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Psychological defences and menstrual distress

British Journal of Medical Psychology, 1988
Two studies considered the possible role of psychological defences and defensive awareness in the distress reported by women during the menstrual (flow) period and during the week before menstruation. Unconscious rationalization was associated with the least distress at both times among college women.
A B, Heilbrun, D, Renert
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Psychological Distress among Homeless Adults

The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 1989
Recent studies have reported a high prevalence of mental illness among the homeless. As part of a community-based survey of 529 homeless adults, we developed and tested a model to increase our understanding of the factors related to their psychological distress.
L, Gelberg, L S, Linn
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Social Class and Psychological Distress

American Sociological Review, 1980
Although a negative relationship between socioeconomic position and psychological distress has consistently been documented in community surveys, we know very little about the determinants of this relationship. The dominant interpretation argues that distress is caused by exposure to stressful life experiences, that lower status people are highly ...
R C, Kessler, P D, Cleary
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Nasal diseases and psychological distress

Psychology, Health & Medicine, 2015
A high rate of ENT doctors were murdered by nasal disordered patients in China recently. It is obviously important and urgent to find out whether there is any potential relationship between nasal diseases (ND) and psychological distress that might contribute to violent behavior. For this purpose, we carried out this literature review.
Deping, Wang, Wenlong, Luo
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Psychological Distress and Patient Satisfaction

Medical Care, 1982
Psychologically distressed patients and clients of health care and social service organizations are found to report somewhat more dissatisfaction with services than do the nondistressed. Four explanations for this relationship are examined: 1) the psychologically distressed are generally dissatisfied; 2) service providers react negatively to the ...
J R, Greenley, T B, Young, R A, Schoenherr   +2 more
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Psychological distress and cancer mortality

Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 2009
Psychological distress, such as ongoing depression and anxiety-related symptomatology, has been associated with a higher risk of incident cancer and poorer survival, although previous studies have not compared prognostic and etiological effects within the same sample.
Mark, Hamer, Yoichi, Chida, Gerard J, Molloy   +2 more
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The Structure of Psychological Distress

Psychological Reports, 1995
In this study we describe the factor structure of the Psychological Distress Index used in the Quebec Health Survey and compare a model that includes psychophysiologic symptoms (29 items) with a model restricted to cognitive and affective symptoms only (18 items).
M, Préville, L, Potvin, R, Boyer
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Composite psychological distress

British Dental Journal, 2022
Byrne, Matthew, Taylor, Carly
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Psychological distress among Canadian adolescents

Psychological Medicine, 1984
SynopsisThis paper examines a comprehensive set of data on the prevalence and correlates of psychological distress in a sample of 1038 adolescent students in a major urban area of a Canadian prairie province. About 27% of the students reported 6 or more symptoms of psychological distress on the GHQ-30.
C, D'Arcy, C M, Siddique
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Psychological Distress Associated with Algodystrophy

Journal of Hand Surgery, 1997
We have carried out a prospective study of the level of psychological distress in patients with Colles’ fractures. Those who developed algodystrophy did not show increased distress before the onset of the condition.
J, Field, F V, Gardner
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