The end of stress as we know it /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	McEwen, Bruce S.
Other Authors:	Lasley, Elizabeth Norton
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Washington, D.C. : Joseph Henry Press, [2002]
Subjects:	Stress (Physiology) Stress (Psychology) Stress management. Stress, Psychological > prevention & control.
Online Access:	National Academies Press

Table of Contents:

A new way to look at stress
The stress response-or how we cope
Stress and the emotional connection
Allostatic load: when protection gives way to damage
Stress and the cardiovascular system
Stress and the immune system
Stress and the brain
How not to be stressed out
Positive health
Where we could go from here
Appendix: Chemical messengers of allostasis, their receptors, and their protective and damaging effects.