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Books on: environmental illness

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The Rebellious Body: Reclaim Your Life from Environmental Illness or Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

Book by Janice Strubbe Wittenberg; Insight Books, 1996

Subjects:

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome--Alternative Treatment, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome--Popular Works, Environmentally Induced Diseases--Alternative Treatment, Environmentally Induced Diseases--Popular Works

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...reactivity to, 28 cleansing of, 152 EI: see Environmental illness Elavil, 133 Electrical currents, dental...Enteroviruses, 38 Enter the Zone Sears , 145 Environmental Health Center, 128 , 170 Environmental Health Information and Referral Service...
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The Sociology and Anthropology of Mental Illness: A Reference Guide

Book by Edwin D. Driver; University of Massachusetts Press, 1972

Subjects:

Mental Illness--Bibliography, Social Psychiatry--Bibliography

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

...Biosocial Adaptation and Mental Illness", Int. J. Soc. Psychiat...Psychosocial Factors to Psychiatric Illness Among Coal-Miners", Int...FORREST A. D., et al., "Environmental Factors in Depressive Illness", Brit. J. Psychiat...
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The Mark of Shame: Stigma of Mental Illness and an Agenda for Change

Book by Stephen P. Hinshaw; Oxford University Press, 2007

Subjects:

Mental Illness--Public Opinion, Mental Illness--Social Aspects, Stigma (Social Psychology)

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

to mental illness, stigma adds a unique...social responses to mental illness and how victims of stigmatization...negative reactions to mental illness are in many respects quite...interacts with multiple environmental triggers to induce dysfunction...
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A Sociology of Mental Health and Illness

Book by Anne Rogers, David Pilgrim; Open University Press, 2005

Subjects:

Mental Illness--Social Aspects, Psychiatric Epidemiology, Social Psychiatry

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

notion of mental illness and undermining the notion that...distinction between true mental illness and varieties of socially generated...classifications which distinguished mental illness from distressing environmental reactions (Fish 1967). From...
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Brave New Brain: Conquering Mental Illness in the Era of the Genome

Book by Nancy C. Andreasen; Oxford University Press, 2003

Subjects:

Human Genome, Mental Illness, Mental Illness--Genetic Aspects

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

...form of the illness that is not...Breaking illnesses down into...problem: environmental phenocopies. Environmental phenocopies...express the illness (false negatives...concept of environmental phenocopies...

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Journal Articles on: environmental illness

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The Incidence of Environment Related Illnesses in North Bengkulu, Indonesia

Journal article by Rebecca Fanany, Syafiwal Azzam; Journal of Environmental Health, Vol. 57, 1994

Subjects:

Environmental illness--Case studies, Environmentally induced diseases--Case studies, Indonesia--Health aspects

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...from or involving an environmental component. Table...incidence of several illnesses related to environmental conditions that occurred...treated for that illness. It should be noted...incidence of these illnesses for children under...suffering from an illness with an environmental component. Diarrhea...
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Recreational Water Illness Prevention and Swimming Pool Operation: Moving beyond the Basics

Journal article by Michael J. Beach; Journal of Environmental Health, Vol. 69, 2007

Subjects:

Environmental illness--Prevention, Environmentally induced diseases--Prevention, Swimming pools--Health aspects, Swimming pools--Management, Swimming pools--Safety and security measures, Water quality management--Methods

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Recreational Water Illness Prevention and Swimming...consultation; and assistance to environmental health specialists, sanitarians, and environmental health professionals and...successes that we all share in environmental public health. The 2007...with recreational-water illnesses (RWIs) is well documented...
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A Deeper Look into Mental Illness

Journal article by Charles W. Schmidt; Environmental Health Perspectives, Vol. 115, 2007

Subjects:

Environmental health--Research, Genetic research--Reports, Mental disorders--Research, Mental illness--Research

