Psychological distress : risk factors, patterns and coping strategies / Angelo Compare, Claudia Elia, Antonio Giulio Simonelli and Francesco Cattafi, editors.

Includes index.

Preface -- Personality and vulnerability to psychological distress / Claudia Elia, Giulio Simonelli, and Angelo Compare, Department of Human and Social Science, University of Bergamo, Italy -- The psychological disease in sport: stress, anxiety, self-esteem and wellness of the athletes / Giulia Di Blasi, Angelo Compare, Claudia Elia, Antonio Giulio Simonelli, and Francesco Cattafi, University of Bergamo, Italy -- Psychological distress in cancer patients : from recognition to management / Barbara Muzzatti, Francesca Bomben, Cristiana Flaiban, Sara Mella, and Maria Antonietta Annunziata, Unit of Oncological Psychology, Centro di Riferimento Oncologico, National Cancer Institute, Aviano, Italy -- Does coping style add to the effects of sex and trauma type on ptsd and mental health outcomes? / Melanie D. Hetzel-Riggin, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Penn State Erie, The Behrend College, Erie, PA, USA -- Spsd-a new rating scale for psychological distress in adolescence : a validation study on a nationwide Italian cohort of 31,661 adolescents / Enzo Grossi, Gabriele Manella, Giovanni Pieretti, Bruno Genetti, Milena Sperotto, and Paolo Vian, Villa Santa Maria Institute, Milan, Italy, and others -- Psychological interventions to reduce distress and improve quality of life in families with autistic children / Cristina Zarbo, Angelo Compare, Sara Melli, and Enzo Grossi, Human and Social Science Department, University of Bergamo, Bergamo, Italy, and others -- Mental stress in parents and siblings of autistic children : review of the literature and original study of the related psychological dimensions / Sara Melli, Enzo Grossi, Cristina Zarbo, and Angelo Compare, Autism research unit -- Villa S. Maria Institute, Tavernerio (CO), Italy, and others -- The role of stress, psychological distress and coping strategies in the etiology and prognosis of cardiac diseases / Zarbo Cristina and Angelo Compare, University of Bergamo, Department of Human and Social Science, Bergamo (BG), Italy -- Assessment of physiological patterns of acute stress responses : the role of near-infrared spectroscopy / Agostino Brugnera, Kaoru Sakatani and Angelo Compare, Department of Human and Social Sciences, University of Bergamo, Italy, and others -- Predictive and preventive psychological assessments for women in outpatient integrated care clinic / Maddalena Ischia, Sara Zanelli, Maurizio Gerolamo Biraghi, Rodolfo Milani, Nadia Bernocchi, Rossella Dal Bo, Chiara Carzaniga, Silvia Briganti, and Angelo Compare, Service of Clinical Psychology and Sexology, CAM Lei, Viale Elvezia ang. Via Martiri delle Foibe, Monza, Italy, and others -- Index.

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