A Clinical Guide to the Treatment of the Human Stress Response

• Κύριοι συγγραφείς: Everly, George S. (Συγγραφέας), Lating, Jeffrey M. (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2002.
• Έκδοση: Second Edition.
• Σειρά: Plenum Series on Stress and Coping
• Θέματα: Psychology.; Psychiatry.; Clinical psychology.; Psychotherapy.; Counseling.; Health psychology.; Psychotherapy and Counseling.; Clinical Psychology.; Health Psychology.

Over a decade has passed since the first edition of this critically acclaimed volume was published. Much is new, but much has remained the same. The reader will find that the primary efferent biological mechanisms of the stress response are largely the same as described in 1989. This underscores the...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• The Concept of Stress
• The Anatomy and Physiology of the Human Stress Response
• The Link from Stress Arousal to Disease
• Stress-Related Disease
• Psychoneuroimmunology
• Measurement of the Human Stress Response
• Personologic Diathesis and Human Stress
• Control and the Human Stress Response
• Psychotherapy
• A Neurophysiological Rationale for the Use of the Relaxation Response
• 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
• 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.