Stress & Health: Biological and Psychological Interactions (Behavioral Medicine and Health Psychology)

`An exemplary introduction to the concept of psychological stress, its physiological mechanisms, and its effects on health and disease.... Each chapter contains a summary and list of further reading. There is an interesting historical section as well as sound treatment of current research. His thesis is that we are "living beings whose behaviour is not separate from our physical makeup and whose health is not separate from our thoughts and emotions"′ - Scientific and Medical Network JournalThis thought-provoking book examines the biological links between how we think and feel, and the potential changes in our health that result from stress.The author examines: how t