A Clinical Guide to the Treatment of the Human Stress Response

In its third edition, this classic book on the integration of mind/body relationships offers updates on microanatomy, biochemistry and tomography, and revisions to incorporate the significant advances in the field over the past eight years.

Complete update of the previous edition
Gives a detailed definition of stress and its relation to disease
Now contains chapters on resiliency and sleep disorders.

Complete update of the previous edition Gives a detailed definition of stress and its relation to disease Now contains chapters on resiliency and sleep disorders

Autorentext
George S. Everly, Jr., PhD, ABPP The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Loyola University Maryland
Jeffrey M. Lating, PhD Loyola University Maryland

Inhalt

Part I First Study the Science, Then Practice the Art.- The Concept of Stress: State of the Art.- The Anatomy and Physiology of the Human Stress Response.- Advances in Neuroscience: Implications for Stress.- The Link from Stress Arousal to Disease.- Stress-Related Disease: A Review.- Measurement of the Human Stress Response.- Personologic Diathesis and Human Stress.- Resilience.- Part II The Treatment of the Human Stress Response.- Cultural Awareness, Diversity, and the Stress Response.- Crisis Intervention and Psychological First Aid.- Disaster Mental Health & Strategic Planning.- Psychotherapy: A Cognitive Perspective.- 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.- Part III Special Topics and the Human Stress Response.- Nutrition and Stress.- Sleep and Stress.- Grief, Loss, and Stress.- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder.- Hans Selye and the Birth of the Stress Concept.- Summation and Conclusions.- Appendices Special Considerations in Clinical Practice.

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