Stress Mastery Bibliography and Resources

Websites

American Psychological Association

National Survey of Physicians - Kaiser Family Foundation (2001)

Holmes and Rahe Social Readjustment Rating Scale

Books and Articles

Ader, R. and Cohen, N. (1975). Behaviorally conditioned immunosuppression. Psychosom Med, 37 (4), 333-40.

Baider L, Uziely B, De-Nour AK. Department of Oncology, Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel.

Benson, H. (1975). The Relaxation Response. New York: Avon Books.

Cannon, W.B. (1932). The Wisdom of the Body. Norton: New York.

Gen Hosp Psychiatry (1994) Progressive muscle relaxation and guided imagery in cancer patients. Sep;16(5):340-7. Related Articles, Links. PMID: 7995505.

Holmes, T.H. & Rahe, R.H. (1967). The Social Readjustment Rating Scale. J Psychosom Res, 11(2), 213-8.

Kabat-Zinn, J. (1991). Full-Catastrophe Living: Using the Wisdom of Your Body and Mind to Face Stress, Pain and Illness. New York: Delacorte Books.

Lawson, K. (2002). Psychoneuroimmunology, in Complementary and Alternative Medicine: Fast Facts for Medical Practice, M. Herring, Roberts, MM, Editor.

Blackwell: Williston, VT, 20-27.

Leonard, G. (1991). Mastery . New York: Plume, 176.

McLean, R. and Jahnke, R. (2002). The Circle of Life Facilitator Training Manual, (11).

Pert, C.B., Pasternak, G. & Snyder, S.H. (1973). Opiate agonists and antagonists discriminated by receptor binding in brain. Science, 182 (119), 1359-61.

Prochaska JO, Norcross JC, Diclemente CC (1994). Changing for Good. Avon Books, New York.

Selye, H. (1956). The Stress of Life. New York: McGraw-Hill.

Shanafelt, T.D., Sloan, J.A., & Habermann, T.M. (2003). The well-being of physicians. Am J Med, 114 (6), 513-9.

Solomon, G.F. and R.H. Moos (1965). The Relationship of Personality to the Presence of Rheumatoid Factor in Asymptomatic Relatives of Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis. Psychosom Med, 27 : 350-60.

Watkins, A. (1997). Mind-Body Medicine-Clinicians Guide to Psychoneuroimmunology. 1st ed: Churchill Livingstone.