Background: Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune disease of the central nervous system. Psychological manifestations such as depression, anxiety and stress are common in patients with MS. Social support is involved in the well-being of patients with MS. This study aimed to assess the relation between perceived social support with depression, anxiety and stress in patients with MS. Methods:...

Psychological stress can impact on visceral function with pathological consequences, although the mechanisms underlying this are poorly understood. Here we demonstrate that social stress produces marked changes in bladder structure and function. Male rats were subjected to repeated (7 days) social defeat stress using the resident-intruder model. Measurement of the voiding pattern indicated that...

Psychological stress can impact on visceral function with pathological consequences, although the mechanisms underlying this are poorly understood. Here we demonstrate that social stress produces marked changes in bladder structure and function. Male rats were subjected to repeated (7 days) social defeat stress using the resident-intruder model. Measurement of the voiding pattern indicated that...

Social network research has begun to take advantage of finegrained communications regarding coordination, decisionmaking, and knowledge sharing. These studies, however, have not generally analyzed how external events are associated with a social network’s structure and communicative properties. Here, we study how external events are associated with a network’s change in structure and communicat...

background: preterm birth is a major health problem that leads to infant morbidity and mortality. the main goal of this study was to find the relationship between social determinants of health and preterm delivery. methods: a prospective longitudinal cohort study was carried out on 500 pregnant women in their 24th to 28th gestational weeks in 2012. the pregnant women filled out a self-report qu...

social capital is a multi-faceted phenomenon in social sciences that massively affects many social fields. it can be a helpful factor in promoting health. among the groups with high burnout, nurses have always shown higher levels of burnout. studies have revealed that social capital can be an important factor affecting burnout. this study aimed to determine the extent of the effect of social ca...

there is little question anymore about the reality of post- traumatic stress disorder(ptsd) as a disorder. for some, this disorder progressively worsens over time and appears to affect nearly all aspects of life, including work, interpersonal relationships, physical health, and view of self. the severity of ptsd may lead to repeated hospitalizations over the years and may require ongoing outpat...

• We examined the interplay of social identity and support in a stressful situation. • The Trier Social Stress Test (TSST) was used to induce socio-evaluative stress. • Social identity and social support were manipulated orthogonally. • Support buffered cortisol responses only if a shared social identity was salient. • The social identity approach offers a promising framework to study stress re...