>... My work has focused on understanding anxiety, stress and
>depression as process variables (rather than syndromes of
>symptoms) and have found great utility in constructing a model
>of coping distress/desparate problem solving for people who are
>unable to resolve anxiety/stress processes. My interest in the
>original post was related to this issue of unresolvability, and
>it sounded (from the news item) that the phenomenon was a good
>example of a problem that had no realistic solution for the
>people who experienced it.....
The issue of unresolvability would seem a very interesting
construct to consider further in relation to prison deaths. For
a number of people I have come across who have been/are going
into custody, a major issue is that they see no way out of their
situation. Rather than just a lack of hope, it appears to me
some issues just do not appear resolvable at a point in time and
the anxiety/distress this causes can be overwhelming.
I would be interested to hear more about the model you have
described and how you use it with people.
Regards,
Bob Green
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