Projects / Programmes
System Approach To Stress Management
January 1, 2016
- December 31, 2019
| Code |
Science |
Field |
Subfield |
| 3.09.00 |
Medical sciences |
Psychiatry |
|
| Code |
Science |
Field |
| B650 |
Biomedical sciences |
Psychiatry, clinical psychology, psychosomatics |
| Code |
Science |
Field |
| 3.02 |
Medical and Health Sciences |
Clinical medicine |
Contextualising research in existing institutional and international research programmes and projects
Researchers (7)
Organisations (1)
| no. |
Code |
Research organisation |
City |
Registration number |
No. of publicationsNo. of publications |
| 1. |
1620 |
University Psyhiatric Hospital |
Ljubljana - Polje |
1191004000 |
3,459 |
Abstract
The programme shall provide conditions for systemic examination of different distress – disease conditions in a specific way; though a new idea and interaction of different data linked with health and disease. The most modern approaches and research methodology shall be used. In addition to patients, their relatives shall be included in research, providing for environment where small differences impacting integration and having a decisive impact on an event or disease shall be considered. We shall be limited to examining three groups of patients based on classification of disease as physical (carcinoma), psychosomatic (asthma, chronical obstructive bronchitis), and mental (depression). All three groups shall be examined on multilevel basis: personally, cognitively, emotionally, psycho physiologically, genetically. We shall burden them with mental stress, control distress and discontinue distress after two standard deviations from subjective average. We shall assess basic condition, after application of stress condition and homeostatic process. In appropriate time intervals small samples of blood shall be taken (up to 5 ml), which is less invasive method; the other assessment procedures are mainly non-invasive (exp. saliva samples, EMG, EDR or psycho- diagnostics). Samples of saliva are important to assess previous serious actions or abuse caused by stress, since alterations in epigenome inscriptions are visible in tissues, also in saliva. The brain and microbiome in the intestines communicate within homeostatic paths including nervous, endocrine and immunological signals. Microbiome can modify epigenomic inscriptions. Physical diseases have also mental background; on the other hand, exp. depression has impact on physical body, exp. cardiac and brain vascular diseases, high blood pressure, diabetes type 2. New research approach is necessary for understanding and professional development, change of life style and control over reactions and management as well as prevention of harmful reactions and events.
Significance for science
Systemic approach to exploration is inevitable contemporary feature representing and explaining complex phenomena. In addition to data relating to the structure of stress in various distress (mental psychosomatic, and somatic) conditions, similarities and differences, the presented research will reveal relations and relatives’ characteristics and mixes. This will be an important step for forming the hypothesis of emergence of mental and somatic disorders and diseases and the interactions between the mental and the physical. Interactive and interdisciplinary approach shall contribute to global understanding of stress impacts and enable more effective strategies for stress confrontation beyond relaxation techniques, often not possible to implement or lacking effect. Some people cannot relax using one relaxation technique; some cannot relax using any, and some can relax using any. Most can learn strategies to control themselves and the environment; organised confrontation with problems and issues. Recognition and acceptance that some problems cannot be solved can help individuals in confronting stress. An important upgrade of the research is inclusion of relatives; the research results shall extremely increase the data environment with extremely important information enabling definition of risk factors. One of the first approaches shall be integration of epigenomic and microbiomic data with the data of exposome. We shall learn about the inclination to stress response and contribute to more complex understanding of links between stress and diseases.
Significance for the country
The programme shall improve understanding of disease, stress. And stress influences on development, mix and disposition combination of an individual in interaction with environment. Understanding of processes enables planning, adaptation, understanding, and the influence of experience and prevention activities. Health and faster recovery diminish absenteeism, influence quality of life, increase satisfaction and make an impact on productivity.
Most important scientific results
Annual report
2016,
2018,
final report
Most important socioeconomically and culturally relevant results
Annual report
2016,
2017,
2018,
final report