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...Deeper Look into Mental Illness. by Charles W. Schmidt Mental illnesses produce some of the...combinations of genes and environmental factors. Genetic...insights into mental illness, showing that particular...etiology of mental illness has become more clear...suggests that mental illnesses increasingly fall into the realm of environmental health. And from...
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Environmental Pesticide Illness and Injury: The Need for a National Surveillance System

Journal article by Kim M. Blindauer, Richard J. Jackson, Michael Mcgeehin, Carol Pertowski, Carol Rubin; Journal of Environmental Health, Vol. 61, 1999

Subjects:

Pesticides--Health aspects, Poison control centers--Reports, Poisons--Safety and security measures, United States. Environmental Protection Agency--Reports

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...TABLE 1 OMITTED pesticide illness and injury to the National...control of pesticide-related illness and injury. A well-designed...spread of pesticide-related illness in the population, and facilitate...many pesticide-related illnesses, the underreporting of cases...The National Center for Environmental Health (NCEH) proposes...
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Association between Rainfall and Pediatric Emergency Department Visits for Acute Gastrointestinal Illness

Journal article by Patrick Drayna, Sandra L. Mclellan, Pippa Simpson, Shun-Hwa Li, Marc H. Gorelick; Environmental Health Perspectives, Vol. 118, 2010

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Children--Health aspects, Gastrointestinal diseases--Diagnosis, Gastrointestinal diseases--Research, Gastrointestinal diseases--Risk factors, Rain and rainfall--Environmental aspects, Rain--Environmental aspects, Water pollution--Health aspects, Water pollution--Research, Water pollution--United States

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...visits for diarrheal illness increased after release...England: the impact of environmental and climate factors...for gastrointestinal illness in Atlanta, 1993...332-343. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency...1812-1844. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency...

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Magazine Articles on: environmental illness

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Good Genes Gone Bad: The New Public Health Reflects Our Understanding of How Environmental Contaminants Damage Genes. New Genetic Science Offers New Hope

Magazine article by Pete Myers; The American Prospect, Vol. 17, April 2006

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Environmental health--Genetic aspects, Environmental illness--Genetic aspects, Environmentally induced diseases--Genetic aspects, Gene mutation--Environmental aspects, Gene mutations--Environmental aspects

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...life. Third, some environmental contaminants can interfere...with a wide array of illnesses. At truly low doses...case isnt causing illness directly, but it...setting the stage for illness to win over health...of exposure to some environmental chemicals. Exposure...that many chronic illnesses and health conditions...
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Environmental Risks Can Be Predicted

Magazine article; USA Today (Society for the Advancement of Education), Vol. 123, February 1995

Subjects:

Environmental illness--Genetic aspects, Environmentally induced diseases--Genetic aspects, Medical genetics--Environmental aspects

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Environmental Risks Can Be Predicted. Studies at...the interaction between genes and environmental exposure to chemicals are bringing...track interaction between genes and environmental agents. "We all have a different...
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Epic Genetics: Genes' Chemical Clothes May Underlie the Biology Behind Mental Illness

Magazine article by Tina Hesman Saey; Science News, Vol. 173, May 24, 2008

Subjects:

Mental disorders--Genetic aspects, Mental illness--Genetic aspects, Psychiatric research

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...decades over whether mental illnesses sprout from nature or nurture...mysteries shrouding mental illness. Genes alone can only explain...reasons people contract mental illnesses, become addicts or have...one twin developed a mental illness, the other would too. But...types of stress or other environmental factors tip some brains into...
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Should We Destigmatize Mental Illness?

Magazine article by Richard E. Vatz; USA Today (Society for the Advancement of Education), Vol. 124, May 1996

Subjects:

Mental disorders--Public opinion, Mental illness--Public opinion, Mentally ill persons--Care and treatment, Mentally ill--Care and treatment

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...mental illness an authentic "illness" or is it a personal failing...mental health argue, mental illnesses were seen as bona fide illnesses? The case of Barbara Bush...in the diagnosis of mental illness. It should be noted that...a quite understandable environmental cause for Mrs. Bushs depression...
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Gulf War Illness

Magazine article by Diana Berardocco; Army Reserve Magazine, Vol. 47, Spring 2001

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Armed forces, Department of Defense, Health services, Illnesses, Persian Gulf War

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Gulf War Illness by Diana Berardocco WASHINGTON...maintaining medical and environmental surveillance and medical...precautions to guard against environmental hazards, providing information...Special Assistant for Gulf War Illnesses, headed by Bernard Rostker...stressful circumstances and environmental health risks while deployed...

