Stress and resilience in rheumatic diseases: A review and glimpse into the future

Nature Reviews Rheumatology

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 409-415

  Evers, Andrea W M ^a   Zautra, Alex ^b   Thieme, Kati ^c  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANXIETY DISORDER; BEHAVIOR; BLOOD PRESSURE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED THERAPY; COPING BEHAVIOR; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONAL STRESS; EXERCISE; FIBROMYALGIA; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; INTERNET; LOW BACK PAIN; MENTAL STRESS; MOTIVATION; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; NOCICEPTION; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERSONALITY; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SELF CARE; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS; STRESS MANAGEMENT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; COGNITIVE THERAPY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL; RHEUMATIC DISEASES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 79959949340     PISSN: 17594790     EISSN: 17594804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrrheum.2011.80     Document Type: Review

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