Stress and Health: Biological and Psychological Interactions [Paperback]

Stress and Health: Biological and Psychological Interactions, by William R. Lovallo, is a brief and accessible examination of psychological stress and its psychophysiological relationships with cognition, emotions, brain functions, and the peripheral mechanisms by which the body is regulated. Updated throughout, the Third Edition covers two new and significant areas of emerging research: how our early life experiences alter key stress responsive systems at the level of gene expression; and what large, normal, and small stress responses may mean for our overall health and well-being.

Stress and Health: Biological and Psychological Interactions, by William R. Lovallo, is a brief and accessible examination of psychological stress and its psychophysiological relationships with cognition, emotions, brain functions, and the peripheral mechanisms by which the body is regulated. Updated throughout, the Third Edition covers two new and significant areas of emerging research: how our early life experiences alter key stress responsive systems at the level of gene expression; and what large, normal, and small stress responses may mean for our overall health and well-being.

Chapter 1: Psychosocial Models of Health and Disease
The Standard Biomedical Model and New Approaches to Medicine
A Biobehavioral Model of Disease and Treatment
Placebo Effects
Psychoneuroimmunology
Cultural, Intrapersonal, and Physiological Influences in Coronary Heart Disease
Psychosocial Theories of Disease and Treatment
The Foundation of Behavioral Medicine
Chapter 2: History of the Concept of Stress
The Age of Enlightenment and the Emergence of Scientific Thought
Descartes and the Mechanical Model of Living Things