Modern worries, new technology, and medicine.

Over recent years there has been a steady and important change in the public's perception of the relation between aspects of modern life and health. Now, at the beginning of the 21st century, people's suspicion of modernity has increased to such an extent that it has undermined their view of their own health, increased their worries about environmental causes of poor health, and fostered a migration to complementary medicine.

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Medically unexplained symptoms and the problem of power in the primary care consultation : a qualitative study.

Abstract

BACKGROUND:

Patients presenting in primary care frequently exhibit physical symptoms that may be unrelated to organic pathology. Such symptoms are commonly regarded as products of psychological or emotional problems, and their legitimacy as 'medical' matters is often called into question.

OBJECTIVES:

Our aim was to explore GPs' attitudes to the management of patients that present with medically unexplained symptoms in primary care.

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Beliefs, sense of control and treatment outcome in post-traumatic stress disorder.

Abstract

BACKGROUND:

Few studies have shown that maladaptive beliefs relate to treatment outcome.

METHOD:

In a randomized controlled study, 87 patients with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) had exposure therapy alone or cognitive restructuring alone, or both combined, or relaxation. Independent blind assessors assessed patients at pre-, mid- and post-treatment and at follow-up; at those times patients rated cognitive, behavioural and emotional aspects of their disorder.

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Impact of Event Scale : psychometric properties.

Abstract

BACKGROUND:

For more than 20 years, the Impact of Event Scale (IES) has been widely used as a measure of stress reactions after traumatic events.

AIMS:

To review studies that evaluated the IES's psychometric properties.

METHOD:

Literature review.

RESULTS:

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Psychosocial work characteristics as risk factors for the onset of fatigue and psychological distress : prospective results from the Maastricht Cohort Study

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BACKGROUND:

Prolonged fatigue has recently attracted attention in occupational (mental) health research since it may lead to sickness absenteeism and work disability. To date, little is known about the role of psychosocial work characteristics in the aetiology of fatigue. In this study we examined prospectively a wide range of psychosocial work characteristics as possible risk factors for the onset of fatigue and psychological distress in the working population.

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Stress reactions in police officers after a disaster rescue operation

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Evaluation of diagnostic procedures

This is the first of a series of five articles

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Long-term assessment of personality after burn trauma in adults.

Several studies have shown that burn victims display higher rates of premorbid
psychopathology, such as depression, substance abuse, and personality disorders, than the
general population (Patterson et al., 1993).

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Retraumatization of Israeli civilians during a reactivation of the Gulf War threat

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Nuclear terrorism; Commentary: The myth of nuclear deterrence in south Asia; Commentary: The psychology of terrorists

Three members of International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War and Physicians for Social Responsibility discuss the threat of nuclear terrorism and conclude that the only effective way to tackle it is to abolish nuclear weapons

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