Encyclopedia of Stress
Three-Volume Set
Academic Press
Published on 19. April 2000
2328 pages
978-0-08-056977-2 (ISBN)
Description
Stress is generally defined as a strain upon a bodily organ or mental power. Depending on its duration and intensity, stress can have short- or long-lasting effects: it has been linked to heart disease, immune deficiency, memory loss, behavioral disorders, and much more. These effects on the individual also have a major impact on health care costs and services, employee productivity, and even violent crime.The Encyclopedia of Stress is the first comprehensive reference source on stressors, the biological mechanisms involved in the stress response, the effects of activating the stress response mechanisms, and the disorders that may arise as a consequence of acute or chronic stress. While other books focus on specific aspects of stress, this three-volume set covers the entire spectrum of topics, with nearly 400 articles in all. In addition to the subjects traditionally associated with the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis (whereby the brain sends a message to the body to react), the Encyclopedia includes a wide range of related topics such as neuroimmune interactions, cytokines, enzymatic disorders, effects on the cardiovascular system, immunity and inflammation, and physical illnesses. It also goes beyond the biological aspects of stress to cover topics such as stress and behavior, psychiatric and psychosomatic disorders, workplace stress, post-traumatic stress, stress-reduction techniques, and current therapies. The Encyclopedia of Stress makes information easy to find and understand for a broad audience of researchers, clinicians, professionals, and students.Key Features* Presenting the first-ever encyclopedia on stress* Brings together the latest information on stressors, stress responses, and the disorders that can result* Covers stress from molecules to man to societies* Contains nearly 400 articles, covering a wide range of stress-related topics* Arranges topics in easily found alphabetical order* Supplements each article with a glossary and further reading list* Provides the most comprehensive coverage of stress available* Includes extensive cross-referencing between articles and a complete subject index* Covers hot topics, ranging from stress in the workplace and post-traumatic stress disorder to stress-related diseases* Edited by one of the world's leading authorities on stress* Written by more than 560 experts from 20 different countries* Appeals to a wide audience seeking information on topics within and outside their areas of expertise
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Contents by Subject Area.Preface.Guide to the Encyclopedia.VOLUME 1: Acute Stress Disorder and Postraumatic Stress Disorder.Acute Stress Response: Experimental.Acute Trauma Response.Adenylyl Cyclases and Stress Response.Adjustment Disorders.Adolescence.Adrenal Cortex.Adrenaline.Adrenal Insufficiency.Adrenal Medulla.Adrenocorticotropic Hormone (ACTH).Adrenogenital Syndrome.Aerobics in Stress Reduction.Affective Disorders.Aggression.Aggressive Behavior.Aging and Psychological Stress.Aging and Stress, Biology of.AIDS.Alarm Phase and General Adaptation Syndrome.Alcohol, Alcoholism and Stress: A Psychobiological Perspective.Alcohol and Stress: Social and Psychological Aspects.Aldosterone.Allostasis and Allostatic Load.Alternative Therapies.Alzheimer's Disease.Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring.Amenorrhea.Amnesia.Amygdala.Androgen Action.Anger.Angiotensin.Animal Models (Nonprimate) for Human Stress.Antibody Response.Antidepressant Actions on Glucocorticoid Receptors.Antisocial Disorders.Anxiety.Anxiolytics.Apoptosis.Arterial Baroreflex.Arthritis.Asthma.Atherosclerosis.Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, Stress and.Autoimmunity.Autonomic Nervous System.Autotolerance.Avoidance.Behavior, Overview.Behavior Therapy.Bereavement.Beta-Adrenergic Blockers.Beta-Endorphin.Blacks, Stress in.Blood Pressure.Borderline Personality Disorder.Brain and Brain Regions.Brain Trauma.Breast Cancer.Burnout.Calbindin.Calcium-Dependent Neurotoxicity.Calcium, Role of.Cancer.Cancer Treatment.Captivity, Adaptation to.Captivity, Recovery from.Cardiovascular System and Stress.Caregivers, Stress and.Catecholamines.Central Stress Neurocircuits.Cerebral Metabolism, Brain Imaging.Chaperone Proteins.Chernobyl, Stress Effects of.Child Abuse.Childhood Stress.Child Sexual Abuse.Cholesterol and Lipoproteins.Chronic Fatigue Syndrome.Circadian Rhythms, Effects of Prenatal Stress in Rodents: An Animal Model for Human Depression.Circadian Rhythms, Genetics of.Cognition and Stress.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy.Combat, Acute Reactions to.Combat Reaction, Chronic.Combat Stress Reaction.Community Studies.Comparative Anatomy and Physiology.Complementary Medicine in North America.Concentration Camp Survivors.Conservation of Resources Theory.Control and Stress.Coping Skills.Coping, Stress and.Corticosteriod-Binding Globulin.Corticosteroid Receptors.Corticosteroids and Stress.Corticotropin Releasing Factor (CRF).Corticotropin Releasing Factor-Binding Protein.Corticotropin Releasing Factor Receptors.Crime Victims.Critical Thermal Limits.Crowding Stress.Cultural Factors.Cultural Transition.Cushing's Syndrome, Medical Aspects.Cushing's Syndrome, Neuropsychiatric Aspects.Cytokines.Cytokines, Stress, and Depression: A Mechanism Involving Corticotropin-Releasing Factor.Cytotoxic Lymphocytes.Death Anxiety.Defensive Behaviors.Dental Stress.Depersonalization.Depression and Manic-Depressive Illness.Depression Models.Desensitization.Dexamethasone Suppression Test (DST).Diabetes, Type I.Diet and Stress, Non-Psychiatric.Disasters, Public, Effects of.Disaster Syndrome.Disease, Stress Induced, Overview.Dissociation.Distress.Divorce, Children of.Domestic Violence.Dopamine, Central.Drosophila Genes and Anoxia.Drosophila Studies.Drug Use and Abuse.VOLUME 2:Earthquakes, Stress Effects of.Eating Disorders and Stress.Educational Levels and Stress.Elder Abuse.Electrodermal Activity.Emergency Personnel, Stress in.Emotional Inhibition.Emotions: Structure and Adaptive Functions.Endocrine Systems.Enuresis.Environmental Factors.Environmental Stress, Effects on Human Performance.Epilepsy.Estrogen.Ethanol and Endogenous Opiods.Evolutionary Origins and Functions of the Stress Response.Excitatory Amino Acids.Excitotoxins.Exercise.Familial Patterns of Stress.Fatigue and Stress.Fear.Febrile Response.Feedback Systems.Fibrinogen and Clotting Factors.Fight-or-Flight Response.Firefighters, Stress in.Fish, Stress in.Floods, Stress Effects of.Food Intake and Stress, Human.Food Intake and Stress, Non-Human.
