Suffering the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune : international perspectives on stress, laughter, and depression / / edited by Berni Warren.

• Superior document: At the interface/probing the boundaries ; v. 31
• TeilnehmendeR: Warren, Bernie, 1953-
• Year of Publication: 2007
• Language: English
• Series: At the interface/probing the boundaries ; v. 31.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (246 p.)
• Notes: International conference proceedings.

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.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material -- Collective Depression: Its Nature, Causation and Alleviation / William W. Bostock -- A Study of Psychological Well-being, Job Satisfaction and Sources of Pressure of Medical Consultants and Post Graduate Students. / Vijayalaxmi A. Aminabhavi and Ajitha Dindigal -- Evaluation of the Historical Recent Past: Humour as a Possible Collective Coping Strategy / Judit Ujlaky -- The Medicalization of Emotions: Happiness and the Role of General Practice / Louise Woodward and Ian Shaw -- Nervios: Lessons from Cuba’s Oriente / Traci Potterf -- The Role of Negative Self-concept in Depression, Stress, and Anxiety of Married Women / Banoudokht Najafianpour -- Hong Kong’s Female Sex Workers: Stress and Anxietyrelated Consequences of the Intersection of Poverty, Gender, Dangerous Work / Eleanor A. Holroyd , William C.W. Wong , Davina C. Ling and Ann Gray -- We Aim To Pee: Unmasking the Secret Phobia and Reducing Performance Anxiety / Alex P.W. Gardner -- Asylum Seekers in Australia: Turning Repression and Stress into long-term Anxiety and Depression / Harold A. Bilboe -- The Hospital Clown: A Cross Boundary Character / Tom Doude van Troostwijk -- Clown Language, Performance and Children’s Hospitals / Ana Achcar -- LaughterBoss – The Court Jester in Aged Care / Dr. Peter Spitzer -- “Nothing seems funny anymore”: Studying Burnout in Clown-Doctors / Nicole Gervais , Bernie Warren and Peter Twohig -- Expressing Sensibilities: Healing Functions of Humour in Palliative Care / Ruth Anne Kinsman Dean -- Collective Bibliography -- Index.