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Posts Tagged ‘psychology’

Consider whether research supports the view that stress is linked to illness

Wednesday, March 19th, 2008

Research has shown that there may be a link between stress and illnesses, such as cardiovascular disorders and a negative effect on the immune system. However some research has also suggested that stress can have a positive effect on the immune system.
Krantz et al. (1991) conducted an experiment to investigate the extent to which mental [...]

An assessment of physiological and psychological stress management techniques

Wednesday, March 19th, 2008

Many different methods of stress management have been proposed and research conducted into their effectiveness. However, each technique has its own strengths and weaknesses along with supporting or disproving studies.
A physiological approach to managing stress is that of drug therapy. The person experiencing stress would be given drugs which they could take to reduce the [...]