stress (physiology)

Contains a guidebook for children that addresses some of the issues they face that could create stressful conditions for them at home and in school.

Contains over five hundred alphabetically arranged entries that provide information about the causes, effects, and treatments of physical and physiologic stress.

Discusses the physiological effect stress has and explains the different symptoms, illnesses, and problems stress causes in everyday life; includes information on stress-related diseases, stress management, and coping.

Discusses the pressures and problems encountered by teenagers and provides information on life skills, stress management, and methods of gaining more control over their lives.

In Oregon, eleven-year-old Hope begins coping with her mother's verbal abuse by devising survival strategies for herself based on a history unit about the Holocaust, and meanwhile she works toward buying a pair of purple hiking boots by helping at a second-hand shop.

Describes the physiological effects of stress, provides stress-reducing techniques, offers organizational tips, and discusses how to cope with side effects of stress.