Stress medicinePub Date : 2000-07-01DOI: 10.1002/1099-1700(200007)16:4<233::AID-SMI857>3.0.CO;2-#
R. Freeman, R. L. Lindner, J. Rooney, S. Narendran
{"title":"Dental students in Northern Ireland in 1992 and 1995: changing trends in psychological stress","authors":"R. Freeman, R. L. Lindner, J. Rooney, S. Narendran","doi":"10.1002/1099-1700(200007)16:4<233::AID-SMI857>3.0.CO;2-#","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/1099-1700(200007)16:4<233::AID-SMI857>3.0.CO;2-#","url":null,"abstract":"The political violence which took place in Northern Ireland was hypothesised (Fraser, Brit. J. Psychiat. 1971; 118: 257-264; Lyons, Brit, J. Psychiat, 1971; 118: 265-273; Lyons, J. Psychosomat. Res. 1979: 23: 373-393) to increase psychological stress in its population. This assumption led to the validity of work conducted in 1992 to assess Belfast dental students' stress to be questioned by researchers. An identical survey of clinical students was conducted in 1995, during the 1994-96 cease-fire in order to compare this additional cobort with the original cohort of clinical students' (from 1992) psychological stress. One hundred and seventy-nine students, in total, completed the occupational stress indicator. The results showed that there was no effect of year or the interaction of gender by year for sources of stress, type A behaviour, social support, health behaviours or stress outcomes. The main effect of gender explained differences in social support, alcohol consumption and the outcomes of stress (ie physical and mental ill-health). The findings suggest that social support, cohesiveness and group identity may act to contain the psychological stress associated with the political violence in Northern Ireland.","PeriodicalId":82818,"journal":{"name":"Stress medicine","volume":"800 1","pages":"233-238"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2000-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1002/1099-1700(200007)16:4<233::AID-SMI857>3.0.CO;2-#","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"50731068","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Stress medicinePub Date : 2000-07-01DOI: 10.1002/1099-1700(200007)16:4<239::AID-SMI858>3.0.CO;2-F
G. Oxenkrug, A. Medvedev, P. Requintina, V. Glover
{"title":"The effect of cold immobilisation stress on brain MAO-A inhibitory activity and pineal N-acetylserotonin and melatonin in spontaneously hypertensive and normotensive rats","authors":"G. Oxenkrug, A. Medvedev, P. Requintina, V. Glover","doi":"10.1002/1099-1700(200007)16:4<239::AID-SMI858>3.0.CO;2-F","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/1099-1700(200007)16:4<239::AID-SMI858>3.0.CO;2-F","url":null,"abstract":"The possible role of endogenous monoamine oxidase (MAO) inhibitory activity (tribulin) in the regulation of pineal levels of N-acetylserotonin and melatonin was investigated in normotensive (WKY) and in spontaneously hypertensive (SHR) rats, with and without 2 h of cold-immobilisation stress (CIS). The MAO-B inhibitory activity was similar in all groups. The basal level of the MAO-A inhibitory activity was significantly higher in SHR than WKY rats. CIS increased the MAO-A inhibitory activity and serotonin in WKY but not SHR rats. The initial content of N-acetylserotonin, melatonin, and serotonin did not differ in the two groups, and there were no differences in stress-induced melatonin augmentation. However, after the stress was induced, the level of N-acetylserotonin was higher in SHR rats. Endogenous MAO-A inhibitory activity may have a role in stress induced production of N-acetylserotonin and meiatonin in normotensive rats, but not in hypertensive animals.","PeriodicalId":82818,"journal":{"name":"Stress medicine","volume":"291 ","pages":"239-241"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2000-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1002/1099-1700(200007)16:4<239::AID-SMI858>3.0.CO;2-F","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"50731384","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Stress medicinePub Date : 2000-07-01DOI: 10.1002/1099-1700(200007)16:4<219::AID-SMI855>3.0.CO;2-Q
V. Bond, P. Vaccaro, M. Caprarola, R. Millis, R. Blakely, R. Wood, M. Roltsch, Johnnie L. Fairfax, B. Hatfield, B. D. Franks, Deborah Williams, G. C. Davis, R. Adams
