Stress and Stress Management

This section explores the nature of stress and how to work with it in your life. If you would like more assistance in determining how you might address stress more effectively, contact the EAP office at 656-2100 for an appointment.

This article has been compiled from the following sources: Comprehensive Stress Management, by Jerrold S. Greenberg, 1990; The Relaxation and Stress Reduction Handbook, by David, Eshelman and McKay, 1988; and Workplace Solutions by Gordon Petersen (interview questions about stress in the workplace).

We are all experts on stress. Each of us has experienced it and few people manage to keep it under control all the time. Stress is so common that the opportunity to learn to deal with it should be available to everyone.

The following information looks at stress from several angles and then suggests ways of handling it:

• Causes of Stress
• Chronic Stress and Disease
• Signs of Stress and Distress
• Managing Stress
• Stress in the Workplace
• Meditation
• Assertiveness