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Previous chapters have provided clinically relevant discussions of and protocols for the elicitation of the relaxation response. Not only is the relaxation response the natural antithesis of pathogenic stress arousal, but skill in its elicitation engenders in the patient an improved sense of self and a therapeutically useful increase in self-efficacy. Nevertheless, there do come instances where the stress arousal is so intense in magnitude or the target-organ effects are so discomforting that the autogenic elicitation of the relaxation response seems impossible. In such instances, the pharmacological treatment of the stress response warrants serious consideration. The purpose of this chapter is to provide a useful overview of the pharmacological treatment of excessive stress.
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Rosenfeld, R., Everly, G.S. (1989). The Pharmacological Treatment of Excessive Stress. In: A Clinical Guide to the Treatment of the Human Stress Response. The Plenum Series on Stress and Coping. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-0741-9_15
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