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Title
Biopsychosocial factors of stress, and mindfulness for stress reduction / Holly Hazlett-Stevens, editor.
ISBN
3030812456 electronic book
9783030812454 (electronic bk.)
9783030812447
3030812448
Published
Cham : Springer, [2021]
Copyright
©2021
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xiv, 269 pages) : illustrations
Item Number
10.1007/978-3-030-81245-4 doi
Call Number
BF575.S75 B56 2021
Dewey Decimal Classification
155.9042
Summary
This volume brings together basic research on the nature of stress reactivity with up-to-date research on the effectiveness and mechanisms of mindfulness interventions. The chapters review the major research areas that elucidate the impact of stress reactivity on health, and explore the mechanisms and effectiveness of mindfulness-based approaches for stress reduction and improved physical and emotional health. The first section examines biopsychosocial mechanisms of stress reactivity such as allostasis and allostatic load, neurobiology of stress, biology of the "fight-or-flight" and "tend-and-befriend" responses, and psychoneuroimmunology. This section concludes by addressing the roles of perception and appraisal, including the role of perceived threat in stress reactivity as well as the role that negative perceptions of the stress response itself play in compromising health. The second section opens with review of leading psychological models of mindfulness, including self-regulation, reperceiving, and the Intention, Attention, Attitude (IAA) triaxiomatic model. Subsequent chapters discuss mindfulness-based interventions and mechanisms of change for stress and related clinical conditions including chronic pain, traumatic stress, anxiety and related disorders, and clinical depression. The final chapter reviews possible neural networks and brain mechanisms associated with mindfulness meditation practice. As the research on stress reactivity and mindfulness-based stress reduction continues to proliferate, this book offers readers a single volume covering the most relevant information across this vast terrain. Other available volumes offer in-depth coverage of stress research with little mention of mindfulness and stress reduction. Conversely, many texts on the topic of mindfulness and mindfulness-based interventions do not adequately cover the biopsychosocial processes of stress reactivity.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on February 25, 2022).
Part I Stress Reactivity and Health
Chapter 1 Stress: Historical Approaches to Allostasis
Chapter 2 The Neurobiology of Stress
Chapter 3 The Tend and Befriend Theory of Stress: Understanding the Biological, Evolutionary and Psychosocial Aspects of the Female Stress Response
Chapter 4 Psychoneuroimmunology: How Chronic Stress Makes Us Sick
Chapter 5 The Roles of Appraisal and Perception in Stress Responses, and Leveraging Appraisals and Mindsets to Improve Stress Responses
Part II Mindfulness, Stress Reduction, and Mechanisms of Change
Chapter 6 Historical Origins and Psychological Models of Mindfulness
Chapter 7 Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction for Medical Conditions
Chapter 8 Mindfulness-Based Interventions for Traumatic Stress
Chapter 9 Mindfulness-based Interventions for Clinical Anxiety and Depression
Chapter 10 Neurobiology of Mindfulness-Based Interventions.
