The Psychology and Physiology of Stress
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The Psychology and Physiology of Stress

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The Psychology and Physiology of Stress

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The Psychology and Physiology of Stress investigates the psychological and physiological consequences of stress caused by the Vietnam War. It includes the contributions of the representatives of the US Armed Forces and the Army of the Republic of Vietnam. Furthermore, it summarizes advances both in the clinical and research spheres that have evolved from the conflict. This book begins with a brief historical review of psychiatric disorders associated with combat, with emphasis on changes in their frequency, terminology, and manifestations. It is followed by chapters dealing with the organization and development of US Army psychiatry in Vietnam, psychiatry in the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam Forces), and psychiatric disorders of Marine and Naval personnel who have been evacuated to an offshore-based hospital ship. The book also explains the patterns of psychiatric attrition and behavior in the combat zone; steroid and other biochemical responses to combat stress, which involve measurements of 17-hydroxycorticosteroids, androgens, and various phospholipid fractions; heat stress in army pilots in Vietnam; background characteristics, attitudes, and self-concepts of air force psychiatric casualties from Southeast Asia; and stress and fatigue monitoring of naval aviators during aircraft carrier combat operations. The book concludes with a chapter on progress in combat psychiatry after the Vietnam War. This book is a valuable resource for psychiatrists, psychologists, and healthcare and military personnel concerned with the effects of combat-induced stress.

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Information

Publisher
Academic Press
Year
2012
Print ISBN
9780121195502
eBook ISBN
9780323158268
Topic
Medicine
Subtopic
Psychiatry & Mental Health

Table of contents

  1. Front Cover
  2. The Psychology and Physiology of Stress: With Reference to Special Studies of the Viet Nam War
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Table of Contents
  5. Contributors
  6. List of Contributors
  7. Preface
  8. Introduction
  9. Chapter 1. Army Psychiatry in Viet Nam
  10. Chapter 2. Patterns of Psychiatric Attrition and of Behavior in a Combat Zone
  11. Chapter 3. Psychiatry in the Army of The Republic of Viet Nam
  12. Chapter 4. Effects of Combat Stress on Hospital Ship Psychiatric Evacuees
  13. Chapter 5. Urinary 17-OHCS Levels in Two Combat Situations
  14. Chapter 6. Androgen Excretion in Stress
  15. Chapter 7. Heat Stress in Army Pilots in Viet Nam
  16. Chapter 8. Background Characteristics, Attitudes, and Self-Concepts of Air Force Psychiatric Casualties from Southeast Asia
  17. Chapter 9. A Review of Stress and Fatigue Monitoring of Naval Aviators during Aircraft Carrier Combat Operations: Blood and Urine Biochemical Studies
  18. Chapter 10. Military Psychiatry and the Viet Nam War in Perspective
  19. Subject Index