Trauma, change, and psychological health in the 21st century.
The impact of stressful life events on health has been the object of inquiry for decades. Health care professionals have studied how stressful life events may precipitate or contribute to the onset of illness. Traumatic events and experiences can profoundly affect physical and psychological well-being, which in turn may predispose an individual to greater resilience or greater vulnerability to life stresses. Examined herein is the relationship between life stresses--including social stressors, political stressors, and environmental stressors--and the critical health related issues that psychologists need to prepare for in both the science and the practice of psychology over the next decade and during the 21st century.
Miller
Thomas W
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Department of Psychology and Center for Health, Intervention, and Prevention, University of Connecticut, USA. tom.miller@uconn.edu
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