Summary
The majority of teens experience some form of stress related to school, society, family, or peers. People react differently to stress, and some are able to handle stressful situations more easily than others. A variety of factors—including genetic, psychological, and environmental—often contribute to how an individual reacts to stress.
Living with Stress provides all the information teens need to understand this subject, including causes, symptoms, treatments, and prevention. Helpful sidebars, appendixes, and further reading guide additional exploration, and real-life examples throughout the book illustrate the impact of living with stress. Chapters focus on the emotional and physical effects of stress, why teens are at risk for stress-related problems, and how to address stress with lifestyle changes.
Specifications
Index. Appendixes. Glossary. Sidebars. Further reading.
About the Author(s)
Allen R. Miller, Ph.D., is a founding fellow of the Academy of Cognitive Therapy. He is a licensed psychologist with extensive clinical experience and has devoted much of his time and work to the study of mood and anxiety disorders. Miller is the director of WellSpan Behavioral Health Services of South Central Pennsylvania and is a member of the American Psychological Association. He is the author of Living with Anxiety Disorders and Living with Depression in Facts On File's Teen's Guides series, and the coauthor of The Complete Idiot's Guide to Personality Profiles. He lives in Windsor, Pennsylvania.
Susan Shelly is a writer and researcher based in Shillington, Pennsylvania. She is a coauthor of The Encyclopedia of Blindness and Vision Impairment, Second Edition in the Facts On File Library of Health and Living series and a frequent contributor of medical stories to the Reading Eagle.