Introduction: The concept of allostatic load encompasses the cumulative effects of both
ordinary daily life events as well as major challenges, and also includes related health …

Several principles have been proposed to improve use of artificial intelligence (AI) in
healthcare, but the need for AI to improve longstanding healthcare challenges has not been …

Euthymia is a trans-diagnostic construct characterized by lack of mood disturbances;
presence of positive affect; balance of psychological well-being dimensions, flexibility …

Demoralization is a complex clinical phenomenon which has raised a growing interest in
clinical and research realms. The present systematic review of the literature aimed at (1) …

There is growing awareness of the role of allostatic load (the cost of chronic exposure to
fluctuating or heightened physiologic responses resulting from repeated or chronic stress) in …

The building of life stress, well expressed by the concept of allostatic load, plays an
important part in all phases of endocrine illness. Allostatic load refers to the cumulative …

Individual attitudes and behavior related to health and disease are major components of
clinical encounters. These factors shape lifestyle, presentation of symptoms, access to …

In the late 1960s, Schmale and Engel developed the clinical profile of the “giving-up
complex”[1]. Skillful interviewing of patients disclosed a psychological state characterized by …

Clinical interviewing is the basic method to understand how a person feels and what are the
presenting complaints, obtain medical history, evaluate personal attitudes and behavior …

Current healthcare is still conceptualized in terms of acute care perceived as a product
processing, where the patient is a customer who can, at best, select among the services that …