Stress, Health, and Behavior
Published on 27. March 2023
340 pages
978-1-4625-5307-5 (ISBN)
Description
Students, residents, and instructors in health psychology, community psychology, clinical psychology, psychiatry, public health, nursing, allied health fields, and social work. Will serve as a text in advanced undergraduate- and graduate-level courses such as Stress and Health, Health Psychology, and Introduction to Behavioral Medicine.
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Richard McCarty
Stress, Health, and Behavior
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05/2023
1st Edition
Guilford Press
€62.00
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Richard McCarty, PhD, is Research Professor of Psychology at Vanderbilt University, where he has taught undergraduate courses in stress and health since 2015. Dr. McCarty started his academic career at the University of Virginia and previously served as Dean of the College of Arts and Science and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs and Provost at Vanderbilt. He has published several books and more than 200 articles and book chapters. Dr. McCarty is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association, the Association for Psychological Science, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Content
Preface
1. Historical Aspects of the Stress Field
2. Biological Measures of Stress
3. Behavioral Measures of Stress
4. Stress and Alcohol Use
5. Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
6. Stress and Depression
7. Stress and Cardiovascular Disease
8. Stress and Diabetes
9. Stress and the Gastrointestinal System
10. Stress and Cancer
11. Stress and Infectious Diseases
12. Systemic Racism as a Stressor
13. Resilience
Glossary of Terms
References
Index
1. Historical Aspects of the Stress Field
2. Biological Measures of Stress
3. Behavioral Measures of Stress
4. Stress and Alcohol Use
5. Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
6. Stress and Depression
7. Stress and Cardiovascular Disease
8. Stress and Diabetes
9. Stress and the Gastrointestinal System
10. Stress and Cancer
11. Stress and Infectious Diseases
12. Systemic Racism as a Stressor
13. Resilience
Glossary of Terms
References
Index
