Stress / / Grant N. Marshall ... [et al.]

• Pubblicazione: Santa Monica, CA, : Rand, 1999
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (131 pages)
• Disciplina: 616.9/8023
• Soggetto topico: Persian Gulf syndrome; Stress (Psychology)
• Altri autori: MarshallGrant N. <1955->
• Note generali: "MR-1018-OSD."; "Prepared for the Office of the Secretary of Defense, National Defense Research Institute."
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: PREFACE -- FIGURES -- TABLES -- SUMMARY -- OVERVIEW -- THE PROBLEM -- HOW WE STUDIED THE PROBLEM -- STRESS IN WARTIME -- STRESS IN THE GENERAL SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE -- STRESS IN THE GULF WAR -- STRESS IN THE GULF WAR-SPECIFIC SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE -- CONCLUDING OBSERVATION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- GLOSSARY -- INTRODUCTION -- BACKGROUND -- RETURNING U.S. TROOPS REPORT HEALTH PROBLEMS -- PURPOSE OF THIS REPORT -- SOURCES OF EVIDENCE DRAWN UPON TO ACCOMPLISH OUR OBJECTIVE -- ORGANIZATION OF THE REPORT -- STRESS AND HEALTH: DEFINITIONS AND CONCEPTS -- ILLNESS AND DISEASE -- STRESS -- CONCEPTUAL MODELS LINKING STRESS TO POOR HEALTH -- A CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK FOR UNDERSTANDING WAR ZONE STRESSORS -- STRESS EXPOSURE IN THE PERSIAN GULF WAR -- OVERVIEW OF STRESSES EXPERIENCED BY VETERANS OF THE GULF WAR -- CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS WERE POSTULATED TO BE AT HIGH RISK FOR STRESS REACTIONS -- Combat Support and Combat Service Support Units -- Reservists and Reserve Units -- Persons or Units Not Assigned to a Parent Unit -- Persons Who Experienced High-Magnitude Stressors -- Others At Risk -- STRESS EXPOSURE AND PERCEIVED STRESS -- MENTAL HEALTH EVALUATIONS IN-THEATER -- SURVEYS CONDUCTED IN-THEATER -- SURVEYS CONDUCTED IN THE IMMEDIATE POST-GULF WAR PERIOD -- SURVEYS CONDUCTED SEVERAL YEARS FOLLOWING THE GULF WAR -- The Iowa Persian Gulf Study -- The Fort Devens Follow-Up Reunion Survey -- The WRAIR Study -- METHODOLOGICAL LIMITATIONS -- SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS -- NON-GULF WAR SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE LINKING STRESS TO HEALTH PROBLEMS -- STRESS AND PSYCHOLOGICAL HEALTH OUTCOMES -- What Kind of Stress-Related Health Problems Arise? -- When Do Health Problems Begin? -- How Long Do Psychological Problems Last? -- STRESS AND PHYSICAL HEALTH OUTCOMES -- Overview -- Stress, Ill Health, and Disease -- War-Zone Exposure, Ill Health, and Disease. ; COGNITIVE AND SOCIAL FACTORS IN THE PERCEPTION OF ILLNESS AND ILLNESS BEHAVIOR -- STRESS VULNERABILITY AND RESISTANCE -- SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS -- GULF WAR SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE LINKING STRESS TO HEALTH PROBLEMS -- OVERVIEW -- STUDY SELECTION CRITERIA -- HOW STRESS EXPOSURE WAS MEASURED -- HOW HEALTH OUTCOMES WERE MEASURED -- STRESS EXPOSURE AND MENTAL HEALTH OUTCOMES -- Gulf War Stress Exposure and PTSD -- GULF WAR-RELATED STRESS EXPOSURE AND OTHER MENTAL HEALTH OUTCOMES -- GULF WAR-RELATED STRESS EXPOSURE AND BODILY SYMPTOMS -- FINDINGS SPECIFIC TO VULNERABLE GROUPS -- LIMITATIONS OF THE EMPIRICAL LITERATURE EXAMINING THE STRESS- HEALTH LINK -- SUMMARY OF THE STRESS-HEALTH LINK -- FINDINGS AND CONCLUSIONS -- WHAT DOES THE GENERAL SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE SAY ABOUT THE NATURE OF STRESS? -- DOES EVIDENCE INDICATE THAT DEPLOYED TROOPS WERE EXPOSED TO STRESS IN THE GULF? -- DOES THE GENERAL SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE UNRELATED TO THE GULF WAR SUGGEST THAT STRESS CAN CONTRIBUTE TO POOR HEALTH? -- ARE THE PROBLEMS REPORTED BY CCEP AND VA REGISTRY PARTICIPANTS CONSISTENT WITH THE SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE LINKING STRESS TO HEALTH PROBLEMS? -- WHAT CAN BE CONCLUDED FROM THE SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE BEARING DIRECTLY ON THE LINK BETWEEN GULF WAR STRESS EXPOSURE AND SUBSEQUENT HEALTH PROBLEMS? -- CONCLUDING OBSERVATION -- EMPIRICAL RESEARCH CONCERNING STRESS AND BOTH PTSD AND OTHER (NON- PTSD) HEALTH PROBLEMS -- REFERENCES.
• Titolo autorizzato: Stress
• ISBN: 0-8330-4359-5; 0-585-30236-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910817688803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II