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R H Rahe

Publications and source records attributed to R H Rahe.

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Van Gogh and the life chart.

Adolf Meyer originally devised the life chart in order to chronologically document a person's major life events and significant illness experiences over his or her life span. It is the purpose of this report to update Meyer's life chart through the presentation of the life events and illnesses of the famous artist Vincent Van Gogh. Van Gogh's life illustrates significant early (predisposing) life stresses, as well as clusterings of stressful (precipitating) life events occurring proximal to the occurrence of his several illnesses. Through the use of a life chart an understanding of why an individual becomes ill at a particular time in their life is enlarged. In addition, a systematic basis for formulating prognosis becomes available.

Alcoholism↗
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Acute versus chronic post-traumatic stress disorder.

A photographic lens and filter model is presented which outlines six steps between a person's perception of stressful life events and their possible eventual development of an illness. Persons developing acute post-traumatic stress disorder differ markedly in their processing of early steps in the model compared to those who go on to suffer from chronic post-traumatic stress disorder. Persons with the acute disorder, with high likelihood of recovery, generally have had enriching early life experiences, use psychological defenses to a moderate degree, and demonstrate ample coping capabilities. Those going on to the chronic disorder, who frequently don't recover, often report impoverished early life experiences, employ psychological defenses to an extreme degree, and show a paucity of coping skills. These differences are illustrated by histories from survivors of a terrorist bombing and by observations made by the author of returned prisoners of war and civilian hostages.

Acute Disease↗
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Relationship of alexithymia and poor social support to ulcerative changes on gastrofiberscopy.

The effects of psychosocial factors on peptic ulceration and/or erosions were examined in a sample of 189 volunteers. Analysis of variance found that the severity of gastrofiberscopic findings was related to two psychosocial factors-poor social support and degree of alexithymia- and that both psychosocial factors were significantly correlated with one another. Analysis of covariance indicated that gastrofiberscopic findings remained significantly related to poor social support when alexithymia was controlled for. These findings suggest that in both healthy persons, and in persons with alexithymia, peptic ulceration or erosions tend to manifest when social support is low. Poor social support and alexithymia may be an especially high-risk combination for the development of peptic ulceration and/or erosions.

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