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Stress without distress / Hans Selye.
Levy Dental Medicine Library - Stacks BF575.S75 S45 1975
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Selye, Hans, 1907-1982
- Series:
- A Signet book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Stress (Physiology).
- Success.
- Stress (Psychology).
- Achievement.
- Stress, Psychological.
- Stress, Physiological.
- Medical Subjects:
- Achievement.
- Stress, Psychological.
- Stress, Physiological.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 193 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Penguin Books, 1975, ©1974.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- 1. The stress of life
- What is stress?
- Stress is the nonspecific response of the body to any demand made upon it
- What stress is not
- Stress is not merely nervous tension
- Stress is not something to be avoided
- Complete freedom from stress is death
- The evolution of the concept
- The laboratory approach to the concept of non-specificity
- How could different stimuli produce the same result?
- How could the same reaction produce different lesions?
- Syntoxic and catatoxic responses
- Can we improve on nature's own defenses?
- Raising the body's thermostat of defense
- The relativity of specificity in disease and treatment
- 2. Motivation
- Reflections on egotism
- The evolution of altruistic egotism
- Collaboration among cells
- Collaboration among societies
- The optimal stress level
- The effects of stress may be long-lasting, even after the stressors has ceased to act
- The synergy of team work
- Frustration
- Work and leisure
- Man must work
- Stress is the spice of life
- What is work and what is leisure?
- Social implications
- My rose garden
- Stress and aging
- What is duty?
- 3. What is the aim of life?
- Aims and means
- Short-term goals
- Long-term goals
- Conscious aims
- The ultimate commitment
- The craving for approval and the dread of censure
- 4. To earn your neighbor's love
- "Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself
- "Earn thy neighbor's love"
- 5. Resume
- Objectives of our guidelines
- To supply us with purpose
- To provide a natural code of ethics
- The biological roots of our code
- Nonspecificity vs. specificity
- Altruistic egotism
- The triphasic nature of adaptability
- Activity is a biological necessity
- Choose carefully between syntoxic and catatoxic behavior in daily life
- The general acceptability of our code
- Prescription for enjoying a full life
- Glossary
- Bibliography
- Principal publications upon which this essay is based
- Additional annotated references.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 153-186).
- Other Format:
- Selye, Hans, 1907-1982. Stress without distress.
- ISBN:
- 0451161920
- 9780451161925
- 0451124170
- 9780451124173
- OCLC:
- 31320429
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