Handbook of Stress

A MULTIFACETED VIEW OF STRESS

A Historical Perspective

Evolutionary Aspects of Stress

It's all in your Brain - Cognitive Stress Theory

STRESS AT THE SOCIETAL AND ORGANIZATIONAL LEVEL

Collective Strain and Global Terrorism

Organizational Change, Healh and Productivity

The Empowered Organization and Person

The Stress Disequilibrium Theory

Managing Intellectual Capital and Health

STRESS AND BRAIN PLASTICITY

Just behind the Door - Life Style and Stress-related Disorders

The Neonatal and Pubertal Ontogeny of the Stress Response

The Healthy Cortisol Response

Psychosocial and Biological Vulnerabilities in Children

Molecular Anti-stress Systems

Sleep - the Key to Recovery

STRESS AND THE INDIVIDUAL

The Role of Stress in the Etiology of Medically Unexplained Syndromes

The Autonomic System - Counterbalancing Unhealthy Stress

The Health Implications of Anger

Stress and Addiction

Stress, Insulin Resistance, Obesity and Diabetes

Chronic Pain - the Diathesis Stress Model

Emotional Stress, Positive Emotions and Physiological Coherence

Fatigue and Recovery

Stress and Cognitive Failure

Stress to go - Perspectives of the Future

Rolf Ekman gained his BSc and MD from Uppsala University, and his PhD from Lund University. In 1991, he was appointed Professor of Neurochemistry at Göteborg University, a post he holds today. Professor Ekman is a member of the International Society of Neurochemistry, the Society for Neuroscience, The New York Academy of Sciences, ISPNE and ECNP, and has been on the advisory board of Peptides since 1991. He has won both the Smith, Klein & French Research Award as well as the Boehinger Ingelheim Research Award, and has well over 300 publications to his name.

Bengt B. Arnetz received his BSc, MD, and PhD from the Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden, where he became associate professor of psychophysiology in 1986. He has also worked as a postgraduate fellow at Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, USA, and as senior occupational health advisor to the Boston Police Department, before joining Exxon Biomedical Sciences as section head of occupational health research. He was then made associate professor/unit head of the occupational health section at the National Institute for Psychosocial Factors and Health, Stockholm before joining Uppsala Academic Hospital, where he is currently professor and head of social medicine. Professor Arnetz is a member of several societies, including the Swedish Medical Association, the American Public Health Association, and the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

This outstanding book provides a comprehensive overview of the vast public health challenges posed by stress. Editors Arnetz and Ekman, international experts in stress medicine and neurochemistry, have recruited a stellar list of contributors who clearly and authoritatively describe how stress has measurable molecular, cellular, metabolic, behavioral, organizational, and societal consequences. Moreover, this fine volume also offers important and novel insights into the diverse paths for potential interventions, from individual to organizational. The depth and breadth make this an essential book for students, researchers, and practitioners.Janice Kiecolt-Glaser, Ohio State University College of Medicine, Ronald Glaser, The Ohio State University Medical Center