Table of Contents
Introduction, Bruce P. DohrenwendI. Extreme SituationsIntroduction, Morton Beiser1. Individuals Under Conditions of Maximum Adversity: The Holocaust, Itzhak Levav2. Symptoms, Functioning and Health Problems in a Massively Traumatized Population: The Legacy of the Cambodian Tragedy, Richard F. Mollica, Charles Poole, Svang Tor3. Psychological Effects of Military Combat, Terence M. Keane4. Natural and Human-made Disasters, Robert GielII. Individual EventsIntroduction, William W. Eaton and Bruce P. Dohrenwend5. Childhood Victimization: Early Adversity and Subsequent Psychopathology, Cathy Spatz Widom6. Model of Stress: The Bereavement Reaction, Paula J. Clayton7. The Impact of Unemployment on Health and Well-being, Stanislav B. Kasl, Eunice Rodriguez, Kathryn E. Lasch8. Homelessness, Stress and Psychopathology, Daniel B. Herman, Ezra S. Susser, Elmer L. Struening9. The Value and Limitations of Stress Models in HIV/AIDS, Suzanne C. Ouellette10. Rape, Other Violence Against Women, and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, Dean G. Kilpatrick, Heidi S. Resnick, Benjamin E. Saunders, Connie L. Best11. Psychiatric Disorder in the Context of Physical Illness, Mary Amanda Dew12. Divorce and Psychopathology, Martha L. BruceIII. Epidemiologic StudiesIntroduction, Evelyn Bromet and Bruce P. Dohrenwend13. Psychiatric Disorders in the General Population, Robert Kohn, Bruce P. Dohrenwend, Jerrold Mirotznik14. Ethnic Status, Socioeconomic Status, and Psychiatric Disorders: the Social Causation-Social Selection Issue, Bruce P. Dohrenwend, Itzhak Levav, Patrick E. Shrout, Sharon Schwartz, Guedalia Naveh, Bruce G. Link, Andrew E. Skodol, and Ann Stueve15. PTSD and Comorbid Disorders in the General Population, Naomi Breslau, Glenn Davis, Patricia Andreski, Belle Federman, James C. Anthony16. Exposure to Fateful Events: A Confounder in Assigning Causal Roles to Life Events, Lee M. Robins17. Stressful Life Events and Episodes of Major Depression and Non-Affective Psychotic Disorders, Ann Stueve, Bruce P. Dohrenwend, Andrew E. Skodol18. Loss and Depressive Disorders, George W. BrownIV. Stress Moderating and Amplifying FactorsIntroduction, David Mechanic19. Personality and Coping As Stress Attenuating or Amplifying Factors, Andrew E. Skodol20. Social Support: Its Present Significance for Psychiatric Epidemiology, A.S. Henderson21. Some Characteristics of Occupations as Risk or Productive Factors, Bruce G. Link, Mary Clare Lennon, Bruce P. Dohrenwend22. Domestic Arrangements and Depressive Symptoms: An Examination of Housework Conditions, Mary Clare LennonV. Complementary ApproachesIntroduction, Robert M. Rose23. Mathematical Modeling and Simulation of Stress and Adversity, Patrick E. Shrout, Bruce G. Link24. Cognitive Changes Associated with Persisting Behavioral Effects of Early Psychosocial Stress in Rhesus Monkeys: The View From Psychobiology, Gary W. Kraemer, Jocelyne Bachevalier25. Physiological Correlates of Stress, Adversity, and Psychopathology, Ellen Frank, Jordan Karp26. Adversity, Stress and Psychopathology: A Psychiatric Genetic Perspective, Kenneth S. Kendler27. Effects of Improving Achievement on Aggressive Behavior and of Improving Aggressive Behavior on Achievement Through Two Preventive Interventions: An Investigation of Causal Paths, Sheppard G. Kellam, Lawrence S. Mayer, George W. Rebok, Wesley E. Hawkins28. A Perspective on Adversity, Stress and Psychopathology, Alexander H. LeightonVI. Overview and IntegrationIntroduction, Bruce P. Dohrenwend29. Overview of Evidence for the Importance of Adverse Environmental Conditions, Bruce P. Dohrenwend30. Theoretical Integration, Bruce P. Dohrenwend