Stress & health : biological and psychological interactions

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Title:

Author:

Lovallo, William R.

ISBN:

9781412904780

Personal Author:

Lovallo, William R.

Edition:

2nd ed.

Publication Information:

Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, c2005.

Physical Description:

xiv, 279 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Contents:

1. Behavioral medicine and biomedicine -- 2. Psychosocial models of health and disease -- 3. History of the concept of stress -- 4. Homeostatic regulation -- 5. Physical and psychological stress -- 6. Central nervous system integrations of the psychological stress response -- 7. Stress and the endocrine system -- 8. The immune system and behavior -- 9. Helplessness, coping, and health -- 10. Genes, stress, and behavior -- 11. Individual differences in reactivity to stress -- 12. Behavior, stress, and health.

Abstract:

"Stress and Health: Biological and Psychological Interactions, Second Edition examines the biological links between our emotions and changes in our health. Author William R. Lovallo provides an introduction to the concept of psychological stress, its physiological manifestations, and its effects on health and disease. The book concentrates on the psychophysiological relationship between cognitions, emotions, brain functions, and the peripheral mechanisms by which the body is regulated." "Stress and Health is the only book on the biology of psychological stress for students and researchers in the behavioral sciences. It is an excellent textbook for advanced undergraduate and graduate students studying the relationship between stress and health in psychology, physiology, behavioral medicine, nursing, the neurosciences, and related fields."--BOOK JACKET.

Subject Term:

Stress (Physiology)

Stress (Psychology)

Added Author:

Lovallo, William R. Stress & health.

Lovallo, William R. Stress and health.

Electronic Access:

Table of contents only http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0418/2004013648.html
Publisher description http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0658/2004013648-d.html
Contributor biographical information http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0734/2004013648-b.html

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Stress and Health: Biological and Psychological Interactions, Second Edition examines the biological links between our emotions and changes in our health. Author William R. Lovallo provides an introduction to the concept of psychological stress, its physiological manifestations, and its effects on health and disease. The book concentrates on the psychophysiological relationship between cognitions, emotions, brain functions, and the peripheral mechanisms by which the body is regulated. Stress and Health is the only book on the biology of psychological stress for students and researchers in the behavioral sciences.