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Breakdown in Human Adaptation to 'Stress' - Towards a multidisciplinary approach Volume I (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1984)
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Breakdown in Human Adaptation to 'Stress' - Towards a multidisciplinary approach Volume I (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1984)
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The widespread interest in "stressful" aspects of contemporary
society which contribute to its burden of illness and diseases
(e.g. gastro intestinal, cardiovascular) has led to a large number
of state ments and reports which relate the manifestations to a
maladaptation of the individual. Furthermore, recent research
suggests that under some condi tions stress may have a more
generalized effect of decreasing the body's ability to combat
destructive forces and expose it to a variety of diseases.
Breakdown in adaptation occurs when an individual cannot cope with
demands inherent in his environment. These may be due to an
excessive mental or physical load, including factors of a social or
psychological nature and task performance requirements ranging from
those which are monotonous, simple and repetitive to complex, fast,
decision-taking ones. Experience shows however that not all people
placed under the same condi tions suffer similarly, and it follows
that to the social and psychological environment should be added a
genetic factor influencing, through the brain, the responses of
individuals. It is clear that, besides human suffering, this
"breakdown in adaptation" causes massive losses of revenue to
industry and national health authorities. Thus a reduction in
"stress", before "breakdown" occurs, or an improvement in coping
with it would be very valuable.
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