Social Change, Stress and Mental Health in the Pearl of the Alps :
General Material Designation
[Book]
Other Title Information
a Systemic Study of a Village Process
First Statement of Responsibility
by Gottlieb Guntern.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Berlin, Heidelberg
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
1979
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SERIES
Series Title
Monographien aus dem Gesamtgebiete der Psychiatrie, Psychiatry Series, 22.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Conceptual Framework and the Methods of Investigation --;1. General Introduction --;2. Theoretical Problems of Social Change --;3. Problems of Methodology --;Development From an Isolated Mountain Village to an International Tourist Resort: Sociological and Socio-Psychological Aspects of the Village Process --;4. Time Before the Construction of the Road --;5. Construction of the Road in 1951 --;6. The Village Process After the Construction of the Road: Increasing Industrialization and Urbanization --;Social Change and Stress --;7. General Stress Concepts --;8. Social Change and Stress Indicators --;Stress Indicators Observed in 1970: Physical and Mental Health Aspects of the Village Process --;9. Psychosomatic Disorders --;10. Consumption of Alcohol --;11. Consumption of Drugs --;12. Consumption of Tobacco --;13. Psychiatric Disorders --;14. Crime --;15. Epilogue --;References.
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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I first became acquainted with Dr. Gottlieb Guntern's work at several scientific symposia and was impressed by the way he combined originality and imagination with the proper use of careful, multidisciplinary epidemiologic approaches.