Encyclopedia of stress Book

Contents by Subject Area
Preface
Guide to the Encyclopedia
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
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
Food Shift Effect
Freud, Sigmund
GABA (Gamma Aminobutyric Acid)
Gastrointestinal Effects
Gender and Stress
Genetic Factors and Stress
Genetic Predispositions to Stressful Conditions
Glia or Neuroglia
Glucocorticoid Negative Feedback
Glucocorticoids, Effects of Stress on
Glucocorticoids, Neuroendangerment and Neurotoxicity
Glucocorticoids, Overview
Glucocorticoids, Role in Stress
Glucose Transport
Glycobiology of Stress
Gonadotropin Secretion, Effects of Stress on
Grieving
Group Therapy
Gulf War Syndrome, Psychological and Chemical Stressors
Health and Socioeconomic Status
Health Behavior and Stress
Heart Disease/Attack
Heart Rate
Heat Resistance
Heat Shock Genes, Human
Heat Shock Proteins: HSP60 Family Genes
Heat Shock Response, Overview
Herpesviruses
Hippocampal Neurons
Hippocampus, Corticosteroid Effects on
Hippocampus, Overview
HIV Infection/AIDS
Holocaust, Stress Effects of
Holocaust Survivors, Experiences of
Homeostasis
Homosexuality, Stress and
Hostility
11 beta-Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenases
Hyperractivity (Cardiovascular)
Hypertension
Hyperthermia
Hyperthyroidism
Hyperventilation
Hypnosis
Hypoglycemia
Hypotension, Hypovolemia, and Septic Shock
Hypothalamo-Pituitary-Adrenal Axis
Hypothalamo-Pituitary-Adrenal Axis, Anatomy of
Hypothermia
Hypothroidism
Hysteria
Immobilization Stress
Immune Cell Distribution, Effects of Stress on
Immune Function, Stress-Induced Enhancement of
Immune Response
Immune Suppression
Immune System, Aging
Immunity
Impotence, Stress and
Impulse Control
Incest
Indigenous Societies
Industrialized Societies
Infection
Instinct Theory
Insulin Resistance
Interactions between Stress and Drugs of Abuse
Korean Conflict, Stress Effects of
Learned Helplessness
Learning and Memory, Effects of Stress on
Left Ventricular Mass
Leishmania
Life Events Scale
Lipocortin 1
Lockerbie Air Crash, Stress Effects of
Lymph Nodes
Lymphocytes
Lymphocyte Trafficking
Macrophage Antimycobacterial Activity, Effects of Stress on
Macrophages
Major Depressive Disorder
Male Partner Violence
Marital Conflict
Marital Status and Health Problems
Marriage
Maternal Deprivation
Medical Profession and Stress
Membrane Glucocorticoid Receptors
Memory and Stress
Memory Impairment
Menopause and Stress
Menstrual Cycles and Stress
Mental Stress Testing
Metabolic Syndrome and Stress
Metastasization
Metyrapone: Basic and Clinical Studies
Migraine
Minorities and Stress
Motor Vehicle Accidents, Stress Effects of
Mucosal Immunity, Stress and
Multiple Personality Disorder
Multiple Sclerosis
Musculoskeletal Problems and Stress
Myopathy
Natural Killer (NK) Cells
Negative Affect
Nelson's Syndrome
Neuroendocrine Systems
Neurogenesis
Neuroimmunomodulation
Nightmares
Nitric Oxide
Northern Ireland, Studies of Stress in
Nuclear Warfare, Threat of
Nutrition
Obesity, Stress and
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Oklahoma City Bombing, Stress Effects of
Opioids
Optimism
Oxidative Stress
Oxidative Stress and Acidosis, Molecular Responses to
Oxytocin
Pain
Panic Disorder and Agoraphobia
Paranoia
Paraventricular Nucleus
Peacekeeping
Peptides
Persian Gulf Ware, Stress Effects of
Personality Processes
Pharmacological Treatments of Stress
Pheromones
Pituitary Regulation, Role of
Police, Stress in
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Delayed
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Children
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Neurobiology of
Posttraumatic Therapy
Premenstrual Syndrome
Pressures, Effects of Extreme High and Low
Primate Hierarchies and Personality
Primate Models, Behavioral-Immunological Interactions
Primate Models, Cardiovascular Disease
Primate Models, Overview
Prison
Prisoners of War
Problem-Solving Skills Training
Pro-opiomelanocortin (POMC)
Prostaglandins
Protein Synthesis
Psychoanalysis
Psychological Stressors, Overview
Psychoeuroimmunology
Psychosocial Factors and Stress
Psychosomatic Medicine
Psychotherapy
Psychotic Disorders
Reductive Stress
Reenactment Techniques
Refugees, Stress in
Regional Blood Flow, Stress Effects
Relaxation Techniques
Religion and Stress
Renal and Adrenocortical Actions of Dopamine
Reproduction, Effects of Social Stress on
Reproductive Dysfunction in Primates, Behaviorally Induced
Resistance
Restraint Stress
Salivary Cortisol
Salt Appetite
Schizophrenia
School Stress and School Refusal Behavior
Seasonal Changes in Stress Responses
Secretagogue
Self-Esteem, Stress and Emotion
Selye, Hans
Serotonin
Sex Differences in Human Stress Response
Sex Steroids, Response to Stress and Susceptibility to Depression
Sexual Assault
Sexual Dysfunction
Sickle Cell Disease and Stress
Sleep Loss, Jet Lag, and Shift Work
Sleep, Sleep Disorders, and Stress
Smoking and Stress
Social Capital
Social Status and Stress
Social Stress, Animal Models of
Social Support
Somatic Disorders
Startle Response
Steroid Hormone Receptors
Steroid Hydroxylases
Stress, Definitions and Concepts of
Stress Effects, Overview
Stress Generation in the Context of Depressive Disorders
Stress Hyporesponsive Period
Stress Management and Cardiovascular Disease
Stress Management, CAM Approach
Suicide, Biology of
Suicide, Psychology of
Suicide, Sociology of
Surgery and Stress
Survivor Guilt
Sympathetic Nervous System
Synthetic Glucocorticoids
Teaching and Stress
Temperature Effects
Terrorism
Thermal Stress
Thermotolerance, Thermoresistance, and Thermosensitivity
Three Mile Island, Stress Effects of
Thymus
Thyroid Hormones
Torture
Trauma and Memory
Type A Behavior
Type A Personality, Type B Personality
Ulceration, Gastric
Understimulation/Boredom
Urocortin
Vasoactive Peptides
Vasopressin
Vietnam Veterans, Postwar Experiences of
Violence
Waist-Hip Ratio
War-Related Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Treatment of
War Stress in the former Yugoslavia
Workplace Stress
Contributors
Index