Adversity, Stress and Psychopathology

Bruce P. Dohrenwend, Ph.D., is Professor of Psychiatry and Public Health at Columbia University.

• Introduction ; Part I: Extreme Situations ; Introduction ; 1. Individuals Under Conditions of Maximum Adversity: The Holocaust ; 2. Symptoms, Functioning and Health Problems in a Massively Traumatized Population: The Legacy of the Cambodian Tragedy ; 3. Psychological Effects of Military Combat ; 4. Natural and Human-made Disasters ; Part II: Individual Events ; Introduction ; 5. Childhood Victimization: Early Adversity and Subsequent Psychopathology ; 6. Model of Stress: The Bereavement Reaction ; 7. The Impact of Unemployment on Health and Well-being ; 8. Homelessness, Stress and Psychopathology ; 9. The Value and Limitations of Stress Models in HIV/AIDS ; 10. Rape, Other Violence Against Women, and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder ; 11. Psychiatric Disorder in the Context of Physical Illness ; 12. Divorce and Psychopathology ; Part III: Epidemiologic Studies ; Introduction ; 13. Psychiatric Disorders in the General Population ; 14. Ethnic Status, Socioeconomic Status, and Psychiatric Disorders: the Social Causation-Social Selection Issue ; 15. PTSD and Comorbid Disorders in the General Population ; 16. Exposure to "Fateful" Events: A Confounder in Assigning Causal Roles to Life Events ; 17. Stressful Life Events and Episodes of Major Depression and Non-Affective Psychotic Disorders ; 18. Loss and Depressive Disorders ; Part IV: Stress Moderating and Amplifying Factors ; Introduction ; 19. Personality and Coping As Stress Attentuating or Amplifying Factorss ; 20. Social Support: Its Prsent Significance for Psychiatric Epidemiology ; 21. Some Characteristics of Occupations as Risk or Productive Factors ; 22. Domestic Arrangements and Depressive Symptoms: An Examination of Housework Conditions ; Part V: Complementary Approaches ; Introduction ; 23. Mathematical Modeling and Simulation of Stress and Adversity ; 24. Cognitive Changes Associated with Persisting Behavioral Effects of Early Psychosocial Stress in Rhesus Monkeys: The View From Psychobiology ; 25. Physiological Correlates of Stress, Adversity, and Psychopathology ; 26. Adversity, Stress and Psychopathology: A Psychiatric Genetic Perspective ; 27. Effects of Improving Achievement on Aggressive Behavior and of Improving Aggressive Behavior on Achievement Through Two Preventive Interventions: An Investigation of Causal Paths ; 28. A Perspective on Adversity, Stress and Psychopathology ; Part VI: Overview and Integration ; Introduction ; 29. Overview of Evidence for the Importance of Adverse Environmental Conditions ; 30. Theoretical Integration

"This is a comprehensive overview of the relationships between stress and mental disorders with critical evaluation of relevant studies that serves as an excellent reference for students and researchers as well as teachers and practitioners."--Doody's Journal"As an overview of the role of stress in mental disorders, the book will be valuable for mental and public health professionals and social-behavioral scientists."--Readings