An introduction to stress & health /

"This is a highly entertaining book about a very serious topic. Beautifully written, funny and organized in a way that students and the general public will understand complex notions about stress." - Sonia Lupien, Director of the Centre for Studies on Human Stress, University of Montreal &...

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Main Author: Anisman, Hymie (Author)
Corporate Author: Sage Publications
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Sage, 2014.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:"This is a highly entertaining book about a very serious topic. Beautifully written, funny and organized in a way that students and the general public will understand complex notions about stress." - Sonia Lupien, Director of the Centre for Studies on Human Stress, University of Montreal "Perfect for my stress and cognition module, accessible and informative, great level of detail." - James Byron-Daniel, University of the West of England, Bristol An Introduction to Stress and Health is the first textbook to fuse the psychosocial with newer behavioural neuroscience perspectives. It provides a broad perspective of the multiple biological processes influenced by stressful events, the conditions that allow for either exacerbation or diminution of these stressor effects, and the pathological conditions that can emerge as a ...
Physical Description:1 online resource (474 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 408-457) and index.
ISBN:9781473920781 (ebook) :