Stress and Health

Difficulties in Defining the Concept of Stress

Efforts to Measure Stress

Assessing Coping

Moderators of the Stress­Illness Link

 

Theories of the Stress­Illness Link

Biological Theories

Psychological Theories

 

Cardiovascular Disorders

Essential Hypertension

Coronary Heart Disease

Asthma

Characteristics of the Disease

Etiology of Asthma

 

Therapies for Psychophysiological Disorders

Treating Hypertension

Changing Type A Behavior

Stress Management