Overview

The book Suffering the Slings and Arrows Of Outrageous Fortune: International Perspectives on Stress, Laughter and Depression highlights topics covered at an inaugural inter-disciplinary conference Making Sense of Stress Humour and Healing held in Budapest in May 2005. The chapters provide a truly international and inter-disciplinary perspective on the subject. Contributors to this volume come not only from a wide variety of disciplines and backgrounds but also from many parts of the globe. They speak of universal truths and of site-specific concerns. They do not all speak with one voice and some of their points diverge one from the other but each sheds their own light on the topics, allowing readers to form a richer picture of the issues than might otherwise be possible.

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Author:   Bernie Warren
Publisher:   Brill
Imprint:   Editions Rodopi B.V.
Volume:   31
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.390kg
ISBN:  

9789042021488

ISBN 10:   9042021489
Pages:   236
Publication Date:   01 January 2007
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Bernie WARREN: Introduction William W. BOSTOCK: Collective Depression: Its Nature, Causation and Alleviation Vijayalaxmi A. AMINABHAVI and Ajitha DINDIGAL: A Study of Psychological Well-being, Job Satisfaction and Sources of Pressure of Medical Consultants and Post Graduate Students Judit UJLAKY: Evaluation of the Historical Recent Past: Humour as a Possible Collective Coping Strategy Louise WOODWARD and Ian SHAW: The Medicalization of Emotions: Happiness and the Role of General Practice Traci POTTERF: Nervios: Lessons from Cuba’s Oriente Banoudokht NAJAFIANPOUR: The Role of Negative Self-concept in Depression, Stress, and Anxiety of Married Women Eleanor A. HOLROYD, William C.W. WONG, Davina C. LING and Ann GRAY: Hong Kong’s Female Sex Workers: Stress and Anxiety-related Consequences of the Intersection of Poverty, Gender, Dangerous Work Alex P.W. GARDNER: We Aim To Pee: Unmasking the Secret Phobia and Reducing Performance Anxiety Harold A. BILBOE: Asylum Seekers in Australia: Turning Repression and Stress into longterm Anxiety and Depression Tom Doude VAN TROOSTWIJK: The Hospital Clown: A Cross Boundary Character Ana ACHCAR: Clown Language, Performance and Children’s Hospitals Peter SPITZER: LaughterBoss – The Court Jester in Aged Care Nicole GERVAIS, Bernie WARREN and Peter TWOHIG: “Nothing seems funny anymore”: Studying Burnout in Clown-Doctors Ruth Anne KINSMAN DEAN: Expressing Sensibilities: Healing Functions of Humour in Palliative Care Collective Bibliography Index

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