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Stress management in men with solvent-induced chronic toxic encephalopathy

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Author

  • Björn Karlson
  • Lena Seger
  • Kai Österberg
  • Gunnel Åbjörnsson
  • Palle Örbaek

Summary, in English

Stress management was studied in male patients with solvent-induced chronic toxic encephalopathy (TE) of types 2A (TE 2A, n = 31) and 2B (TE 2B, n = 26). The patients were compared with a healthy reference group (n = 57). Self-reported symptoms (90-item Symptoms Checklist [SCL-90]), sense of coherence, coping strategies, and level of mastery were measured. As expected, both TE groups reported highly deviating symptoms on most SCL-90 scales. The TE 2B patients, who had objectified cognitive dysfunction, reported more use of passive, less situationally adequate coping strategies; a weaker sense of coherence; and a lower degree of mastery. In contrast, the TE 2A cases showed only minor deviations from the reference group in these respects. The results suggest that having a strong sense of coherence, a sense of mastery, and flexible resources for stress management could be dependent on intact brain functions.

Publishing year

2000

Language

English

Pages

670-675

Publication/Series

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volume

42

Issue

6

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

Topic

  • Environmental Health and Occupational Health

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 1536-5948