He had dedicated more than 50 years of his high-pressure life to driving the development and international expansion of a family grocers' business which had struggled to regain its feet after the Second World War.
The refugees' stress and PTSD symptoms were assessed using the PCL checklist, a method for discerning the impact of high-pressure life events.
Genetic and biochemical experiments have revealed that both physiological and structural adaptations are essential for high-pressure life.
While the study of these extremophiles is still in its infancy, both physiological and structural adaptations appear to be important for high-pressure life.
He'd also like to use that knowledge to find ways of improving the performance of people with chronically impaired brains or those who can become sleep deprived in high-pressure, life-and-death jobs, like doctors, firefighters and soldiers.
Addictive substances appeared to be the way in which these well-known people coped with the pressure of life.
"Many soldiers develop their own strategies for dealing with the pressure of life on operations," he said.
Alcohol is often an emotional prop, a way of coping with pain, harm, sexual assault, traumatic events, inability to find the words to talk about stress, coping with financial pressure, family life, parenting pressure, death.
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This, together with pressure from life and work, has led to tragedies.
