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Situations, events or experiences that produce severe strain, such as failure of a marriage, loss of a job, selling your house, orloss of a loved person.

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American Institute of Stress  - A good American site, but limited free information, although lots of information packs etc. are available for sale. 3/5
 
Eustress - Part of a general slide presentation on Managing Stress.  2/5
 
Eustress - Part of a general Stress Management Presentation. Eustress can be defined as a pleasant or curative stress. We can't always avoid stress, in fact, sometimes we don't want to. 2/5
 
Hans Slye - Theory of the general adaptation syndrome which is supported by experimental facts.  3/5
 
International Stress Management Association ( UK ) - ISMA(UK)is a registered charity promoting standards in stress managent. The site contains articles, booklists, help pages and mich information on stress and its treatment.  3/5
 
Jenkins Activity Survey - A description.The Jenkins Activity Survey (JAS) was developed in an attempt to duplicate the clinical assessment of the Type A behavior pattern by employing an objective psychometric procedure. Individuals displaying a Type A behavior pattern are characterized by extremes of competitiveness, striving for achievement and personal recognition, aggressiveness, haste, impatience, explosiveness and loudness in speech, characteristics which the JAS attempts to measure. 2/5
 
Manage Stress - Coping Techniques - Relaxation - Articles From Life Clinic Com. Stress can make blood pressure go up for a while, and it has been thought to contribute to high blood pressure. But the long-term effects of stress are as yet unclear. 3/5
 
NIH Guide: Women's Mental Health and Gender Differences - Men and women. Animal and human studies indicate that gender differences in hormonal factors may modulate physiological and behavioral response to stress.   3/5
 
Our Body’s Reaction to Stress (General Adaptation Syndrome (GAS)) - When a person experiences stress, the brain responds by initiating 1400 different responses including the dumping of a variety of chemicals to our blood stream. An Article. Not Rated
 
Shell-Shock - By 1914 British doctors working in military hospitals noticed patients suffering from "shell shock". Early symptoms included tiredness, irritability, giddiness ...  2/5 Student
 
Stress and Cardiovascular Disease - Is There a Relationship?. An Article.Understanding the relationship between stress and cardiovascular disease isn't easy. Is Type-A behavior unhealthy? Does stress cause your blood pressure to rise? Can stress cause you to have a heart attack? While differing opinions exist about these and other issues, research has shown that stress does play a role in many cardiovascular disorders. Not Rated
 
Stress and Gender - Causes of female and male depression and anxiety might be quite different from each other. It is not known for sure if stress affects men and women differently. Generally, as the two genders often operate in different social contexts, both tend to develop different emotional dispositions and personality traits. 3/5
 
Stress at Christmas - From What Women Want - An Article read at Xmas time.  3/5
 
Stress Inventory- The following scale was developed by Holmes and Rahe to investigate the relationship between social readjustment, stress and susceptibility to illness. 3/5.
    
 
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Recommended Books    
Manage Your Stress for a Happier Life: A Teach Yourself Guide
The Everything Guide to Stress Management: Step-By-Step Advice for a Stress-Free Life
Stress: A Friend for Life - How to Live with it, Use it and Live Creatively as a Result of it

Manage Your Stress for a Happier Life: A Teach Yourself Guide

The Everything Guide to Stress Management: Step-By-Step Advice for a Stress-Free Life

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