Controlling Stress and Tension: A Holistic Approach - Softcover

Girdano, Daniel A

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0131714066 ISBN 13: 9780131714069

Publisher: Prentice Hall, 1990

Synopsis

The most academic and research-oriented text on the market, this edition covers stress management in depth, using an applied approach.

Controlling Stress and Tension, Sixth Edition, represents many editions of class-tested success. Thousands of students at hundreds of universities and colleges have used this text in departments ranging from health education to nursing and psychology. Every technique, old and new, has been class tested and also applied in seminars and private practice. The first edition of CST was a pioneering work originating from the author's work in psychophysiology research.

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About the Author

Dorothy Dusek, PhD, has been professor at San Francisco State, Worcester State College, the University of Maryland, University of Utah, University of Wyoming, and Metropolitan State College in Denver. She has written over 30 books on the topics of nutrition, fitness, stress management, weight management, smoking cessation, health counseling, behavior change, communication, psychosomatic medicine, and others. She has a private counseling practice in Winter Park Colorado.

 

Daniel Girdano, PhD, has held the position of professor at the Universities of Maryland, Utah, Wyoming, Texas A & M, Boston University, and The Pennsylvania State University. He is currently professor and faculty mentor for Walden University. As director of the psychophysiology research laboratory at the University of Maryland he used research in biofeedback, counseling, and relaxation training to pioneer the comprehensive study of stress management. He has authored or co-authored 40 health and fitness textbooks and over 50 articles. 

    

George S. Everly, Jr., PhD, ABPP is Professor of Psychology, Loyola College in Maryland, Associate Professor of Psychiatry, The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, and a member of the Johns Hopkins Center for Public Health Preparedness at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Edition details

• Publisher: Prentice Hall
• Publication date: 1990
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0131714066
• ISBN 13: 9780131714069
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 410