Stress management

Stress management

Stress management encompasses techniques intended to equip a person with effective coping mechanisms for dealing with psychological stress, with stress defined as a person's physiological response to an internal or external stimulus that triggers the fight-or-flight response. Stress management is effective when a person utilizes strategies to cope with or alter stressful situations.

Historical foundations

Walter Cannon and Hans Selye used animal studies to establish the earliest scientific basis for the study of stress. They measured the physiological responses of animals to external pressures, such as heat and cold, prolonged restraint, and surgical procedures, then extrapolated from these studies to human beings. [Cannon, W. (1939). The Wisdom of the Body, 2nd ed., NY: Norton Pubs.] []
*treatment of anger or hostility,
*autogenic training
*talking therapy (around relationship or existential issues)
*biofeedback
*cognitive therapy for anxiety or clinical depression

ee also

* Biofeedback
* Distress
* Eustress
* Psychological resilience
* Relaxation technique
* Best of Stress Management
* Cannabis smoking

References


* Ogden, J. (2000). Health Psychology (3rd Edition). Open University Press: Buckingham.

External links

*European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (OSHA):
** [http://osha.europa.eu/publications/reports/203/index.htm "Research on Work-Related Stress"] ,
** [http://osha.europa.eu/publications/magazine/5 "Working on Stress"]
* [http://killerstress.stanford.edu/more/qa-what-about-stress-mangement/ Q&A on stress management] by Robert Sapolsky (Stanford University)


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