M Kopp

..was to analyze the relationship between bereavement and alcohol consumption accounting for time and gender differences on a nationally representative sample from Hungary ("Hungarostudy Epidemiological Panel Survey", N = 4457)..

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..However, the evidence for effective preventive strategies is scarce. The protocol of a European research project to develop an optimized evidence based program for suicide prevention is presented...

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..This study explores the contribution of socioeconomic, work related, psychosocial, and behavioural variables to explaining variations of middle aged male and female CV mortality across 150 sub-regions in Hungary...

..To examine the relations between subjective social status, and objective socioeconomic status (as measured by income and education) in relation to male/female middle aged mortality rates across 150 sub-regions in Hungary...

..Finally, male middle-aged mortality was more strongly connected to female subjective and objective social status than female mortality was connected with male social status...

..The applicability of these results are investigated for further research, clinical and policy implications...

..Among women dissatisfaction with personal relations was the most important risk factor. Among men depression seems to mediate between these chronic stress factors and premature death...

..A vicious circle might be hypothesized between social deprivation and depressive symptomatology, which substantially contributes to higher morbidity and mortality rates...

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..Gender differences in premature mortality rates and in the size of socioeconomic inequalities in mortality vary across countries...

..These fields are organized into an integrated process, arching over the six years of medical training. The present paper gives an overview of the situation and perspectives of teaching behavioural sciences at medical universities...

..A vicious circle might be hypothesised between socially deprived situation and depressive symptomatology, which together has a major role in higher self-rated morbidity rates...

..Especially under conditions of sudden cultural and socioeconomic transition strengthening adaptive ways of coping and preventing emotional disturbances are fundamental in health promotion...

..This study proposes to assess the differences of two psychosocial risk indicators for coronary artery disease (CAD), ie, depressive symptoms and vital exhaustion...

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..CONCLUSION: There are gender differences in the relations of specific social capital indicators to mortality rates. At the same time, perceptions of social capital within each sex were associated with mortality rates in the opposite sex...

..The aim of this paper is to compare the association of work stress with self-rated health in Western European and post-communist countries...

..We conclude that in the absence of the intensive physical activity of the 'flight or fight' reaction, sweating as well as hyperventilation can cause alkalosis, which in turn might generate panic attacks...

..The authors concluded that mediating factors, especially depression and anxiety symptoms, should be taken into consideration in clinical routine if HRQL is regarded as a clinical outcome...

..Gender differences in the relative importance of social factors may help to explain the differential impact of economic transformation on mortality rates for men and women in Central-Eastern European countries...

..The findings imply that besides recovering from the acute consequences of cancer therapy, long-term survivors of breast cancer (> 5 years after initial treatment) still may have a special need for psycho-oncological support...

..Finally, the merits and drawbacks of MDS are discussed in the specific context of the example and in the general framework of QOL research...

..CONCLUSION: Further studies should investigate the differential effects of specific units of the therapy program and how the short-term improvements in "vitality and body dynamics" could be maintained for longer periods...

..5 yr period due to partial reversibility...

..Whether the constant ringing sounds and head noises heard by the sufferer have a stressful effect on the individual's partner has not been investigated so far...

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..The EORTC QLQ-C30, supplemented by QLQ-HDC29 will provide a comprehensive QOL measure for the international clinical trials of high-dose chemotherapy...