Breakdown in Human Adaptation to 'Stress': Towards a Multidisciplinary Approach Volume I

by J Siegrist, H.M. Wegmann, J. Cullen, et al.

The widespread interest in "stressful" aspects of contemporary society which contribute to its burden of illness and diseases (e.g. gastro intestinal, cardiovascular) has led to a large number of state- ments and reports which relate the manifestations to a maladaptation of the individual. Furthermore, recent research suggests that under some condi tions stress may have a more generalized effect of decreasing the body's ability to combat destructive...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9401079749
• ISBN13: 9789401079747
• Release Date: October 2011
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 622 Pages
• Weight: 1.98 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.1" x 9.2"