recent interpersonal conflict at work and psychiatric morbidity: a prospective study of 15,530 employees aged 24-64 K. Romanov, K. Appelberg, M.-L. Honkasalo, M. Koskenvuo Self-reported stressors, symptom complaints and psychobiological functioning I: cardiovascular stress reactivity A. J. J. M. Vingerhoets, J. Ratliff-Crain, L. Jabaaij, L. J. Menges and A. Baum Self-reported stressors, symptom complaints and psychobiological functioning II: Psychoneuroendocrine variables A. J. J. M. Vingerhoets, J. Ratliff-Crain, L. Jabaaij, F. J. H. Tilders, P.M oleman and L. J. Menges Mood, learned resourcefulness and perceptions of control in type 1 diabetes mellitus R. White, P. Tata and T. Burns Book Reviews Calendar Volume 40 Number 3 March 1996 CONTENTS OF THIS ISSUE Editorials Women’s health and psychosomatic medicine D. E. Stewart Sleep in Women H. S. Driver Eating disorders associated with hyperemesis gravidarum R. Lingam and S. McCluskey Review 235 Miscarriage as a traumatic event: a review of the literature and new implications for intervention C. Lee and P. Slade Original Articles 245 Similarities and differences in couples’ grief reactions following a miscarriage: results from a longitudinal study M. Beutel, H. Willner, R. Deckardt, M. Von Rad and H. Weiner 23 Are coping strategies related to disease outcome in early breast cancer? C. Buddeberg, M. Sieber, C. Wolf, C. Landolt-Ritter, D. Richter and R. Steiner 265 Coping strategies and psychiatric morbidity in women attending breast assessment clinics C. C. Chen, A. David, K. Thompson, C. Smith, S. Lea and T. Fahy 271 Are multiple roles a risk factor for myocardial infarction in women? D. H. Collijn, A. Appels and F. Nijhuis An evaluation of the efficacy of supervised cognitive behavioral self-help for bulimia nervosa P. J. Cooper, S. Coker and C. Fleming The hormonal response to intravenous 5-hydroxytryptophan in bulimia nervosa D. S. Goldbloom, P. E. Garfinkel, R. Katz and G. M. Brown Sexual behavior in pregnancy among Hong Kong Chinese women C. J. Haines, Y. O. Shan, C. L. Kuen, D. H. Y. Leung, T. K. H. Chung and R. Chin Psychosocial factors and chronic pelvic pain: a comparison of women with endometriosis and with unexplained pain R. Peveler, J. Edwards, J. Daddow and E. Thomas Emotions and cognitions associated with bingeing and weight control behavior in bulimia A. L. Powell and M. H. Thelen The relationship of childhood physical and sexual abuse to adult illness behavior P. Salmon and S. Calderbank Book Reviews Announcement Volume 40 Number 4 April 1996 CONTENTS OF THIS ISSUE Editorials 345 From conversion hysteria to somatisation to abnormal illness behaviour? I. Pilowsky 351 Psychosocial factors and physical illness in primary care: promoting the biopsychosocial model in medical practice C. Zimmermann and M. Tansella Original Articles 359 Cynical hostility, anger, and resting blood pressure J. Spicer and K. Chamberlain 369 Modification of smoking habits five months after myocardial infarction: relationship with personality characteristics I. P. A. M. Huijbrechts, H. J. Duivenvoorden, J. W. Deckers, I. C. M. Leenders, G. A. M. Pop, J. Passchier and R. A. M. Erdman Cardiac depression scale: validation of a new depression scale for cardiac patients D. L. Hare and C. R. Davis A controlled study of facial mobility treatment in Parkinson’s disease M. Katsikitis and I. Pilowsky The relationship between severity of coronary artery disease and vital exhaustion W. J. Kop, A. P. W. M. Appels, C. F. Mendes de Leon and F. W. Bar Factors associated with depression in a heterogeneous HIV-infected sample J. B. McClure, S. L. Catz, J. Prejean, P. J. Brantley and G. N. Jones Psychologic characteristics associated with acute stressor-induced leukocyte subset redistribution P. J. Mills, J. E. Dimsdale, R. A. Nelesen and E. Dillon The psychological impact on staff of caring for people with serious diseases: the case of HIV infection and oncology J. Catalan, A. Burgess, A. Pergami, N. Hulme, B. Gazzard and R. Phillips Book Reviews Corrigendum Calendar Announcement Volume 40 Number 5 May 1996 CONTENTS OF THIS ISSUE Editorials 451 Pain in the family P. Bebbington and I. Delemos 457 “Psychosomatic medicine” not “psychosomatic disorders” B. Lask Review 461 Whiplash neck injury R. Mayou and B. P. Radanov Original Articles 475 The relationship of type A behavior and its components to all-cause mortality in an elderly subgroup of men from the Western Collaborative Group Study D. Carmelli and G. E. Swan 485 Self-efficacy as a component of active coping: effects on cardiovascular reactivity W. Gerin, M. D. Litt, J. Deich and T. G. Pickering 495 Predicting vasovagal reactions in volunteer blood donors M. A. Meade, C. R. France and L. M. Peterson 503 Relationship between the use of unconventional therapies and disease-related concerns: a study of patients with inflammatory bowel disease G. Moser, W. Tillinger, G. Sachs, T. Maier-Dobersberger, J. Wyatt, H. Vogelsang, H. Lochs and A. Gangl Assessment of the multiple dimensions of nausea: the Nausea Profile (NP) E. R. Muth, R. M. Stern, J. F. Thayer and K. L. Koch Psychological status among elderly people with chronic diseases: does type of disease play a part? B. W. J. H. Penninx, A. T. F. Beekman, J. Ormel, D. M. W. Kriegsman, A. J. P. Boeke, J. Th. M. van Eijk and D. J. H. Deeg A structure of self-conceptions and illness conceptions in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) L.-O. Persson, K. Berglund and D. Sahlberg Book Reviews Calendar Announcement Volume 40 Number 6 June 1996 CONTENTS OF THIS ISSUE Editorials 563 The postconcussional syndrome: a rose by any other name R. J. McClelland 569 Experimental stress and cardiac function C. Tennant Review 585 Hypertension and objective and self-reported stressor exposure: a review I. Nykligéek, A. J. J. M. Vinberhoets and G. L. van Heck Original Articles 603 Life events and difficulties in relation to the onset of globus pharyngis M. B. Harris, I. J. Deary and J. A. Wilson 617 The factor structure of coping strategies in hemophilia N. Santavirta, H. Bjorvell, E. Koivumaki, K. Hurskainen, S. Solovieva and Y. T. Konttinen 625 Empirical psychological modeling of chest pain: a comparative study A. W. Serlie, H. J. Duivenvoorden, J. Passchier, F. J. Ten Cate, J. W. Deckers and R. A. M. Erdman The effect of moderate exercise on mood in mildly hypertensive volunteers: a randomized controlled trial J. M. Stanton and B. Arroll Factors related to dissociation among patients with gastrointestinal complaints C. C. Engel, Jr., E. A. Walker and W. J. Katon Letter to the Editor Book Reviews Calendar