The end of stress as we know it
By: Bruce S. McEwen, with Elizabeth Norton Lasley
Contributors: Lasley, Elizabeth Norton
Publisher: Joseph Henry Press; Dana Press/Joseph Henry Press
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 239
Subjects: Stress (Physiology); Stress (Psychology); Stress management
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 203-223) and index
Table of contents: title: A new way to look at stress; title: The stress response-or how we cope; title: Stress and the emotional connection; title: Allostatic load: when protection gives way to damage; title: Stress and the cardiovascular system; title: Stress and the immune system; title: Stress and the brain; title: How not to be stressed out; title: Positive health; title: Where we could go from here; title: Appendix:  Chemical messengers of allostasis, their receptors, and their protective and damaging effects