Human stress: Its nature and control

We all have our own ways of coping with stress. Some of these methods are better than others, but most prove inadequate over time. With more and more medical evidence indicating that stress is a key factor in many diseases. Effective stress control becomes increasingly important. This book describes how the individual can manage stress more constructively. It examines why human stress exists and how it operates, and identifies the causes and effects of stress. Finally, with this background information presented. it discusses specific strategies and techniques to control stress and use stress positively. About the Author Dr. Roger Allen is an assistant professor and director of research and graduate studies in the Department of Health Education and Coordinator of the Psychophysiological Research and Biofeedback Learning Laboratories at the University of Maryland, College Park. He teaches classes in controlling stress and tension and related topics and now has more than 1100 participants each year in his college-level stress management program. He holds master's and bachelor's degrees from the University of Kansas and a doctorate in biomedical health from the University of Maryland. In addition to this text, he is the author of Investigations in Stress Control (with D. Hyde), Relaxation Exercises for Controlling Stress and Tension, and numerous research and philosophy papers related to the phenomenon of human stress. (from the back cover of this book)