A Clinical Guide to the Treatment of the Human Stress Response

Front Matter....Pages i-xviii
Front Matter....Pages 1-2
The Concept of Stress....Pages 3-13
The Anatomy and Physiology of the Human Stress Response....Pages 15-47
The Link from Stress Arousal to Disease....Pages 49-59
Stress-Related Disease: A Review....Pages 61-77
The Measurement of the Human Stress Response....Pages 79-97
Front Matter....Pages 99-102
Personologic Diathesis and Human Stress....Pages 103-118
Control and the Human Stress Response....Pages 119-136
Psychotherapy....Pages 137-147
A Neurophysiological Rationale for the Use of the Relaxation Response....Pages 149-170
Meditation....Pages 171-183
Neuromuscular Relaxation....Pages 185-200
Voluntary Control of Respiration Patterns....Pages 201-210
Hypnosis and Stress....Pages 211-231
Biofeedback in the Treatment of the Stress Response....Pages 233-246
The Pharmacological Treatment of Excessive Stress....Pages 247-259
Physical Exercise and the Human Stress Response....Pages 261-274
Front Matter....Pages 275-276
Stress and the Contemporary Woman....Pages 277-294
Occupational Stress and Its Management....Pages 295-310
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder....Pages 311-322
Summation and Conclusions....Pages 323-328
Back Matter....Pages 329-387