2nd Edition

Handbook of Stress Medicine and Health

Edited By Cary Cooper Copyright 2004
436 Pages 14 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

440 Pages
by CRC Press

Research now shows us that long-term activation of the stress cycle can have a hazardous, even lethal, effect on the body, increasing the risk of obesity, heart disease, depression, cancer, and other illnesses. This new edition of an award-winning book presents cutting-edge research on the effects of stress. Edited by one of the world’s authorities in stress management, occupational psychology,... Read more
Conceptual Issues in Research on Stress and Health, Norbert K. Semmer, Joseph E. McGrath, and Terry A. Beehr
Stress and Cancer: The Critical Research, Susanne Oksbjerg Dalton and Christoffer Johansen
Stress and Cancer: The Practice, Lone Ross, Ellen Boesen, and Christoffer Johansen
Stress and Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease, Töres Theorell
The Role of Stress in Mental Illness: The Practice, R.O. Stanley and G.D. Burrows
Stress, Endocrine Manifestations, and Diseases, Constantine Tsigos, Ioannis Kyrou, and George P. Chrousos
Stress, Immunity, and Disease, Cinnamon Stetler, Rama Murali, Edith Chen, and Gregory E. Miller
Stress and Burnout: The Critical Research, Christina Maslach and Michael P. Leiter
Organizational Interventions to Alleviate Burnout and Build Engagement with Work, Michael P. Leiter and Christina Maslach
Hardy Personality, Stress, and Health, Terry A. Beehr and Nathan A. Bowling
Stress, Culture, and Personality, Pittu Laungani
Social Support and Heart Disease, John G. Bruhn
Social Support, Life Events, and Depression in HIV Disease, John Green, and Ashley Frize
Interpersonal Communication: The Key to Unlocking Social Support for Preventive Stress Management, Marilyn Macik-Frey, James Campbell Quick, and Jonathan D. Quick
Emotional Processing of Traumatic Events, Richard B. Slatcher and James W. Pennebaker
Gender Differences in the Management of Work Stress: Preventing Distress and Savoring Eustress, Debra L. Nelson and Bret L. Simmons
Dealing with Stress: Families and Chronic Illness, David W. Kissane
Dealing with Workplace Stress, Michiel Kompier
The Many Faces of Control at Work, Kathryne E. Dupré

Biography

Athel Cornish-Bowden, Cary Cooper

“This book states its objective as the further development of the field of ‘stress medicine’ – the multi-disciplinary study of stress by psychologists, medics, occupational health physicians and other related disciplines. … It covers a wide range of topics, including links between stress and health outcomes, the links between stress and personality and organizational and cultural influences on stress and its prevention, and the relationships between stress and a range of health outcomes, including cancer, heart disease, mental health (including anxiety and depression) and disorders of the immune system. … this is an important book that provides an excellent text for students and experienced practitioners alike on the subject of stress medicine. …”
— Richard Scaife, The Keil Centre Limited, Edinburgh, UK, in Ergonomics, Vol 50, No. 5, 793-794, May 2007