Neurobiology of Stress: Cognitive, Emotional, and Behavioral Approaches
Author: Густаво Э. Тафет
Printhouse: Dialektika
Age restrictions: 16+
Year of publication: 2025
ISBN: 9785907705401
Number of pages: 224
Size: 250x170x10 mm
Cover type: soft
Weight: 333 g
ID: 1748545
The book serves as an introduction to an interdisciplinary course on the study of stress. It will help students and professionals in the field of mental health understand the main neurobiological and psychological causes and consequences of stress on humans. The concept of stress is explored comprehensively here: from the impact of environmental stressors to the processing of anxiety signals in the brain; from the neural mechanisms involved in such processing to the formation of adaptive responses to stress. All neural processes are explained at different levels of complexity: from the neurobiological (including cellular and molecular mechanisms) to the psychological (covering cognitive and emotional processing with subsequent behavioral reactions).
The material is supplemented with numerous illustrations that facilitate the understanding of the described concepts. In addition, the book details clinical manifestations of stress such as depression and anxiety disorders, including an overview of vulnerability and resilience factors, making this interdisciplinary course comprehensive and fundamental. The book will be a useful addition to various postgraduate education programs in fields such as health psychology and clinical psychology, healthy living and preventive medicine, psychiatry, and behavioral medicine.
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