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Stress, health, and behavior / Richard McCarty.

By: Material type: TextPublisher: New York ; London : The Guilford Press, 2023Description: xii, 339 pages : illustrations ; 26 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781462552603
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 155.904 2 MCC 23/eng/20230515
Contents:
Historical aspects of the stress field -- Biological measures of stress -- Behavioral measures of stress -- Stress and alcohol use -- Posttraumatic stress disorder -- Stress and depression -- Stress and cardiovascular disease -- Stress and diabetes -- Stress and the gastrointestinal system -- Stress and cancer -- Stress and infectious diseases -- Systemic racism as a stressor -- Resilience.
Summary: "This authoritative text takes a biopsychosocial approach to understanding the role of stress in alcohol use disorder, posttraumatic stress disorder, depression, cardiovascular disease, Type 2 diabetes, cancer, and other chronic diseases. It presents cutting-edge knowledge about how stressors are conceptualized and measured; connections to disease processes; systemic racism as a significant, ongoing stressor; and factors that promote resilience. For each of the disorders discussed, proven and promising stress-targeted clinical interventions are reviewed. Student-friendly features include an end-of-book glossary and an extensive bibliography to facilitate in-depth study of topics of interest"-- Provided by publisher.Summary: "Exposure to stressful life experiences can disrupt key regulatory systems in the body and contribute to a variety of negative health outcomes. This authoritative text takes a biopsychosocial approach to understanding the role of stress in alcohol use disorder, posttraumatic stress disorder, depression, cardiovascular disease, Type 2 diabetes, cancer, and other chronic diseases. It presents cutting-edge knowledge about how stressors are conceptualized and measured; connections to disease processes; systemic racism as a significant, ongoing stressor for people of color; and factors that promote resilience. For each of the disorders discussed, proven and promising stress-targeted clinical interventions are reviewed. Student-friendly features include an end-of-book glossary and an extensive bibliography to facilitate in-depth study of selected topics of interest. "-- Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-327) and index.

Historical aspects of the stress field -- Biological measures of stress -- Behavioral measures of stress -- Stress and alcohol use -- Posttraumatic stress disorder -- Stress and depression -- Stress and cardiovascular disease -- Stress and diabetes -- Stress and the gastrointestinal system -- Stress and cancer -- Stress and infectious diseases -- Systemic racism as a stressor -- Resilience.

"This authoritative text takes a biopsychosocial approach to understanding the role of stress in alcohol use disorder, posttraumatic stress disorder, depression, cardiovascular disease, Type 2 diabetes, cancer, and other chronic diseases. It presents cutting-edge knowledge about how stressors are conceptualized and measured; connections to disease processes; systemic racism as a significant, ongoing stressor; and factors that promote resilience. For each of the disorders discussed, proven and promising stress-targeted clinical interventions are reviewed. Student-friendly features include an end-of-book glossary and an extensive bibliography to facilitate in-depth study of topics of interest"-- Provided by publisher.

"Exposure to stressful life experiences can disrupt key regulatory systems in the body and contribute to a variety of negative health outcomes. This authoritative text takes a biopsychosocial approach to understanding the role of stress in alcohol use disorder, posttraumatic stress disorder, depression, cardiovascular disease, Type 2 diabetes, cancer, and other chronic diseases. It presents cutting-edge knowledge about how stressors are conceptualized and measured; connections to disease processes; systemic racism as a significant, ongoing stressor for people of color; and factors that promote resilience. For each of the disorders discussed, proven and promising stress-targeted clinical interventions are reviewed. Student-friendly features include an end-of-book glossary and an extensive bibliography to facilitate in-depth study of selected topics of interest. "-- Provided by publisher.

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