The Psychology and physiology of stress with reference to special studies of the Viet Nam War.

The Psychology and Physiology of Stress.

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author:	ScienceDirect (Online service)
Other Authors:	Bourne, Peter G., 1939- (Editor), Allerton, William S., 1925-
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Language Notes:	English.
Published:	New York, Academic Press, 1969.
Subjects:	Universität Kassel > Fachrichtung Psychologie Military psychiatry. Stress (Physiology) Stress (Psychology) War neuroses. Post-traumatic stress disorder. Combat Disorders Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic Stress, Physiological Stress, Psychological Military Psychiatry Psychiatrie militaire. Stress. Névroses de guerre. État de stress post-traumatique. MEDICAL > Mental Health. MEDICAL > Psychiatry > General. PSYCHOLOGY > Clinical Psychology. PSYCHOLOGY > Mental Illness. PSYCHOLOGY > Psychopathology > General. War neuroses Post-traumatic stress disorder Military psychiatry Aufsatzsammlung Stress Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:

Front Cover; Contributors; The Psychology and Physiology of Stress: With Reference to Special Studies of the Viet Nam War; Copyright Page; List of Contributors; Preface; Table of Contents; Introduction; I. World War I; II. Between WW I and WW II; IIII. World War II; IV. The Korean War; V. Viet Nam; VI. Biochemical Responses in Combat; VII. Summary; References; Chapter 1. Army Psychiatry in Viet Nam; I. Introduction; II. Historical Background; III. Psychiatric Programs in the Republic of Viet Nam Prior to August 1965; IV. Psychiatric Organization in Viet Nam, 1965-1968
v. Problems in Psychological Adjustment in Viet NamVI. Treatment Methods; VII. Statistical Trends; VIII. Evaluation of Statistical Trends; IX. Summary; References; Chapter 2. Patterns of Psychiatric Attrition and of Behavior in a Combat Zone; I. Introduction; II. The Present Study; III. Concluding Remarks; References; Chapter 3. Psychiatry in the Army of The Republic of Viet Nam; I. Introduction; II. Sociocultural Background; III. Historical Background; IV. Present Psychiatric Organization in the ARVN; V. Statistical Data: NP Casualties in the ARVN during 1963-1967
VI. Comments and DiscussionVII. Conclusions; References; Chapter 4. Effects of Combat Stress on Hospital Ship Psychiatric Evacuees; I. Introduction; II. Functions and Facilities; III. Intake Statistics; IV. Combat as a Precipitating Stress; V. Combat-Precipitated Psychiatric Syndromes; VI. General Characteristics of Psychiatric Evacuees from Combat; VII. Responses during Hospitalization and Treatment; VIII. Treatment and Disposition; IX. Summary; References; Chapter 5. Urinary 17-OHCS Levels in Two Combat Situations; I. Introduction: Endocrinology and Stress; II. Collection of Data
III. Results: Urinary 17-Hydroxycorticosteroid ExcretionIV. Discussion; References; Chapter 6. Androgen Excretion in Stress; I. Psychoendocrinology; II. Assessment of Androgen Activity; III. Methods; IV. Results; V. Discussion; VI. Summary; References; Chapter 7. Heat Stress in Army Pilots in Viet Nam; I. Introduction; II. Methods; III. Results; IV. Discussion; V. Summary; References; Chapter 8. Background Characteristics, Attitudes, and Self-Concepts of Air Force Psychiatric Casualties from Southeast Asia; I. Introduction; II. Related Clinical Studies; III. Research Methodology
IV. Research ConsiderationsV. Theoretical Considerations; VI. Methods of Data Collection; VII. Statistical Treatment of the Data; VIII. Results; IX. Discussion of Results; X. Conclusions; XI. Implications for Future Research; Appendix A: Instructions for Judgments of Personality Traits (Characteristics); Appendix B: Definitions of Traits; Appendix C: Categorization of Traits; Appendix D: Q Sort Administration Instructions; Appendix E: Actual-Self-Ideal-Self Correlation Coefficients and Fisher's z Equivalents for the Psychiatric Patient Sample