The End of Stress As We Know It

by Bruce McEwen, Elizabeth Lasley

Overview

The End of Stress as We Know It provides readers with the "gold standard" in understanding how their bodies work under stress and why they have the power to avoid its debilitating effects. Bruce McEwen, Ph.D., one of the world's authorities on the subject of stress, here provides unshakable evidence of how mind and body work together either for good or for ill when we are challenged by life's events.

Describing the subtle damage that comes from failing to turn off the body's danger alert system, Dr. McEwen shows how chemicals activated during stressful situations can protect the body under acute conditions, and how, when chronically activated, they can cause long-lasting harm. He counsels that many stress management programs can help us, if we understand the powerful mind-body forces activated by stress.

The premise of this book is that knowledge is power. By learning how the body reacts to large and small challenges in our lives, by understanding how we put ourselves in situations that cause upheaval in our minds and bodies, we can make the best choices--backed up by the latest scientific knowledge.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940014793964
Publisher:	Dana Foundation
Publication date:	06/08/2012
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

Bruce S. McEwen, Ph.D., is the Alfred E. Mirsky Professor and head of the Harold and Margaret Milliken Hatch Laboratory of Neuroendocrinology at The Rockefeller University. He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences, the Institute of Medicine, and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and a fellow of the New York Academy of Sciences. As a neuroscientist and neuroendocrinologist, Dr. McEwen’s laboratory discovered adrenal steroid receptors in the hippocampus in 1968. His current research focuses on stress’ effects on the amygdala, prefrontal cortex, and hippocampus, along with sex-hormone effects and sex differences in these brain regions. Dr. McEwen is author of The End of Stress as We Know It (Dana Press/Joseph Henry Press, 2002) and The Hostage Brain (The Rockefeller University Press, 1994).

Elizabeth Norton Lasley, formerly a senior editor at Dana Press, is a freelance science writer with a specialization in neuroscience. She is the coauthor, with Bruce McEwen of Rockefeller University, of The End of Stress As We Know It. Her freelance articles have appeared in numerous publications, including Science.

Editorial Reviews

"McEwen's book is skillfully written and will appeal to a wide readership."

Library Journal

"...a fascinating read...the wealth of facts have been brilliantly summarized in an often entertaining manner..."

Nature - Nature Nature

"The Editors Recommend."

Scientific American