| Discipline: | Psychiatry | | Subject Definition: | Stress, Psychological-Prevention & Control | | NLM Class: | WM 172 | | LC Class: | RA785 | | Abstract: | Stress is an unavoidable part of our everyday lives--and some of it can be good. But a lot of stress is unhealthy, and most of us don't know how to handle it. Ignoring or mishandling unhealthy stress has all sorts of negative consequences. That's why Stress Management: A Wellness Approach is such a valuable resource. This student-friendly guide identifies stressors in six dimensions of life--physical, emotional, intellectual, social, spiritual, and environmental--and presents tested tools that students can use in managing that stress in healthy ways. ... Stress Management helps college students manage stress in today's fast-paced, ever-changing climate: social, culture, politics, economics, technology, and media. It explores key issues of stress and stress management and offers evidence-based research and practical tools that students can use in coping with changes and stress in healthy and positive ways now and throughout their lives. |
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