Psychological medicine. Stress and distress.

Psychological Stress Hypertension Awareness and Psychological Distress

There is conflicting evidence regarding the association of hypertension with psychological distress, such as anxiety and depressive symptoms. The association may be because of a direct effect of the raised blood pressure, adverse effects of treatment, or the consequences of labeling. In a representative study of 33 105 adults (aged 51.7 12.1 years; 45.8% men), we measured levels of psychologica...

Stress, social status, and psychological distress.

II has long been known that persons in socially disadvantaged statuses are particularly likely to exhibit symptoms of psychological distress. Why this is so remains the subject of controversy. This paper sheds some light on the controversy by analyzing survey data on stress, social status, and psychological distress. Two components of the status-distress relationship are isolated empirically: (...

Perceived stress, stress attributions and psychological distress in psoriasis.

OBJECTIVE The objective of this study was to measure causal beliefs in individuals with psoriasis and to explore their relationship with perceived stress, quality of life, psychological well-being and psoriasis severity. METHODS This study was cross-sectional in design, and patients were required to complete validated questionnaires assessing perceptions of illness, quality of life, psoriasis...

Rumination, attentional biases and psychological distress 1 1 Running Head: RUMINATION, ATTENTIONAL BIASES AND PSYCHOLOGICAL DISTRESS The role of rumination, attentional biases and stress in psychological distress

Psychological distress, cortisol stress response and subclinical coronary calcification

OBJECTIVES Poor mental health has been associated with coronary heart disease (CHD). One hypothesized underlying mechanism is hypothalamus pituitary adrenal axis dysfunction. We examined the associations between psychological distress, cortisol response to laboratory-induced mental stress and subclinical coronary artery calcification (CAC). PARTICIPANTS 527 volunteers free of CHD (mean age=63...