The cumulative science linking stress to negative health outcomes is vast. Stress can affect
health directly, through autonomic and neuroendocrine responses, but also indirectly …

The customary introduction to stress suggests that it is still a matter of scientific debate,
despite the fact that it is a common and influential state. It shares aspects of mind and body …

Stress responses help us navigate our environment and respond appropriately to threats.
Stress systems communicate threats to the entire organism, and as such, also stimulate …

Stressors have a major influence upon mood, our sense of well-being, behavior, and health.
Acute stress responses in young, healthy individuals may be adaptive and typically do not …

Life stress is a central construct in health research because it is associated with increased
risk for a variety of serious mental and physical health problems, including anxiety disorders …

The body's principal adaptive responses to stress stimuli are mediated by an intricate stress
system, which includes the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenocortical (HPA) axis and the …

Stress and Health: Biological and Psychological Interactions, by William R. Lovallo, is a brief
and accessible examination of psychological stress and its psychophysiological …

The major aim of this chapter is to provide a detailed overview of the links between stress
and illness with an emphasis on underlying physiological and stress component processes …

In this article, we argued that the term stress has served as a valuable heuristic, helping
researchers to integrate traditions that illuminate different stages of the process linking …

Stress and Your Health: From Vulnerability to Resilience presents an evidence-based
evaluation of the various effects of stress, along with methods to alleviate distress and stress …