A clinical guide to the treatment of the human stress response
xx, 485 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm.
"With: Chapter 13 contributed by Melvin A. Gravitz and Roger A. Page -- Chapter 16 contributed by Jason M. Noel and Judy L. Curtis -- Chapter 18 contributed by Rich Blake, Jeffrey M. Lating and George S. Everly, Jr. -- Chapter 23 contributed by Paul J. Rosch."
Includes bibliographical references and index
George S. Everly, Jr., Jeffrey M. Lating
The concept of stress -- The anatomy and physiology of the human stress response -- The link from stress arousal to disease -- Stress-related disease : a review -- Measurement of the human stress response -- Personologic diathesis and human stress -- Resilience : the final frontier -- Psychotherapy : a cognitive perspective -- A neurophysiological rationale for the use of the relaxation response : neurological desensitization -- Meditation -- Voluntary control of respiration patterns -- Neuromuscular relaxation -- Hypnosis in the management of stress reactions -- Biofeedback in the treatment of the stress response -- Physical exercise and the human stress response -- The pharmacological management of stress reactions -- Religion, spirituality, and stress -- Nutrition and stress -- Sleep and stress -- Grief, loss, and stress -- Posttraumatic stress disorder -- Crisis intervention and psychological first aid -- Hans Selye and the birth of the stress concept -- Summation and conclusions