Tag archives for Stress
Cultural Issues in the Treatment of Anxiety
Posted By Kelly On Tuesday, May 3rd 2011 under: Book review Tags: Anxiety, Depressive disorders, Disorder, Mental health, Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), Panic, Pharmacology, Phobia, Stress
Friedman S, editor
New York, London: The Guilford Press; 1997. 261 pp. with index
ISBN 1-57230-237-2
Anxiety is a profound human experience. Anxiety disorders are universal in human societies, although the diagnostic patterns vary over time and from one place to another. This volume describes some culturally bound anxiety syndromes, but dwells on the diagnostic categories of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, third (DSM-III), third ... Read More
Anxiety Disorders: Post-traumatic Stress Disorder & Social Phobia
Posted By Kelly On Sunday, February 21st 2010 under: Disorders Tags: Anxiety, Disorder, Phobia, Stress
Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) has become much more recognized and appreciated following the traumatic events of September 11th. The estimated lifetime prevalence for PTSD is almost 8%. This anxiety disorder centers on a person re-experiencing an extremely traumatic event, such as a natural disaster, war, crime, rape, or abuse, whether the abuse is physical, mental or sexual in nature. Because of this experience, a person may have ... Read More
Depression and Stress
Posted By Kelly On Sunday, January 3rd 2010 under: Question - Answer Tags: Depression, Psychiatric Illnesses, Stress
Question: I have lots of pressures from school and recently began a job as well. I find that I am increasingly stressed out and depressed, even lethargic. I continue to follow through on my responsibilities, since I have no other choice, but it becomes increasingly difficult to get motivated to do so. Are there any self-help exercises that you would recommend? Or, should I seek counseling?
Answer: You are raising a ... Read More
Anxiety and Stress Management
Posted By Kelly On Thursday, December 31st 2009 under: Book review Tags: Anxiety, Stress, Treatment
Trevor J Powell and Simon J Enright
Routledge, Chapman and Hall, London
1989, 196 pages
This useful book is the first in a series on strategies for mental health. Forthcoming titles will include Assertiveness training, Bereavement and loss and Rehabilitation and community care. If these volumes are of the same high standard as this book then they may, as the series title implies, have a positive effect on mental health.
The contents of this ... Read More
Measuring Stress
Posted By Kelly On Tuesday, December 1st 2009 under: Book review Tags: Stress
Cohen S, Kessler RC, Underwood Gordon L, editors
New York: Oxford University Press; 1997. 236 pp. with index
ISBN 0-19-512120-1 (paper)
"Stress" has become such an overused word that it is now almost a cliché. The Oxford English Dictionary has 10 different meanings for it. Because of these terminological difficulties, some consider that it should be discarded from the medical lexicon altogether. Nevertheless, "stress" has developed ... Read More