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Open AccessThe effects of social isolation stress and discrimination on mental health
Social isolation and discrimination are growing public health concerns associated with poor physical and mental health. They are risk factors for increased morbidity and mortality and reduced quality of life. ...
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Stress, Early Life
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Pharmacological Stress Tests
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Mental stress as consequence and cause of vision loss: the dawn of psychosomatic ophthalmology for preventive and personalized medicine
The loss of vision after damage to the retina, optic nerve, or brain has often grave consequences in everyday life such as problems with recognizing faces, reading, or mobility. Because vision loss is consider...
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Open AccessMeasurement of cortisol in saliva: a comparison of measurement error within and between international academic-research laboratories
Hundreds of scientific publications are produced annually that involve the measurement of cortisol in saliva. Intra- and inter-laboratory variation in salivary cortisol results has the potential to contribute ...
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Open AccessCardiovascular risk factor distribution and subjective risk estimation in urban women – The BEFRI Study: a randomized cross-sectional study
Awareness represents a major modulator for the uptake of preventive measures and healthy life-style choices. Women underestimate the role of cardiovascular diseases as causes of mortality, yet little informati...
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Cognitive Dysfunction Relates to Subjective Report of Mental Fatigue in Patients with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Patients with chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) frequently complain of cognitive dysfunction. However, evidence of cognitive impairment in CFS patients has been found in some, but not other, studies. This heterog...
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Open AccessChronic Fatigue Syndrome – A clinically empirical approach to its definition and study
The lack of standardized criteria for defining chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) has constrained research. The objective of this study was to apply the 1994 CFS criteria by standardized reproducible criteria.
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Importance of Studying the Contributions of Early Adverse Experience to Neurobiological Findings in Depression
Almost four decades of intensive research have sought to elucidate the neurobiological bases of depression. Epidemiological studies have revealed that both genetic and environmental factors contribute to the r...
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Cerebrospinal Fluid Corticotropin-Releasing Factor (CRF) and Vasopressin Concentrations Predict Pituitary Response in the CRF Stimulation Test: A Multiple Regression Analysis
There is considerable evidence that stress-related psychiatric disorders, including depression and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), are associated with hypersecretion of corticotropin-releasing factor (C...
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Biologische Grundlagen
Wenn Sie dieses Kapitel gelesen haben, kommen Sie vielleicht zu der gleichen Erkenntnis wie Jostein Gaarder:
Wenn das Gehirn des Menschen so einfach wäre, dass wir es verstehen könnten, dann wä...
