Health effects of the nuclear accident at Three Mile Island

The real and potential health effects of the accident at Three Mile Island are reviewed in relation to biological effects of low-level radiation and the behavioral response of populations and individuals under stress.

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The need for a new medical model: a challenge for biomedicine

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The dominant model of disease today is biomedical, and it leaves no room within tis framework for the social, psychological, and behavioral dimensions of illness. A biopsychosocial model is proposed that provides a blueprint for research, a framework for teaching, and a design for action in the real world of health care.

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Mental health problems and natural disaster: tornado victims

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Disaster at Buffalo Creek. Discussion of the Buffalo Creek disaster: the course of psychic trauma

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Disaster at Buffalo Creek. Loss of communality at Buffalo Creek

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The role of ventromedial prefrontal cortex in anxiety and emotional resilience

The study of brain correlates of emotion in humans has posed a persistent challenge, in part because:a) it is difficult to manipulate and maintain strong emotional statesb) the analysis of state-effects is complicated by low-frequency drift and difficulties in specifying precisely what cognitive and affective operations may give rise to state-related brain activity.In this study, we induced an emotional state using a silent public speech-preparation task that has been shown to provoke anxiety.

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