A Clinical Guide to the Treatment of the Human Stress Response

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xix

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2. The Nature of Human Stress

   1. The Concept of Stress

      Pages 3-14

   2. The Anatomy and Physiology of the Human Stress Response

      Pages 15-48

   3. The Link from Stress Arousal to Disease

      Pages 49-61

   4. Stress-Related Disease

      Pages 63-78

   5. Psychoneuroimmunology

      Pages 79-100

   6. Measurement of the Human Stress Response

      Pages 101-120

3. The Treatment of the Human Stress Response

   1. Personologic Diathesis and Human Stress

      Pages 125-140

   2. Control and the Human Stress Response

      Pages 141-162

   3. Psychotherapy

      Pages 163-174

   4. A Neurophysiological Rationale for the Use of the Relaxation Response

      Pages 175-198

   5. Meditation

      Pages 199-214

   6. Voluntary Control of Respiration Patterns

      Pages 215-224

   7. Neuromuscular Relaxation

      Pages 225-239

   8. Hypnosis in the Management of Stress Reactions

      • Melvin A. Gravitz, Roger A. Page

      Pages 241-252

   9. Biofeedback in the Treatment of the Stress Response

      Pages 253-267

   10. Physical Exercise and the Human Stress Response

       Pages 269-285

   11. The Pharmacological Management of Stress Reactions

       • Jason M. Noel, Judy L. Curtis

       Pages 287-298

4. Special Topics in the Treatment of the Human Stress Response

   1. Religion, Spirituality, and Stress

      Pages 301-308

   2. Nutrition and Stress

      • Kristy Kelly, Jeffrey Lating, George S. Everly Jr.

      Pages 309-316

Over a decade has passed since the first edition of this critically acclaimed volume was published. Much is new, but much has remained the same. The reader will find that the primary efferent biological mechanisms of the stress response are largely the same as described in 1989. This underscores the br- liance of Selye, Cannon, Mason, Gellhorn, and Levi as they sought to elu- date the anatomical and physiological constituents of human stress. New information has been generated regarding the microanatomy, biochemistry, and genetic aspects of the human stress response. Furthermore, the anatomy and physiology of posttraumatic stress has been more thoroughly elucidated. The important role of cognitive processes in the determination of sub- quent stress arousal remains underscored and has been empirically validated by subsequent research (Smith, Everly, & Johns, 1992, 1993). The “redisc- ery” of the importance of positive psychology and optimism is consistent with our earlier etiological emphasis upon the cognitive–affective domain in the overall phenomenology of human stress.

• Biofeedback
• Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing
• Management
• Training
• etiology
• immune system
• intervention
• psychiatry
• psychology
• psychoneuroimmunology

• Loyola College in Maryland, Baltimore

  George S. Everly, Jeffrey M. Lating

• The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore

  George S. Everly

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