Understanding stress: A psychological perspective for health professionals.

Part 1 Stress and health: an introduction. Part 2 Understanding stress - historical approach: the origins of stress research person - environment fit stress - third wave plague or whipping boy? definitions of stress. Part 3 The nature of stress: factors intrinsic to the job role stress relationships at work career stress organizational structure and climate the home-work interface life cycles and life events. Part 4 Stress response moderators and individual differences: personality characteristics personal conditioning variables. Part 5 The consequences of stress: stress and health outcomes organizational costs of stress. Part 6 Stress and the health professions: dentists ambulance and paramedics nurses doctors conclusion. Part 7 Managing stress: coping with stress - individual approaches coping with stress - workplace approaches.