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Psychological distress has become a very relevant and highly debated topic as a result of the increasing volume of information available. In fact, in the last decades, more and more research has been conducted in order to provide unique knowledge and shed new light on this important and sensible malady. In a complex and variegated panorama of scientific research, this book is intended to clarify the most significant questions and to deepen the greater contents about psychological distress, analysing its various aspects and focusing attentively on them. Different facets will be addressed in order to accomplish this goal. Among them, personality characteristics that lead to vulnerability, psychological distress, and psychological patterns of acute stress response will be discussed in two different chapters in order to define the subject in a more general way. On the other hand, the remaining chapters will treat more specific issues considered pivotal in several areas of psychological distress. In particular, the aspects concerning psychological distress in sport athletes, cancer patients, posttraumatic stress disorder cases, adolescents, cardiac diseases and autistic children and their siblings will be expertly discussed. Furthermore, this entire book is dedicated to investigate the issues relative to coping styles and strategies, distress assessment, and therapies or interventions able to improve the quality of life while also minimising risk factors.
Contents
Preface; Personality & Vulnerability to Psychological Distress; The Psychological Disease in Sport: Stress, Anxiety, Self-Esteem & Wellness of the Athletes; Psychological Distress in Cancer Patients: From Recognition to Management; Does Coping Style Add to the Effects of Sex & Trauma Type on PTSD & Mental Health Outcomes?; SPSd-A New Rating Scale for Psychological Distress in Adolescence: A Validation Study on a Nationwide Italian Cohort of 31,661 Adolescents; Psychological Interventions to Reduce Distress & Improve Quality of Life in Families with Autistic Children; Mental Stress in Parents & Siblings of Autistic Children: Review of the Literature & Original Study of the Related Psychological Dimensions; The Role of Stress, Psychological Distress & Coping Strategies in the Etiology & Prognosis of Cardiac Diseases; Assessment of Physiological Patterns of Acute Stress Responses: The Role of Near-Infrared Spectroscopy; Predictive & Preventive Psychological Assessments for Women in Outpatient Integrated Care Clinic; Index.NER(01): GB IE
