Does Stress Cause Psychiatric Illness?

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Carolyn M. Mazure
American Psychiatric Pub, 1995 - Medical - 281 pages

Stress continues to play a factor in both the development and exacerbation of psychiatric illnesses. Does Stress Cause Psychiatric Illness? explores this issue by bringing together 20 distinguished contributors, all experts in various psychiatric syndromes.

Scientific yet readable, Does Stress Cause Psychiatric Illness? is a useful guide to clinicians, clinical researchers, and medical students. Each chapter provides new empirical data that relate stress to psychiatric illness and addresses this relationship using up-to-date models. These models: ? differentiate types of stress

? account for differential responses to stress

? account for the interaction of stressors and psychiatric disorders

? address the neurobiology of stress

? provide information on illness prevention strategies

 

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Contents

A Historical Perspective on Stress and Psychiatric Illness
1
Life Events and Other Possible Psychosocial Risk Factors for Episodes of Schizophrenia and Major Depression A CaseControl Study
43
Stress Dopamine and Schizophrenia Evidence for a StressDiathesis Model
67
Stress and the Course of Unipolar and Bipolar Disorders
87
The Relationship of Stress to Panic Disorder Cause or Effect?
111
Etiological Factors in the Development of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
149
Stress of Bereavement and Consequent Psychiatric Illness
187
Preventive Interventions in the Workplace to Reduce Negative Psychiatric Consequences of Work and Family Stress
221
Index
271
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About the author (1995)

Carolyn M. Mazure, Ph.D., is Associate Professor for the Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut.

Bibliographic information

TitleDoes Stress Cause Psychiatric Illness?
Volume 46 of Progress in psychiatry series
EditorCarolyn M. Mazure
PublisherAmerican Psychiatric Pub, 1995
ISBN0880484829, 9780880484824
Length281 pages
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