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A Clinical Guide to the Treatment of the Human Stress Response

  • Complete update of the previous edition

  • Gives a detailed definition of stress and its relation to disease

  • Now contains chapters on resiliency and sleep disorders

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Table of contents (27 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxiv
  2. First Study the Science, Then Practice the Art

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-2
    2. The Concept of Stress

      • George S. Everly Jr., Jeffrey M. Lating
      Pages 3-18
    3. The Anatomy and Physiology of the Human Stress Response

      • George S. Everly Jr., Jeffrey M. Lating
      Pages 19-56
    4. Advances in Neuroscience: Implications for Stress

      • George S. Everly Jr., Jeffrey M. Lating
      Pages 57-69
    5. The Link from Stress Arousal to Disease

      • George S. Everly Jr., Jeffrey M. Lating
      Pages 71-84
    6. Stress-Related Disease: A Review

      • George S. Everly Jr., Jeffrey M. Lating
      Pages 85-127
    7. Measurement of the Human Stress Response

      • George S. Everly Jr., Jeffrey M. Lating
      Pages 129-157
    8. Personologic Diathesis and Human Stress

      • George S. Everly Jr., Jeffrey M. Lating
      Pages 159-173
    9. Resilience: The Final Frontier

      • George S. Everly Jr., Jeffrey M. Lating
      Pages 175-187
  3. The Treatment of the Human Stress Response

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 189-190
    2. Cultural Awareness, Diversity, and the Stress Response

      • George S. Everly Jr., Jeffrey M. Lating
      Pages 191-211
    3. Crisis Intervention and Psychological First Aid

      • George S. Everly Jr., Jeffrey M. Lating
      Pages 213-225
    4. Disaster Mental Health : Strategic Planning

      • George S. Everly Jr., Jeffrey M. Lating
      Pages 227-239
    5. Psychotherapy: A Cognitive Perspective

      • George S. Everly Jr., Jeffrey M. Lating
      Pages 241-257
    6. Meditation

      • George S. Everly Jr., Jeffrey M. Lating
      Pages 289-314
    7. Voluntary Control of Respiration Patterns

      • George S. Everly Jr., Jeffrey M. Lating
      Pages 315-329
    8. Neuromuscular Relaxation

      • George S. Everly Jr., Jeffrey M. Lating
      Pages 331-351
    9. Hypnosis in the Management of Stress Reactions

      • Melvin A. Gravitz, Roger A. Page
      Pages 353-366

About this book

This comprehensive update of the now classic text applies the most current findings across disciplines to the treatment of pathogenic human stress arousal. New and revised chapters bring together the art and science of intervention, based in up-to-date neuroscience, starting with an innovative model tracing the stress-to-disease continuum throughout the systems of the human body. The authors detail the spectrum of physiological and psychological treatments for the stress response, including cognitive therapy, neuromuscular relaxation, breathing exercises, nutritional interventions, and pharmacotherapy. They also assess the strengths and limitations of widely-used measures of the stress response and consider the value of personality factors, cultural considerations, and resilience in stress mediation.

Included in the coverage:

  • The anatomy and physiology of the human stress response.
  • Advances in neuroscience: implications for stress.
  • Crisis intervention and psychological first aid.
  • Neurophysiological rationale for the use of the relaxation response.
  • Physical exercise and the human stress response. 
  • The pharmacological management of stress reactions.   
  • Disaster Mental Health Planning.
  • Cultural Awareness and Stress.

The Fourth Edition of A Clinical Guide to the Treatment of Human Stress Response offers readers a dual perspective, exceedingly useful in examining the origins of the stress response, and in preventing and treating the response itself. This rich integrative volume will join its predecessors in popularity among practitioners and students across disciplines and specialties.

Authors and Affiliations

  • School of Medicine, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA

    George S. Everly, Jr.

  • Department of Psychology, Loyola University Maryland, Baltimore, USA

    Jeffrey M. Lating

About the authors

George S. Everly, Jr., PhD, ABPP The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Loyola University Maryland
Jeffrey M. Lating, PhD Loyola University Maryland

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: A Clinical Guide to the Treatment of the Human Stress Response

  • Authors: George S. Everly, Jr., Jeffrey M. Lating

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-9098-6

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Behavioral Science and Psychology, Behavioral Science and Psychology (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature 2019

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4939-9097-9Published: 06 March 2019

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4939-9098-6Published: 05 March 2019

  • Edition Number: 4

  • Number of Pages: XXIV, 628

  • Number of Illustrations: 47 b/w illustrations, 1 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Health Psychology, Psychiatry

Buy it now

Buying options

eBook USD 99.00
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as EPUB and PDF
  • Read on any device
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  • Own it forever
Hardcover Book USD 129.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

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