English Explanatory Dictionary

Holmes-Rahe scale

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A list of various stressful life events that can contribute to illness, ranked by assessment of risk.

Word forms

Holmes-Rahe scale the Holmes-Rahe scale

Etymology

Devised in 1967 by psychiatrists Thomas Holmes and Richard Rahe.

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