{"title":"Blood pressure reactivity to mental stress and aerobic fitness in normotensive young adult African–American males with parental history of hypertension","authors":"V. Bond, P. Vaccaro, M. Caprarola, R. Millis, R. Blakely, R. Wood, M. Roltsch, Johnnie L. Fairfax, B. Hatfield, B. D. Franks, Deborah Williams, G. C. Davis, R. Adams","doi":"10.1002/1099-1700(200007)16:4<219::AID-SMI855>3.0.CO;2-Q","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/1099-1700(200007)16:4<219::AID-SMI855>3.0.CO;2-Q","url":null,"abstract":"Hypertension (HT) is the leading health problem in the adult African-American (AA) community and is associated with risk factors of stress, physical inactivity, and family history. We examined the influences of aerobic fitness and parental history of HT on blood pressure (BP) reactivity to mental stress in 60 normotensive young adult AA males. A 5-min mental arithmetic test was used as a provocative stress. Measurements of peak oxygen uptake (VO 2peak ) were used to classify physically active and inactive subjects into groups of high and low aerobic fitness. A questionnaire was used to evaluate parental BP histories. Reactivity of BP was indexed by differences in values (delta) measured during baseline and stress testing periods. Subjects with a parental history of HT (PH - ) had significantly higher baseline systolic BP and mean arterial BP (SBP, MABP) values than subjects with no parental history of HT (PH - ). Among the group of PH + subjects, BP reactivity to mental stress was as follows: the high aerobic fitness subgroup (VO 2peak = 54.6±1.2 ml/kg/min) (n = 15) exhibited a 7.3 ± 2.0 mmHg rise in SBP and a 3.2 ± 2.0 mmHg rise in MABP, and the low aerobic fitness subgroup (VO 2peak = 37.1 ± 0.7 ml/kg/min) (n = 15) had a 15.8 ± 2.0 mmHg rise in SBP and an 11.8 ± 2.0 mmHg rise in MABP (p<0.05), Among the group of PH - subjects with high and low aerobic fitness (n = 30, 15/group), no differences in BP reactivity to mental stress were found, These results suggest that a lifestyle of physical activity associated with a high level of aerobic fitness may attenuate BP reactivity to mental stress and reduce the risk of HT in AA men.","PeriodicalId":82818,"journal":{"name":"Stress medicine","volume":"872 1","pages":"219-227"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2000-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1002/1099-1700(200007)16:4<219::AID-SMI855>3.0.CO;2-Q","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"50731344","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Stress medicinePub Date : 2000-07-01DOI: 10.1002/1099-1700(200007)16:4<195::AID-SMI880>3.0.CO;2-8
Trevor R. Norman, C. Mcgrath
{"title":"Stress induced animal models of depression","authors":"Trevor R. Norman, C. Mcgrath","doi":"10.1002/1099-1700(200007)16:4<195::AID-SMI880>3.0.CO;2-8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/1099-1700(200007)16:4<195::AID-SMI880>3.0.CO;2-8","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":82818,"journal":{"name":"Stress medicine","volume":"1089 ","pages":"195-197"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2000-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1002/1099-1700(200007)16:4<195::AID-SMI880>3.0.CO;2-8","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"50731326","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Stress medicinePub Date : 2000-04-01DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1700(200004)16:3<191::AID-SMI850>3.0.CO;2-T
H. Hoel
{"title":"Preventing Workplace Violence: A Guide for Employers and Practitioners. Mark Braverman, Sage Publications, London, 1999. No. of pages: 158. Price: 10.99. ISBN 0‐7619‐0614‐2 (hard cover)/0‐7619‐0615‐0 (paperback)","authors":"H. Hoel","doi":"10.1002/(SICI)1099-1700(200004)16:3<191::AID-SMI850>3.0.CO;2-T","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/(SICI)1099-1700(200004)16:3<191::AID-SMI850>3.0.CO;2-T","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":82818,"journal":{"name":"Stress medicine","volume":"76 1‐2","pages":"191-192"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2000-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"50684660","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}