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Stress & Health

por Lovallo, William R.

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Formato: Encuadernación Rústica (Paperback)
Editorial: Sage Pubns
Tema: PSYCHOLOGY / Physiological Psychology
Tags: Stress (Physiology), Stress (Psychology)
Idioma: Inglés
Páginas: 279
Peso: 454 gramos
Estado: Nuevo
ISBN: 1412904781
ISBN 13: 9781412904780

Precio: US$ 95,39 Libro Disponible Despacho en 7 a 9 días hábiles Si lo compras hoy, lo recibirás entre el Jueves 07 de Junio de 2012 y el Lunes 11 de Junio de 2012

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Resumen del libro

Publisher Summary 1

Examining the biological links between emotions and changes in health, Lovallo (U. of Oklahoma) provides n introduction to the concept of psychological stress, its physiological manifestations, and its effects on health and disease. The latest, updated edition adds two chapters on stress and the endocrine system and on genes, stress, and behavior. Other new information includes recent studies of gene-environment interactions and the correlation of mind and body. Suitable for advanced undergraduate and graduate students studying the relationship between stress and health in psychology, physiology, behavioral medicine, nursing, and the neurosciences. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Publisher Summary 2

Stress and Health: Biological and Psychological Interactions, Second Edition examines the biological links between our emotions and changes in our health. Author William R. Lovallo provides an introduction to the concept of psychological stress, its physiological manifestations, and its effects on health and disease. The book concentrates on the psychophysiological relationship between cognitions, emotions, brain functions, and the peripheral mechanisms by which the body is regulated.

Stress and Health is the only book on the biology of psychological stress for students and researchers in the behavioral sciences. It is an excellent textbook for advanced undergraduate and graduate students studying the relationship between stress and health in psychology, physiology, behavioral medicine, nursing, the neurosciences, and related fields.

Publisher Summary 3

Stress and Health: Biological and Psychological Interactions, Second Edition examines the biological links between our emotions and changes in our health. Author William R. Lovallo provides an introduction to the concept of psychological stress, its physiological manifestations, and its effects on health and disease. The book concentrates on the psychophysiological relationship between cognitions, emotions, brain functions, and the peripheral mechanisms by which the body is regulated. Stress and Health is the only book on the biology of psychological stress for students and researchers in the behavioral sciences.

Tabla de Contenidos del libro

Preface

Acknowledgments

xiii

Behavioral Medicine and Biomedicine

(10)

The Age of Enlightenment and the Emergence of Scientific Thought

(5)

Claude Bernard and the Modern Biomedical Model

(1)

Summary

(2)

Psychosocial Models of Health and Disease

(18)

The Standard Biomedical Model and New Approaches to Medicine

(3)

A Biobehavioral Model of Disease and Treatment

(2)

Placebo Effects

(5)

Cultural, Intrapersonal, and Physiological Influences in Coronary Heart Disease

(2)

Psychosocial Theories of Disease and Treatment

(1)

The Foundation of Behavioral Medicine

(2)

Summary

(2)

History of the Concept of Stress

(12)

Claude Bernard and the Concept of the Internal Environment

(2)

Walter Cannon and the Concept of Homeostasis

(1)

Hans Selye and the General Adaptation Syndrome

(2)

The Concept of Allostasis

(1)

Stress Responses Are a Part of Normal Physiological Regulation

(1)

Summary

(2)

Homeostatic Regulation

(22)

A Hierarchy of Homeostatic Controls

(1)

Intrinsic Control Mechanisms

(1)

Autonomic and Endocrine Controls Over Homeostasis

(1)

Three Autonomic Divisions

(5)

Coordinated Actions of the Autonomic Branches

(1)

Central Autonomic Control by the Brainstem

(3)

The Endocrine Response During Stress

(5)

Summary

(3)

Physical and Psychological Stress

(20)

Classes of Stress Responses

(1)

The Exercise Response

(4)

The Fight-or-Flight Response

(2)

Different Emotions and Motivations Accompany Exercise and Fight-or-Flight

(1)

Why Is Exercise Considered Good if It Is a Stressor?

