title: Social isolation can be major factor if patients are unable to deal with stress, researcher says.
abstract: Many people can cope with demanding work environments, busy lives, personal losses and tragedies without becoming ill. Yet others become ill under the same circumstances, some as a result of only relatively small amounts of stress. A Montreal researcher says social isolation plays a major role in patients' inability to deal with stress.
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authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Lechky
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000375:Aging / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011602:Psychophysiologic Disorders / Q000523:psychology; D012934:Social Isolation; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000469:parasitology*