Behavioral Medicine: Work, Stress and Health

Front Matter....Pages I-XII
Behavioral Medicine: A Mandate for Integrated Research....Pages 1-13
Stress, Health, and the Relaxation Response....Pages 15-32
Stress and Strain in the Work Environment: Does It Lead to Illness?....Pages 33-43
Psychosocial Coronary Risk Constellations in the Work Setting....Pages 45-79
Relationships Between Critical Life Events, Job Stress, and Cardiovascular Illness....Pages 81-99
Type A Behavior Pattern....Pages 101-139
Type A Behavior Pattern and The Anal-Obsessive Time Attitude....Pages 141-156
Barriers to Work Stress: I. Social Support....Pages 157-180
Barriers to Work Stress: II. The Hardy Personality....Pages 181-204
Anger Management and Work Stress: Healthy and Unhealthy Styles....Pages 205-217
Reducing Coronary Risk in Occupationally Successful Type A Men....Pages 219-239
Stress Intervention at the Organizational Level....Pages 241-252
Stress Management at Work: The New York Telephone Experiment....Pages 253-268
A Behavioral Approach to Prevention of Coronary Heart Disease....Pages 269-314
The Broader Issue — Health-Care Management at the Individual And Systems Level....Pages 315-322
Back Matter....Pages 323-323