Stress and Your Body /
Robert Sapolsky ; The Teaching Company.
- Chantilly, VA : The Teaching Company, 2010.
- 4 DVDs (720 min.) : sd. col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 Course Guidebook (iv, 93 p. : ill. ; 19 cm)
- The Great Courses Better Living Health and Wellness .
Includes 24 x 30 minutes lectures. Also includes Course Guidebook.
Course Guidebook includes bibliographical references.
"And stress can have tremendous negative effects on your mental and physical health. Most Western diseases that slowly get us sick—heart disease, diabetes, stroke—are worsened by stress. Chronic illnesses like rheumatoid arthritis and depression often flare up during repeated instances of stress. This makes coping with stress a critical part of how well we live.
But take heart. Because once you understand the inner workings of our stress response system and its inextricable links to all aspects of your personal health, you'll find yourself in possession of powerful knowledge that will help you understand and better deal with this common aspect of your busy life.
Now, from one of the world's foremost researchers on stress and neurobiology comes Stress and Your Body—a fascinating 24-lecture course that guides you through the psychological and psychosocial stress that is a central part of everyday life in Western society. With the guidance of Dr. Robert Sapolsky, acclaimed Professor of Biology, Neurology, and Neurosurgery at Stanford University and one of our most popular professors, you'll explore the nuts and bolts of the stress-response system and its various effects on your body." (Publisher's Website) CONTENTS: Disc 1 Lecture 1. Why Don't Zebras Get Ulcers? Why Do We? Lecture 2. The Nuts and Bolts of the Stress-Response Lecture 3. Stress and Your Heart Lecture 4. Stress, Metabolism, and Liquidating Your Assets Lecture 5. Stress, Overeating, and Your Digestive Tract Lecture 6. Stress and Growth - Echoes from the Womb Disc 2 Lecture 7. Stress, Growth, and Child Development Lecture 8. Stress and Female Reproduction Lecture 9. Stress and Male Reproduction Lecture 10. Stress and Your Immune System Lecture 11. Stress and Cancer Lecture 12. Stress and Pain Disc 3 Lecture 13. Stress, Learning, and Memory Lecture 14. Stress, Judgment, and Impulse Control Lecture 15. Stress, Sleep, and Lack of Sleep Lecture 16. Stress and Aging Lecture 17. Understanding Psychological Stress Lecture 18. Psychological Modulators of Stress Disc 4 Lecture 19. Stress and the Biology of Depression Lecture 20. Stress and The Psychology of Depression Lecture 21. Anxiety, Hostility, Repression, and Reward Lecture 22. Stress Health, and Low Social Status Lecture 23. Stress Management - Clues to Success? Lecture 24. Stress Management - Approaches and Cautions
"And stress can have tremendous negative effects on your mental and physical health. Most Western diseases that slowly get us sick—heart disease, diabetes, stroke—are worsened by stress. Chronic illnesses like rheumatoid arthritis and depression often flare up during repeated instances of stress. This makes coping with stress a critical part of how well we live.
But take heart. Because once you understand the inner workings of our stress response system and its inextricable links to all aspects of your personal health, you'll find yourself in possession of powerful knowledge that will help you understand and better deal with this common aspect of your busy life.
Now, from one of the world's foremost researchers on stress and neurobiology comes Stress and Your Body—a fascinating 24-lecture course that guides you through the psychological and psychosocial stress that is a central part of everyday life in Western society. With the guidance of Dr. Robert Sapolsky, acclaimed Professor of Biology, Neurology, and Neurosurgery at Stanford University and one of our most popular professors, you'll explore the nuts and bolts of the stress-response system and its various effects on your body." (Publisher's Website) DVD CONTENTS:
Disc 1 Lecture 1. Why Don't Zebras Get Ulcers? Why Do We? Lecture 2. The Nuts and Bolts of the Stress-Response Lecture 3. Stress and Your Heart Lecture 4. Stress, Metabolism, and Liquidating Your Assets Lecture 5. Stress, Overeating, and Your Digestive Tract Lecture 6. Stress and Growth - Echoes from the Womb
Disc 2 Lecture 7. Stress, Growth, and Child Development Lecture 8. Stress and Female Reproduction Lecture 9. Stress and Male Reproduction Lecture 10. Stress and Your Immune System Lecture 11. Stress and Cancer Lecture 12. Stress and Pain
Disc 3 Lecture 13. Stress, Learning, and Memory Lecture 14. Stress, Judgment, and Impulse Control Lecture 15. Stress, Sleep, and Lack of Sleep Lecture 16. Stress and Aging Lecture 17. Understanding Psychological Stress Lecture 18. Psychological Modulators of Stress
Disc 4 Lecture 19. Stress and the Biology of Depression Lecture 20. Stress and The Psychology of Depression Lecture 21. Anxiety, Hostility, Repression, and Reward Lecture 22. Stress Health, and Low Social Status Lecture 23. Stress Management - Clues to Success? Lecture 24. Stress Management - Approaches and Cautions COURSE GUIDEBOOK CONTENTS:
INTRODUCTION Professor Biography Course Scope
LECTURE GUIDES 1. Why Don't Zebras Get Ulcers? Why Do We? 2. The Nuts and Bolts of the Stress-Response 3. Stress and Your Heart 4. Stress, Metablosim, and Liquidating Your Assets 5. Stress, Overeating, and Your Digestive Tract 6. Stress and Growth - Echoes from the Womb 7. Stress, Growth, and Child Development 8. Stress and Female Reproduction 9. Stress and Male Reproduction 10. Stress and Your Immune System 11. Stress and Cancer 12. Stress and Pain 13. Stress, Learning, and Memory 14. Stress, Judgment, and Impulse Control 15. Stress, Sleep, and Lack of Sleep 16. Stress and Aging 17. Understanding Psychological Stress 18. Psychological Modulators of Stress 19. Stress and the Biology of Depression 20. Stress and The Psychology of Depression 21. Anxiety, Hostility, Repression, and Reward 22. Stress Health, and Low Social Status 23. Stress Management - Clues to Success? 24. Stress Management - Approaches and Cautions