Stress in Health and Disease

• Other Authors: Arnetz, Bengt B. (Editor), Ekman, Rolf 1938- (Editor)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Weinheim Wiley-VCH 2006
• Subjects: Stress, Psychological > physiopathology; Psychophysiologic Disorders > etiology; Occupational Health > physiopathology; Brain > physiology; Stress, Psychological > complications; Behavioral Medicine > methods
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• Physical Description: xxiii, 410 pages illustrations 24 cm
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index
• ISBN: 9783527312214; 3527312218

This book is the first to address the most urgent issues, combining a solid basic research approach with applied individual and stress issues, including interventions. Throughout, the focus is on our latest knowledge about various causes of stress and its neuro-cognitive and biological implications. World-renowned authors from Europe as well as the US describe how stress affects the brain of young people as well as adults. They cover the topic from all perspectives, showing how stress affects life in general, from the societal and organizational level to the individual, organ and molecular level. While the book clearly points out stress as a risk factor to health, it also offers a number of evidence-based methods to cope with stress and even ride the positive energy of stress - both as an individual, as well as what managers can do to create a healthy and productive workplace.