Stress, Psychological - Economics
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Relationships between serious psychological distress and the use of health services in the United States: findings from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System.

30 May 2009 OBJECTIVE: To determine rates of access to and use of health services among adults with Serious Psychological Distress (SPD).METHODS: Adults > or = 18 years in the 2007 BRFSS were stratified based on the presence of SPD, assessed by scores > or = 13 ... Read more...

Smoking, drinking and body weight after re-employment: does unemployment experience and compensation make a difference?

4 Mar 2009 BACKGROUND: The impact of unemployment on behaviours such as smoking, drinking and body weight has been extensively researched. However, little is known about the possible protective effects of social assistance programs on these behavioural ... Read more...

Multiple roles, multiple lives: the protective effects of role responsibilities on the health functioning of African American mothers.

27 Feb 2009 Using data from 747 rural African American mothers, this study incorporated role accumulation theory to test direct and indirect effects of stressors, coping behaviors, and role responsibilities on health functioning. Results indicated that demands ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Stress, Psychological - Economics'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Recession stresses mental health system. 2 Aug 2009
• Coping strategies help women facing economic stress. 29 Jun 2009
• Relationships between serious psychological distress and the use of health services in the United States: findings from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System. 30 May 2009
• Smoking, drinking and body weight after re-employment: does unemployment experience and compensation make a difference? 4 Mar 2009
• Multiple roles, multiple lives: the protective effects of role responsibilities on the health functioning of African American mothers. 27 Feb 2009
• The price of pain and the value of suffering. 21 Feb 2009
• Hidden burdens of orthopedic injury care: the lost providers. 30 Jan 2009
• Job strain and older workers: Can a reduction in job strain help to eliminate the social security drain? 30 Dec 2008
• Small individual loans and mental health: a randomized controlled trial among South African adults. 14 Dec 2008
• Gambling problems in the family--a stratified probability sample study of prevalence and reported consequences. 14 Dec 2008
• Salivary cortisol levels in Brazilian citizens of distinct socioeconomic and cultural levels. 29 Nov 2008
• The clinical content of preconception care: care of psychosocial stressors. 29 Nov 2008
• Workplace status and risk of hypertension among hourly and salaried aluminum manufacturing employees. 19 Nov 2008
• Resources, stressors and psychological distress among older adults in Chennai, India. 17 Nov 2008
• More on the Vermont Supreme Court case. 30 Aug 2008
• Food security, maternal stressors, and overweight among low-income US children: results from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (1999-2002). 30 Aug 2008
• [Impact of the doctor-patient-communication on distress and utilization of psychosocial services among cancer patients. A review of the current literature] 27 Jul 2008
• Financial strain predicts recurrent events among women with coronary artery disease. 9 Jul 2008
• Association between financial strain, social network and five-year recovery from first episode psychosis. 3 Jul 2008
• Credit card debt, stress and key health risk behaviors among college students. 29 Jun 2008

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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