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A clinical guide to the treatment of the human stress response /

Everly, George S., 1950-

A clinical guide to the treatment of the human stress response / George S. Everly and Jeffrey M. Lating. - 2nd ed. - New York ; London : Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, 2002. - xix, 478 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. + hbk. - Plenum series on stress and coping . - Plenum series on stress and coping .

Previous ed. published: 1989.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

I: The nature of human stress -- 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 -- Psychoneuroimmunology -- Measurement of the human stress response -- II: The treatment of the human stress response -- Personologic diathesis and human stress -- Control and the human stress response -- Psychotherapy: a cognitive perspective -- A neurophysiology rationale for the use of the relaxation response: neurological desensitization -- Meditation -- Voluntary control of respiration patterns -- Neuromuscular relaxation -- Hynosis 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 -- III: Special topics in the treatment of the human stress response -- Religion, spirituality and stress -- Nutrition and stress -- Posttraumatic stress disorder -- Management of acute distress through a comprehensive model of crisis intervention for mass disasters and terrorism -- Hans Selye and the birth of the stress concept -- Summation and conclusions.



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Stress (Psychology)
Stress management

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