[General adaptation syndrome].

The General Adaptation Syndrome

P7: Dimensions of Adaptation, General Health, and Life Satisfaction in Multiple Sclerosis

Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is a debilitating disease which can affect general health and life' satisfaction. This study aimed to determine dimensions of adaptation, general health, and life satisfaction in MS patients. This study was a cross-sectional that samples were selected from MS patients in 2015. Data was collected by using a demographic questionnaire, Roy Adaptation Model (RAM), General He...

[Stress].

The general adaptation syndrome is discussed on the light of recent discoveries on hypothalamic peptides and of their possible influence in survival and in induction of diseases. The problem of stress in alcoholism is reviewed. The author ends with a short souvenir of Hans Selye.

P6: Relationship Among Dimensions of Roy Adaptation Model, General Health and Satisfaction with Life in Parkinson Disease Patients

Parkinson disease (PD) is a chronic, progressive and debilitating disease. This study aimed to determine the relationship between the dimensions of Roy Adaptation Model (RAM) and General Health (GH) and Satisfaction with Life (SWL) in PD patients. This was a cross-sectional study. Samples were selected from the PD patients in 2016. The data was gathered by demographic, RAM, GH and SWL Scale que...

Evaluating the Role of Hans Selye in the Modern History of Stress

According to many stress researchers, as well as historians, modern biological formulations of stress can be traced back to a brief and rather speculative article written by the Austrian-born Hungarian scientist Hans Selye (1907– 82) in 1936. The article set out what appeared to be a characteristic triphasic pattern of nonspecifi c physiological responses to injury: the “general adaptation synd...