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Stress - Related
illnesses: Phychiatric
disorders
- Stress and depression
- Brown and Harris (1978) found that women who suffer
chronic stress conditions e.g. being unemployed were more
likely to develop depression
- Melchior et al (2007) carried out a survey over a
period of 1 year among 1000 people in a wide
range of occupations in New Zeland
- found that 15% of those in high-stress jobs suffered a
first episode of clinical depression or anxiety during that
yearm compared with 8% in low-stress jobs
- found that 15% of those in high-stress jobs suffered a
first episode of clinical depression or anxiety during that
yearm compared with 8% in low-stress jobs
- Brown and Harris (1978) found that women who suffer
chronic stress conditions e.g. being unemployed were more
likely to develop depression
- Stress and other disorders
- after the Vietnam war ended in 1975 - the
mass incidence of psychiatric
symptoms among war veterans led to
the 'discovery' of post traumatic stress disorder
- PTSD has been observed in war veterans and rape victims, as
well as the victims of chronic stress such as poverty and abuse
- Peroetratuin Induced Traumatic Stress (PITS) (MacNair 2002) is a form of PTSD
caused by being an active participant in causing trauma (e.g. soliders - where it is
socially acceptable or expected for them to kill)
- Rohlf and Bennet (2005) found that 1 in 10 workers, whose occupations required
euthanising animals, experienced moderate levels of PITS syndrome
- Rohlf and Bennet (2005) found that 1 in 10 workers, whose occupations required
euthanising animals, experienced moderate levels of PITS syndrome
- Peroetratuin Induced Traumatic Stress (PITS) (MacNair 2002) is a form of PTSD
caused by being an active participant in causing trauma (e.g. soliders - where it is
socially acceptable or expected for them to kill)
- PTSD has been observed in war veterans and rape victims, as
well as the victims of chronic stress such as poverty and abuse
- Evidence for stress being linked to other
psychiatric conditions is less strong than Rohlf and Bennet
- e.g. Stueve et al (1998) compared
the role of stressful life event in
causing depression, schizophrenia
and other disorders
- found stressful events only associated with depression not with other disorders
- found stressful events only associated with depression not with other disorders
- e.g. Stueve et al (1998) compared
the role of stressful life event in
causing depression, schizophrenia
and other disorders
- evaluation
- the diathesis-stress model
- proposes that in order for a person to develop phychiatric
disorders they must possess a biological vulnerability to that
disorder (the diathesis)
- an individuals vulnerablility is determined by genetic or early
biological factors (e.g. exposure to viral infections in the womb)
- stress can have an impact on that vulnerablility, either triggering the onset of
the disorder or worsening its course
- if the person is not capable of adapting to the stressful situation psychiatric symptoms will develop or worsen
- if the person is not capable of adapting to the stressful situation psychiatric symptoms will develop or worsen
- stress can have an impact on that vulnerablility, either triggering the onset of
the disorder or worsening its course
- an individuals vulnerablility is determined by genetic or early
biological factors (e.g. exposure to viral infections in the womb)
- proposes that in order for a person to develop phychiatric
disorders they must possess a biological vulnerability to that
disorder (the diathesis)
- it is frequently not possible to assess whether stressful events in the period before
diagnosis of a phychiatric disorder have causes the disorder or been a consequence
of the person's deteriorating state
- although the relationship between stress and depression has
been demonstrated by some researchers, others (e.g. Rabkin
1993) claim that the effects are small, accounting for less than
10% of the variance observed
- the diathesis-stress model
- after the Vietnam war ended in 1975 - the
mass incidence of psychiatric
symptoms among war veterans led to
the 'discovery' of post traumatic stress disorder
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