Proceedings of the Symposium on Stress held in Washington, DC on 16-18 Mar 1953
Abstract
Contents: Acute and sustained high energy output; adjustment of 02 supply and demand in organs; visceral circulation in homeostasis; metabolic responses in acute and chronic stress; pituitary-adrenocortical system in stress situations; adrenalin and noradrenalin in stress situations; behavioral regulation of homeostasis; stress in combat zones; psychological transactions in stress situations; chronic situations evoking psychological stress and common signs of resulting strain; life situations, emotions, and bodily disease; common psychological defense to stressful situations and the patterns of breakdown when they fail; interpersonal communication of anxiety; situations evoking stress in human groups and group behavioral changes denoting strain; responses to disaster in American cultural groups; cultural perspectives on stress; reciprocal relations between incentives, motivation, and strain in acute and chronic stress; psychological adaptive process in life-threatening injuries; clinical management of severe injuries; reconditioning of severely injured men, with particular reference to the management of paraplegia; role of the leader in prevention of disease; roles of food, rest, and rotation as defenses against psychological strain; personnel selection, classification, and assignment in relation to stress; psychotherapy in the combat zone; influence of drugs on certain stressful states; experimental evocation of stress; implications of stress in psychological warfare.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- May 18, 1953
- Accession Number
- AD0615705
Entities
Organizations
- Army Medical Department