Handbook of Stress Medicine: An Organ System Approach

By John R. Hubbard

Book Overview

Psychological stress is often overlooked by medical doctors as a cause of physiologically based illness; however, clinical studies show that stress has a vital impact on both the mental and physical well-being of patients. Handbook of Stress Medicine: An Organ System Approach focuses on the relationship between stress and the physiology and pathology of the major organ systems of the body. It suggests that understanding stress-related illness can help hold down medical costs through more accurate diagnoses and promote improved preventative care.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0849325153
• ISBN13: 9780849325151
• Release Date: December 1997
• Publisher: CRC Press
• Length: 446 Pages
• Weight: 1.77 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.5" x 9.5"