Everly Jr. A Clinical Guide to the Treatment of the Human Stress Response

Erscheinungsjahr 2012
ISBN: 978-1-4613-0741-9
Verlag: Springer US
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 406 Seiten, eBook

Reihe: Springer Series on Stress and Coping

In 1981, Plenum Press published a text entitled The Nature and Treatment of the Stress Response by Robert Rosenfeld, M. D. , and me. That text attempted to do what no other text from a major publisher had previously attempted, that is, to create a clinically practical guide for the treatment of excessive stress and its arousal-related syndromes-this to be captured between the same covers in combination with a detailed, clinically relevant pedagogy on the neurological and endocrinological foundations of the stress re sponse itself. That volume has enjoyed considerable success having found markets among practicing professionals and clinical students as well. The fields of psychosomatic medicine, health psychology, behavioral medicine, and applied stress research have appreciably expanded their boundaries since the publication of the aforementioned volume. Although remarkably little of the clinical utility of that volume has been eroded with time, it was felt that an updated and more integrative clinical textbook needed to be offered to practicing clinicians and students within clinical rather than simply create a second edition of training programs. Therefore, was made to create a significantly revised the original volume, the decision and expanded volume that would cover many of the same topics as the original volume but would provide a primary emphasis on the treatment of excessive stress and that would employ an integrative phenomenological model to facilitate that end. This present volume entitled A Clinical Guide to the Treatment of the Human Stress Response is the result.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Everly Jr., George S.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

I The Nature of Human Stress.- 1 The Concept of Stress.- 2 The Anatomy and Physiology of the Human Stress Response.- 3 The Link from Stress Arousal to Disease.- 4 Stress-Related Disease: A Review.- 5 The Measurement of the Human Stress Response.- II The Treatment of the Human Stress Response.- 6 Personologic Diathesis and Human Stress.- 7 Control and the Human Stress Response.- 8 Psychotherapy: A Cognitive Perspective.- 9 A Neurophysiological Rationale for the Use of the Relaxation Response.- 10 Meditation.- 11 Neuromuscular Relaxation.- 12 Voluntary Control of Respiration Patterns.- 13 Hypnosis and Stress: Prevention and Treatment Applications.- 14 Biofeedback in the Treatment of the Stress Response.- 15 The Pharmacological Treatment of Excessive Stress.- 16 Physical Exercise and the Human Stress Response.- III Special Topics in the Treatment of the Human Stress Response.- 17 Stress and the Contemporary Woman.- 18 Occupational Stress and Its Management.- 19 Posttraumatic Stress Disorder.- 20 Summation and Conclusions.- Appendixes Special Considerations in Clinical Practice.- Appendix A Self Report Relaxation Training Form.- Appendix B Physically Passive Neuromuscular Relaxation.- Appendix C Stress-Inducing Sympathomimetic Chemicals.- Appendix D Vascular Headaches and Vasoactive Substances.- Appendix E The Etiology of Panic: Nonpsychological Factors.- Appendix F Biochemical Bases of Arousa.- Appendix G Professional Journals for Stress Research.- Appendix H How Do You Cope with Stress? A Self-Report Checklist Designed for Health Education Purposes.- References.- About the Author.