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The Stress Profile

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

David Wheatley
David Wheatley*
Affiliation:
The Stress Clinic, The Maudsley Hospital, Denmark Hill, London SE5 8AZ
*
11a Manor Court, Hinchley Wood, Surrey KT10 0SP
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Abstract

The Stress Profile consists of a number of questionnaires which have been developed to assess the severity of stress in nine areas of life: social habits, social relationships, life events, sexual problems, sleep, psychiatric symptoms, old age, menstrual stresses, and ‘stress and the heart’. The questionnaires have been validated for inter-rater reliability and against the Hamilton anxiety and depression rating scales. Using the Profile, the inter-relationships between different stress areas can be assessed, appropriate treatments advised, and the response to treatment in relation to different components evaluated.

Type
Lecture
Information
The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 156 , Issue 5 , May 1990 , pp. 685 - 688
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1990 

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Footnotes

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Copies of this instrument are available from DW for a sum of £1 (UK) or £3 (overseas) (US$5) to cover production and postal costs.

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