Presumptive stressful life event scale Dear Sir, in different demographic and clinical categories, which has not been attempted. I have read with considerable interest the article entitled, Presumptive stressful life events scale (PSLES)-a new stressful life events scale for use in India by Gurmeet Singh et al (April 1984 issue). I think it is a commendable effort to develop such a scale which ...

54 patients who sought consultation at this centre after developing psychiatric illness following local panchayat elections in Rajasthan were studied. The study aims to find out whether election is a stressful life event, relationship of socio-demographic characteristics, role of process of election, and nature of psychiatric illness as related to election stress. This group was compared to gen...

The relationship between stress and illness is complex. The susceptibility to stress varies from person to person. Among the factors that influenced the susceptibility to stress are genetic vulnerability, coping style, type of personality and social support. Not all stress has negative effect. Studies have shown that short-term stress boosted the immune system, but chronic stress has a signific...