FURTHER READING
➧ Johnston, D. (1992) The management of stress in the prevention of coronary
heart disease, in S. Maes, H. Leventhal and M. Johnston (eds), International
Review of Health Psychology. London: Wiley.
This chapter reviews the literature relating to the role of stress on CHD and
evaluates the effectiveness of interventions aimed at reducing stress in
individuals.
➧ Maes, S., Vingerhoets, A. and van Heck, G. (1987) The study of stress and
disease: some developments and requirements, Social Science and Medicine,
6: 567–78.
This paper examines the role of stress in the onset, course and outcome of
disease and discusses the different models that have been developed to
describe the stress–illness link.
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