A Clinical Guide To The Treatment Of The Human Stress Response [EPUB]
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Toc: Part I First Study the Science, Then Practice the Art
1 The Concept of Stress ........................................................................... 3
Stress, Behavior, and Health ................................................................... 3
Defining Stress ........................................................................................ 5
Ten Key Concepts in the Study of Stress ................................................ 7
Plan of the Book ...................................................................................... 13
References ............................................................................................... 13
2 The Anatomy and Physiology of the Human Stress Response .......... 17
Neurological Foundations ....................................................................... 17
Neural Transmission ........................................................................... 18
Basic Neuroanatomy ........................................................................... 21
A Systems Model of the Human Stress Response .................................. 24
Stressor Events .................................................................................... 27
Cognitive–Affective Domain .............................................................. 28
Neurological Triggering Mechanisms ................................................. 30
The Stress Response ........................................................................... 31
The Neural Axes: Stress Response Via Neural Innervation
of Target Organs .................................................................................. 31
The “Fight-or-Flight” Response: The Neuroendocrine Axis .............. 33
The Stress Response: A Summary ...................................................... 40
Target-Organ Activation...................................................................... 41
Coping ..................................................................................................... 44
Summary ................................................................................................. 45
References ............................................................................................... 47
3 The Link from Stress Arousal to Disease ............................................ 53
Selye’s “General Adaptation Syndrome” ................................................ 54
Lachman’s Model .................................................................................... 55
Sternbach’s Model .................................................................................. 56
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Kraus and Raab’s “Hypokinetic Disease” Model ................................... 56
Schwartz’s “Disregulation” Model ......................................................... 57
Conflict Theory of Psychosomatic Disease ............................................ 58
Everly and Benson’s “Disorders of Arousal” Model .............................. 59
Summary ................................................................................................. 61
References