Handbook of Stress: Theoretical and Clinical Aspects Book

	Preface to the Second Edition
	Preface to the First Edition
	About the Contributors
Pt. I	Introduction
Ch. 1	Stress Research at a Crossroads	3
Ch. 2	History of the Stress Concept	7
Pt. II	Basic Psychological Processes
Ch. 3	Why We Should Think of Stress as a Subset of Emotion	21
Ch. 4	Thought, Memory, and Learning: Effects of Emotional Stress	40
Ch. 5	Decisionmaking under Stress	56
Pt. III	Basic Biological Processes
Ch. 6	Inquiries into Hardiness	77
Ch. 7	Effects of Stress on the Neurochemistry and Morphology of the Brain: Counter-regulation versus Damage	101
Ch. 8	Stress, the Immune System, and Health and Illness	127
Ch. 9	Psychophysiological Assessment of Stress	142
Pt. IV	Measurement of Stress and Coping
Ch. 10	The Assessment of Stressful Life Events	161
Ch. 11	The Structured Event Probe and Narrative Rating Method for Measuring Stressful Life Events	174
Ch. 12	Self-report Measures of Stress	200
Ch. 13	Coping Resources and Processes: Current Concepts and Measures	234
Ch. 14	The Assessment of Coping, Defense, and Stress	258
Ch. 15	Paraverbal Correlates of Stress: Implications for Stress Identification and Management	274
Pt. V	Common Stressors
A	Environmental and Social Sources
Ch. 16	The Social Contexts of Stress	303
Ch. 17	Stress as a Consequence of the Urban Physical Environment	316
Ch. 18	Sensory Deprivation and Overload	333
Ch. 19	Occupational Stress	342
Ch. 20	The Effects of Workload and the Social Environment at Work on Health	368
B	Sociocultural and Developmental Sources
Ch. 21	Burnout	386
Ch. 22	Psychological Stress and Coping in Old Age	403
Ch. 23	Challenge and Defeat: Stability and Change in Adulthood	413
Ch. 24	Multiple Roles, Gender, and Psychological Distress	427
Pt. VI	Common Psychiatric and Somatic Conditions
Ch. 25	Relationships of the Type A Behavior Pattern with Coronary Heart Disease	449
Ch. 26	Stress and Psychiatric Disorders	477
Ch. 27	Stress and Psychosomatic Disorders	496
Ch. 28	Coping with Chronic Illness	511
Ch. 29	Stress, Ethyl Alcohol, and Alcoholism	532
Ch. 30	Stress and Depression: Toward the Development of Integrative Models	550
Pt. VII	Extreme Stressors
Ch. 31	Interpersonal Violence and Traumatic Stress Reactions	573
Ch. 32	Disasters: Psychological and Psychiatric Aspects	591
Ch. 33	Stress of the Holocaust	617
Ch. 34	Migration and Stress	641
Ch. 35	Psychosocial Effects of HIV Infection	658
Pt. VIII	Treatments and Supports
Ch. 36	Social Support: Resources and Context	685
Ch. 37	A Constructivist Narrative Perspective on Stress and Coping: Stress Inoculation Applications	706
Ch. 38	A Coping/Rest Model of Relaxation and Stress Management	724
Ch. 39	Stress Response Syndromes and Their Treatment	757
	Author Index	775
	Subject Index	803