Citation

Rahe RH. J. Clin. Psychiatry 1990; 51(Suppl): 13-19.

Affiliation

University of Nevada School of Medicine, Reno 89520.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1990, Physicians Postgraduate Press)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

2228989

Abstract

The life of Vincent van Gogh is illustrative of the natural history of psychosocial stressors and their relationship to a person's states of health and disease. In the author's opinion, there is a lack of such understanding in the current, established criteria for psychosocial stressors in the diagnosis of adjustment disorder. By use of a life chart, which chronologically documents a person's major life events and concomitant health status over his or her life span, a fuller understanding can be reached regarding why an individual becomes ill at a particular time.

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