George P. Chrousos

This volume offers a comprehensive overview of the multiple facets of the stress response, a field that has seen rapid advancement in knowledge in the past few years. The stress system and its components are described; the basic mechanisms of the stress response as well as its biomedical and pathophysiological resulting from dysregulation of the stress systems are presented; and management strategies for disease are proposed. Cross-cultural studies and studies of the relationship of stress to temperament, ageing, obesity, amenorrhea and psychoneurotic disorders are also presented.

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