(1)

Psychological Stress

(2)

Responses to Aversive and Nonaversive Challenges

(4)

Activation and Distress

(1)

Discussion

(2)

Summary

(2)

Central Nervous System Integrations of the Psychological Stress Response

(30)

Appraisals, Psychological Stress, and Negative Emotions

(5)

Central Integration of the Response to Psychological Stress

(5)

Sensory Intake and Interpretation of the Environment

(2)

Cognition and Emotion: Generating Emotions Based on Appraisal Processes

(9)

Initiation of Behavioral, Autonomic, and Neuroendocrine Responses to Psychological Stressors

105

(1)

Feedback to the Cortex and Limbic System: The Central Feedback Subsystem

106

(3)

Autonomic and Endocrine Outflow: The Brainstem Response Subsystem

109

(2)

Summary

111

(2)

Stress and the Endocrine System

113

(20)

Overview of Stress Endocrine Regulation

113

(1)

Activation of Stress Endocrine Secretion and the Central Corticotropin Releasing Factor System

114

(4)

Cortisol's Actions at the Central Nervous System

118

(2)

Amygdala Responses to Cortisol and Altered Responsivity of the Central Nervous System

120

(1)

Amygdala Sensitization and Implications for Health

121

(2)

The Hypothalamic-Sympatho-Adrenomedullary Axis

123

(1)

Amygdala and Hippocampal Responses to Stress Hormone Feedback: Modulation of Emotional Memory Formation and Working Memory

124

(3)

Stress Endocrine Secretion and Regulation of Long-Term Stress Reactivity

127

(1)

Hierarchy of Autonomic and Endocrine Controls Over Homeostasis

128

(1)

The Formation of Psychological Stress Responses Revisited

129

(4)

The Immune System and Behavior

133

(24)

Overview of the Immune System

133

(1)

Structural Components of the Immune System

134

(3)

Immune System Messengers

137

(1)

Innate Resistance

138

(1)

Acquired Resistance and Establishment of Immune System Memory

139

(3)

The Behavior-Immune Interface

142

(2)

Behavior-Immune Interactions and Health Indicators

144

(8)

Stress Buffers, Positive Emotions, and Physical Health

152

(1)

Discussion

153

(1)

Summary

154

(3)

Helplessness, Coping, and Health

157

(22)

Death Due to Uncontrollable Stress

157

(6)

Helplessness and Exposure to Uncontrollable Stress

163

(2)

Studies of Ulceration in Rats

165

(3)

Learned Helplessness and the Consequences of Lack of Control

168

(2)

Central Neurotransmitters and Severe Stress

170

(1)

Uncontrollable Shock, Norepinephrine, and Depression

171

(1)

Serotonin Mechanisms

172

(1)

Emotions and Health

173

(1)

Discussion

174

(2)

Summary

176

(3)

Genes, Stress, and Behavior

179

(18)

Early Life Experience, Gene Expression, and Stress Reactivity

180

(6)

Genotype, Early Experience, and Psychobehavioral Outcomes

186

(5)

Discussion

191

(3)

Summary

194

(3)

Individual Differences in Reactivity to Stress

197

(24)

Persons May Differ in Stress Reactivity Because of Inborn Factors or Experience

198

(1)

Individual Differences in Stress Responses May Be Determined by Functional Alterations at Three Levels in the System

199

(9)

Individual Differences in Hypothalamic and Brainstem Responses to Stress

208

(5)

Individual Differences in Peripheral Responses to Stress

213

(1)

Health Outcomes Related to Cardiovascular and Endocrine Response Tendencies

214

(4)

Discussion

218

(1)

Summary

219

(2)

Behavior, Stress, and Health

221

(16)

The Historical Dilemma of Mind-Body Dualism

221

(2)

Matter and Behavior

223

(5)

Behavioral Medicine in Relation to Traditional Medicine

228

(1)

Systems Organization and Stress

229

(1)

Psychological Stress and Its Consequences

230

(2)

Stress and Behavioral Medicine

232

(1)

Stress Reduction and Improved Health

233

(1)

Summary

234

(3)

References

237

(18)

Author Index

255

(8)

Subject Index

263

(16)

About the Author

279

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