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Newspaper Articles on: environmental illness

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When the Wife Went Mad; an Unpunctuated Look at Mental Illness

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, April 22, 2007

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Mental disorders, Mental illness

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Unpunctuated Look at Mental Illness. Byline: Robert VerBruggen...past, sorting out genetic and environmental causes. Some of the more fascinating...Portulinus, who suffered the same illness. The environmental causes are twofold: Agustinas...
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Keeping an Open Mind on Mental Illness; Professor Nick Craddock Explains Why Dogma on Mental Illness Is a Threat to Progress

Newspaper article; Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales), September 26, 2011

Subjects:

Mental disorders, Mental health, Mental illness

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...believe all mental illness is explained by adverse...views about mental illness. This thinking extends...press, psychiatric illnesses are discussed in a...causation and importance of environmental factors, there was...for these physical illnesses. All involve a complex...management of mental illness over the coming two...
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Wind Turbines 'Can Give You Mental Illness'

Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), January 29, 2010

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Air-turbines, Mental disorders, Mental illness, Wind power plants, Wind power--Buildings and facilities, Wind turbines

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

Wind Turbines Can Give You Mental Illness. Byline: Klara Kubiak THEYRE meant...blades can lead to insomnia and mental illness in some cases. However, the experts...will disturb people. The health and environmental impact of wind farms has long been a...
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How We Can All Help Remove the Stigma around Mental Ill Health; as Mental Health Charity Gofal Unveils a New Look and Direction, Ewan Hilton Explains What Mental Health and Mental Illness Mean in Today's Wales

Newspaper article; Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales), October 4, 2010

Subjects:

Charities--Analysis, Mental disorders--Analysis, Mental health--Analysis, Mental illness--Analysis

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...interchangeable with mental illness. Equally, mental health...as the absence of mental illness. The World Health Organisation...model defines people by their illnesses and seeks to cure people...happen also to have a mental illness. Some people assume that...interventions to improve our social, environmental and economic circumstances...
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Officials Investigate Outbreak of Illness

Newspaper article; The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR), July 26, 2008

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Disease transmission--Investigations, Medical research--Investigations, Medicine, Experimental--Investigations

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Officials Investigate Outbreak of Illness. Byline: Greg Bolt The Register...two cases of the bacterial illness shigella that apparently were...that others contracted the illness and did not see a doctor or...was contracted. Lane County Environmental Health Supervisor Jeff Lang...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: environmental illness

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Schizophrenia

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...to stimuli in the brain. Many researchers maintain that a combination of influences, including such environmental factors as viral illness or malnutrition in the patients mother during pregnancy, may lead to schizophrenia, Antipsychotic drugs...
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Psychology

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...sociology in its concerns with social and environmental influences on behavior; physics in...psychology can contribute to recovery and illness prevention for such somatic disorders...disease, cancer, and diabetes. In environmental psychology, research focuses on how...
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Occupational Disease

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE illness incurred because of the conditions...Occupational Disease Among the environmental causes of occupational disease...cause serious and often fatal illness. Occupational hazards also...Administration (OSHA) and Environmental Protection Agency , as well...
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Water Pollution

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...reported to Congress in 1996, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency concluded that approximately...problem of the spread of viruses and viral illness remains. Additionally, most sewage...William Sound, Alaska, causing great environmental destruction. In 1997, the 22 oil spills...
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Love Canal

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...birth defects , miscarriages, cancer , illness, and chromosome damage. Families were...disaster led to the creation of the Environmental Protection Agency s "Superfund...responsible parties liable for the cleanup of environmental hazards. More than $20,000,000...

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