Health disparities in chronic liver disease
Abstract The syndemic of hazardous alcohol consumption, opioid use, and obesity has led to important changes in liver disease epidemiology that have exacerbated health disparities. Health disparities occur when plausibly avoidable health differences are experienced by socially disadvantaged populations.
Ani Kardashian +3 more
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The relationship between posttraumatic stress and posttraumatic growth among adolescent and young adult (AYA) cancer patients [PDF]
ObjectiveTheories of posttraumatic growth suggest that some degree of distress is necessary to stimulate growth; yet, investigations of the relationship between stress and growth following trauma are mixed.
Aguilar, Christine +9 more
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Post- and peritraumatic stress in disaster survivors: An explorative study about the influence of individual and event characteristics across different types of disasters [PDF]
Background: Examination of existing research on posttraumatic adjustment after disasters suggests that survivors’ posttraumatic stress levels might be better understood by investigating the influence of the characteristics of the event experienced on ...
Alexander D +12 more
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The interdependence posttraumatic stress features and the structural dimensions of family system
A part of a complex research dedicated to studying the interdependence between the posttraumatic stress features and the structural dimensions of family system is presented in this paper. 162 women have participated in the study by filling in the on-line
Julia Bykhovets, Phd +2 more
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Post-traumatic stress during the Greek economic crisis: is there evidence for mass traumatisation? [PDF]
The aim of the study was to investigate levels of posttraumatic stress due to the recent economic crisis in a Greek community sample and identify particularly vulnerable demographic groups.
Sochos, Antigonos
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Posttraumatic Stress after SARS [PDF]
Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) can arise in patients with medical illness. We used 2 Chinese self-report measures to examine features of PTSD, anxiety, and depression in 131 survivors of severe acute respiratory syndrome at 1 month and 3 months after discharge from the hospital. Risk factors associated with psychological distress were identified.
Kitty K. Wu, Sumee K. Chan, Tracy M. Ma
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Neuroticism, Worry, and Cardiometabolic Risk Trajectories: Findings From a 40‐Year Study of Men
Background Anxiety is linked to elevated risk of cardiometabolic disease onset, but the underlying mechanisms remain unclear. We examined the prospective association of 2 anxiety facets, neuroticism and worry, with cardiometabolic risk (CMR) trajectories
Lewina O. Lee +3 more
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Mental health pathways linking maltreatment to interpersonal revictimization during adolescence for girls in the child welfare system [PDF]
This study compares the association of histories of childhood emotional, physical, and sexual abuse, and physical neglect with revictimization among adolescent girls, and investigates the role of posttraumatic stress and symptoms of depression as ...
Auslander, Wendy +4 more
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The objectives of this article are to update the reader on the current definition and diagnostic assessment of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and to describe its clinical characteristics, discuss its epidemiology and pathophysiologic aspects, as well as to summarize the current therapeutic options for PTSD.The new nomenclature of the Diagnostic ...
G P, Sigurfinnsson, K, Tómasson
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Psychological responses after a major fatal earthquake: The effect of preitraumatic dissociation and posttraumatic stress symptoms on anxiety and depression. [PDF]
Following trauma, most people with initial symptoms of stress recover, but it is important to identify those at risk for continuing difficulties so resources are allocated appropriately. There has been limited investigation of predictors of posttraumatic
Bentler P. M. +63 more
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