Can Experiencing Stressful Life Events Be a Risk Factor of Stroke?

Presumptive Stressful Life Events Scale (psles) — a New Stressful Life Events Scale for Use in India

Using an open ended question along with Holme's and Rahe's Social Readjustment Rating Schedule on a sample of two hundred adult subjects, a suitable scale of stressful life events experienced by the Indian population was constructed and standardized for two time spaces, that is, last one year and life time. Analysis of various demographic variables for this population revealed no differences on...

Stressful life events and risk of symptomatic kidney stones.

BACKGROUND It has been reported that a substantial proportion of cases of hypercalciuria and nephrolithiasis are idiopathic. Several studies suggested that stressful life events increase lithogenic urinary constituents (calcium, oxalate and uric acid). OBJECTIVE To test the hypothesis that there is an association between stressful life events and symptomatic kidney stone. METHODS A case-con...

Role of Stressful Life Events in Mania

The study investigated the role of stressful life events and family pathology in manic illness-selecting 30 cases of mania from Psychiatric Centre Jaipur and 30 normal controls from paramedical staff of psychiatric hospital. Both manics and normals were matched in terms of age, sex, education, marital status etc. All the subjects were subjected to Paykel's life events questionnaire, and an inte...

The Role of Stressful Life Events

Could bipolarity be influenced by stressful life events? A reflection based on a case report.

INTRODUCTION Bipolar disorder (BPD) has over the last fifteen years been considered as a biological disease with genetic bases, possibly triggered by stress factors. On the basis of a clinical case, we will question this theory. SUBJECT AND METHODS Mrs. X, a patient with a history of domestic violence, has two manic episodes that corresponded with conjugal difficulties. This would lead us to ...