Social isolation can be major factor if patients are unable to deal with stress, researcher says.
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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