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Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 57 min.) : digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Tackling the serious topic of stress in his famously entertaining manner, Professor Sapolsky sets the stage on a Kenyan savannah, with a hungry lion in hot pursuit of a terrified zebra. As he explains, the zebra's fight-or-flight response channels essential energy to its survival effort by shutting down and even damaging nonessential biological functions- in a temporary, short-term response. Unfortunately, humans can generate the same response simply...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 90 min.) : digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
"We saw that things like intractable smoking, things like promiscuity, use of street drugs, heavy alcohol consumption, etc. , these were fairly common in the backgrounds of many of the patients. . . These were merely techniques they were using, these were merely coping mechanisms that had gone into place." Vincent Felitti, MD. When Dr. Vincent Felitti, head of the Department of Preventive Medicine at Kaiser Permanente in San Diego, began to delve...
Publisher
Films for the Humanities & Sciences
Pub. Date
c2006
Physical Desc
1 DVD (46 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The pace of life has greatly increased, and the escalation of chronic stress is costing people their health, relationships, and careers. In this program, an immunologist, a psychiatrist, and a mental skills coach lay bare the symptoms of chronic stress, the negative impact on the body of continual exposure to adrenalin and cortisol, and biological and psychological factors that influence vulnerability to overstressing. The fight/flight/freeze response...
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
c2008
Physical Desc
1 DVD (52 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A Stanford University neurobiologist has been advancing our understanding of stress - how it impacts our bodies and how our social standing can make us more or less susceptible. Research reveals that the impact of stress can be found deep within us, shrinking our brains, adding fat to our bellies, even unraveling our chromosomes. Yet understanding how stress works can help us figure out a ways to combat it and how to live a life free of the tyranny...
Publisher
Aquarius Health Care Media
Pub. Date
c2006
Physical Desc
1 DVD (80 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Russ Greenfield "explains what generates stress, how stress affects our families, and how to take positive steps to prevent and deal with stress. Stress relief includes 23 chapters with recognized experts. Included are chapters on yoga, tai chi, meditation and cooking for better living"--Container.
Publisher
Films Media Group
Pub. Date
2013.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 22 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Humans, like many animals, possess a fine-tuned sense of danger. In truly hazardous situations, our awareness of threats is highly beneficial - but in 21st-century society it can become a constant state of mind, severely limiting a person's ability to function. This program takes a comprehensive look at anxiety disorders, including generalized anxiety, panic attacks, PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder), obsessive-compulsive disorders,...
Publisher
Healthy Learning
Pub. Date
c2007
Physical Desc
1 DVD (57 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 chapter guide.
Language
English
Description
Get strategies and techniques that can help prevent stress from accumulating to potentially harmful levels. Discusses how to manage any stress that does occur by reshaping attitudes in order to prevent higher stress levels.
Publisher
On Screen Films
Pub. Date
©2009
Physical Desc
1 DVD (52 min.) : son., color ; 4 3/4 plg.
Language
English
Description
"A lo largo de las tres últimas décadas, la ciencia ha aumentado nuestro conocimiento de stress -como impacta nuestro cuerpo y como nuestra postura social nos puede hacer más o menos susceptibles. Desde las tropas de babuino en las llanuras de África hasta los laboratorios de neurociencia en la Universidad de Stanford, los científicos están revelando que tan letal puede ser el stress. Las investigaciones revelan que el impacto del stress puede...
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