Includes bibliographic references and index

in English

Psychosocial models of health and disease History of the concept of stress -- Homeostatic regulation : normal function and stress responses -- Physical and psychological stress -- Central nervous system integration of the psychological stress -- Response -- Stress and the endocrine system -- The immune system, stress, and behavior -- Helplessness, coping, and health -- Genes, stress, and behavior -- Individual differences in reactivity to stress -- Health implications of exaggerated and blunted stress -- Reactivity -- Behavior, stress, and health.

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