Stress Management and Your Health

Stress is a major problem that affects nearly everyone. Stress is believed to be number one killer in most industrialized societies. Throughout the centuries, professionals and the wider public have attempted to find ways to manage or alleviate stress and its impact on our health. Cannon's Stimulus Response theory and Selye's General Adaptation Syndrome have helped us understand the psychological and physiological mechanisms associated with stress. In the author's view, what is needed is an integrated approach in understanding stress, its causes, and its effects on the human being, both physiologically and psychologically. Stress Management and Your Health shows the ways we minimize stress, as well psycho-therapeutic theories and techniques for managing stress. Stress management techniques have also been explored cross-culturally. This information is useful to the wider public, students, mental health professionals, and mental health educators. Joseph Nii Abekar Mensah, PhD, is currently a Clinical/Educational Consultant with Progressive Learning Institute & Counselling services in Calgary. Born and raised in Accra, Ghana, he pursued studies in applied biology in London with specialization in pharmacology. Dr. Mensah also holds undergraduate and graduate degrees in psychology and in education. Publisher's website: http://sbpra.com/JosephNiiAbekarMensah