Stress, Psychological - Complications
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Cancer incidence in Israeli Jewish survivors of World War II.

24 Oct 2009 BACKGROUND: Israeli Jews of European origin have high incidence rates of all cancers, and many of them were exposed to severe famine and stress during World War II. We assessed cancer incidence in Israeli Jewish survivors of World War II. METHODS: ... Read more...

Screening for emotional distress in cancer patients: a systematic review of assessment instruments.

11 Oct 2009 Screening for emotional distress is becoming increasingly common in cancer care. This systematic review examines the psychometric properties of the existing tools used to screen patients for emotional distress, with the goal of encouraging screening ... Read more...

Relative adrenal insufficiency.

29 Sep 2009 PURPOSE OF REVIEW: This article will review the clinical presentation, diagnosis, and treatment of acute adrenal insufficiency and explore the concept of 'relative adrenal insufficiency' in the critically ill. RECENT FINDINGS: Current dogma suggests ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Stress, Psychological - Complications'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Cancer incidence in Israeli Jewish survivors of World War II. 24 Oct 2009
• Cancer risk from extreme stressors: lessons from European Jewish survivors of World War II. 24 Oct 2009
• Screening for emotional distress in cancer patients: a systematic review of assessment instruments. 11 Oct 2009
• Could insulin sensitization be used as an alternative to intensive insulin therapy to improve the survival of intensive care unit patients with stress-induced hyperglycemia? 29 Sep 2009
• Stressing over obesity. 29 Sep 2009
• Relative adrenal insufficiency. 29 Sep 2009
• Stress and obesity: the role of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis in metabolic disease. 29 Sep 2009
• Post-traumatic stress disorder: Obama, Palin and Marie-Antoinette. 29 Sep 2009
• Self-perceived psychological stress and ischemic stroke: a case-control study. 29 Sep 2009
• Association of resident fatigue and distress with perceived medical errors. 21 Sep 2009
• Associations between psychological distress, learning, and memory in spouse caregivers of older adults. 15 Sep 2009
• Stress induced hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal axis responses and disturbances in psychological profiles in men with chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome. 14 Sep 2009
• [Stress-induced Takotsubo cardiomyopathy] 12 Sep 2009
• [Diagnosis and therapy of depression in family practice] 4 Sep 2009
• [Depression in men: stress, risk factors and symptoms] Sep 2009
• The effect of acute psychological stress on QT dispersion in patients with coronary artery disease. 30 Aug 2009
• Psychosocial factors and the pain experience of osteoarthritis patients: new findings and new directions. 30 Aug 2009
• The Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire in the Bergen Child Study: a conceptually and methodically motivated structural analysis. 30 Aug 2009
• Stress-induced laboratory eating behavior in obese women with binge eating disorder. 30 Aug 2009
• Social stress, visceral obesity, and coronary artery atherosclerosis: product of a primate adaptation. 30 Aug 2009

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Technical information about 'Stress, Psychological'

Definition: Stress wherein emotional factors predominate.

Descriptor UI: D013315

Alternative terms: Stress, Psychological; Psychological Stresses; Stresses, Psychological; Life Stress; Life Stresses; Stress, Life; Stresses, Life; Stress, Psychologic; Psychologic Stress; Psychological Stress; Mental Suffering; Suffering, Mental; Suffering; Anguish; Emotional Stress; Stress, Emotional;

Related Mesh Headings: Crowding; Life Change Events;

Allowable Qualifiers: blood; cerebrospinal fluid; chemically induced; classification; complications; diagnosis; diet therapy; drug therapy; economics; enzymology; ethnology; etiology; genetics; history; immunology; metabolism; microbiology; mortality; nursing; epidemiology; parasitology; pathology; physiopathology; prevention & control; psychology; radiography; radionuclide imaging; rehabilitation; surgery; therapy; urine; ultrasonography; virology;

Tree Number: F01.145.126.990; F02.830.900;

Online Note: use STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL to search STRESS, PSYCHOLOGIC 1969-72

History Note: 73; was STRESS, PSYCHOLOGIC 1969-72

Technical Notes: human & animal; coord IM with type of stress if relevant (IM or NIM); "stressful events" is indexed under LIFE CHANGE EVENTS (restrict to humans) but note LIFE STRESS goes here; stress ulcer: index under PEPTIC ULCER or specific (IM) + STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL or STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL (IM or NIM); DF: STRESS PSYCHOL