Distress

& Whooley, 2010; Faith, Matz, & Jorge, 2002). Reducing the risk for psychological distress in women STEM faculty needs to be a priority, given that women are vulnerable to chronic diseases like heart disease, obesity, and cancer, with heart disease and cancer being the leading causes of death for all women (Centers for Disease Control [CDC], 2013). Better overall health decreases the risk for psychological distress and women STEM faculty at Howard University are motivated to take the necessary…

arthritis. Women are affected with this disease more than men are. It causes progressive deterioration with functional decline, and it leads to disability, and an impaired life quality. Rheumatoid arthritis patients experience a lot of psychological distress compared to someone without this disease. There was a study created to determine whether to rheumatoid arthritis would achieve immediate improvements in heath related outcomes, and whether the improvements would be maintained for at…

relationships among traumatic stress exposure, age, identity distress, and posttraumatic stress symptoms between 401 individuals from 18-86 years old whom were exposed to the Hurricane Katrina (Wiley, Berman, Marsee, Taylor, Canon & Weens, 2011). An individual’s identity was a key developmental task that was linked to their psychological results due to the hurricane. Their results were measured upon a 10-item questionnaire that was used to measure distress associated with unresolved identity…

It is designed to measure three aspects of the patient’s life: Symptom distress, Interpersonal relations, and social performance (Lambert et al, 2004). The assessment consist of 45 Likert scale 4 item questions. Symptom distress measures symptoms of depression, stress and anxiety. Consisting of 25 items this aspect takes most of the item inventory in the test. Following is the interpersonal relationship…

P’s story is distress. Ms. P may be feeling distress about how the abdominal pain is negatively affecting her ability to go about her daily routine. Another emotion that I may be able to observe from her story, is depression. Ms. P could possibly be feeling depressed that her abdominal pain has made her unable to sped time with friends and family. The way I would respond to this emotion is using NURS. With distress, I would first name what Ms. P is feeling as distress. Then I would ensure…

fascinating. Gothic literature is a story that involves a monster or some other supernatural being. These stories are usually dark and written by authors who are well known like Stephen King, Edgar Allen Poe,etc. These stories element include a damsel in distress, a hero ,intense emotions. A story that has a majority of these is The Boogeyman by Stephen King. The first element is the supernatural being who is obviously the boogeyman. He appears in kids closet and and kills them. The reason he…

with Predominant Pain and Persistent – Severe V61.03 Disruption of family by separation or divorce V61.10 Relationship distress with spouse or intimate partner V62.29 Other problem related to employment Justification of 300.82 - Somatic Symptom Disorder with Predominant Pain and Persistent – Severe Matt has more than one somatic symtom present that is causing him distress and significant disrution in his daily life. Matt has overal pain, specifcilly absominal pain, and has aches, feels…

problems with work, school or even with their children. These things can be known as the stress of anger or frustration. The stress that almost everyone feels. Most of the symptoms are recognized. The symptoms are emotional distress and physical problems. The emotional distress involves being angry or irritability, having anxiety, and different periods of depression. The physical problems are headaches, different pains, and upset stomach, and blood pressure, shortness of breath, sweaty palms,…

participants is sometimes necessary since it reveals hidden truths (McLeod, 2007). Furthermore, this study is also unethical because the participants were all under extreme distress. The participants believed they were hurting or even killing another individual and thus were put into an anguishing state. This emotional distress caused the participants to question the ethics of the study. This study is also unethical because the participants could not withdraw themselves while the experiment was…

came to choosing a particular experience to talk about. I think school stresses me out the most. School has always been a major stressor in my life. Although, this particular stressor causes both distress and eustress, I find it to cause distress a majority of the time. I find that the root of my distress comes from not getting a grade I wanted, having to keep up with due dates and assignments, studying, and most of all living up to someone’s expectations of me. Like I stated earlier, I…