Description

Stress continues to play a factor in both the development and exacerbation of psychiatric illnesses. Does Stress Cause Psychiatric Illness? explores this issue by bringing together 20 distinguished contributors, all experts in various psychiatric syndromes.

Scientific yet readable, Does Stress Cause Psychiatric Illness? is a useful guide to clinicians, clinical researchers, and medical students. Each chapter provides new empirical data that relate stress to psychiatric illness and addresses this relationship using up-to-date models. These models: – differentiate types of stress- account for differential responses to stress- account for the interaction of stressors and psychiatric disorders- address the neurobiology of stress- provide information on illness prevention strategies

Editor: Mazure, Carolyn M

Topic: Psychology
Media: Book
ISBN: 880484829
Language: English
Pages: 312