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Score: 99

Managing Stress: Skills for Anxiety Reduction, Self-Care, and Personal Resiliency, 11th Edition

Doody's Core Title (2024 Edition)

Score(s):		2.47 (Health Sciences - Psychology, Clinical)

ISBN: 978-1-284-28315-0, 627 pages, Soft Cover
ISBN-10: 1-284-28315-1

2025

Edition:

11th

Author:

Seaward, Brian Luke, PhD

Specialties:

Psychology, Clinical , Patient Education

Publisher:

Jones & Bartlett Learning

25 Mall Road

Burlington, MA 01803

UNITED STATES

P: 800-832-0034 F: 978-443-8000

http://www.jblearning.com

List Price:

$139.95

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Recently awarded 5 Stars from Doody?s Review Service, Managing Stress: Skills for Anxiety Reduction, Self-Care, and Personal Resiliency, Eleventh Edition provides a comprehensive approach to stress management, honoring the balance and harmony of the mind, body, spirit, and emotions. Referred to as the "authority on stress management" by students and professionals, this book equips readers with the tools needed to identify and manage stress while also coaching on how to strive for health and balance in these changing times. The holistic approach taken by internationally acclaimed lecturer and author Brian Luke Seaward gently guides the reader to greater levels of mental, emotional, physical, and spiritual well-being by emphasizing the importance of the mind-body-spirit connection.

Offering a greater focus on anxiety reduction and self-care, the Eleventh Edition includes a new opening chapter on managing stress in today's rapidly changing world, along with self-care toolboxes in each chapter. There is a new chapter focusing on getting a good night's sleep, while a new final chapter provides additional relaxation techniques to enhance stress reduction and overall well-being. With its practical approach and evidence-based strategies, Managing Stress, Eleventh Edition, is a valuable resource for anyone seeking to effectively manage stress and cultivate personal resilience in today's demanding world.

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Reviewer:	Jill Littrell, BA, MA, MA (Northeastern Illinois University)

Description
People live with ongoing stress in all aspects of their lives. Day-in and day-out, people grapple with how to feel better and where to turn for help. Stress can be here to stay if it is not addressed head on. This eleventh edition book provides a comprehensive approach to stress management, offering a greater focus on anxiety reduction and self-care. This latest edition adds new studies and updated statistics, including new chapters and added coverage of social media platforms such as Instagram and TikTok.

Purpose
Using a holistic approach and many historical and cultural perspectives, the book offers ways to identify and manage stress while balancing the harmony of mind, body, spirit, and emotions. It equips readers with stress management tools and helps them strive for a better balance of health.

Audience
While the book may benefit educators as a textbook, particularly in courses across health professions including physical and health education, psychology, exercise science, and public health, it is also well equipped for personal betterment. In that regard, the core audience will consist of individuals needing guidance for themselves or loved ones, as well as therapists in need of a reference tool for clients dealing with stress. Dr. Brian Luke Seaward is an acclaimed lecturer and author, and an expert in stress management.

Features
The book offers a comprehensive understanding of stress, outlining the connection between body and mind, and how these connections affect things like health and potential diseases. It opens with a quick overview of the 28 chapters, with brief contents aligned within the four section groupings, and lets the reader know they will find their answers. A more detailed listing of topics within each chapter pointing out the educational tools then follows. The book uses generous references to create a helpful guide for managing stress. The table of contents creates a logical flow and framework, including chapter summaries and study questions. Throughout the book, convenient for multiple types of readers, are boxed highlighted definitions, key vocabulary, terms, abbreviations and references at the bottom of the page when introduced. Each chapter begins with the learning objectives and ends with the wrap-up summary. Within each chapter lies supplemental background information to humanize the struggles of managing stress. The book also includes color photos and diagrams, along with consistent color coordination to keep the book well organized. The glossary and index are great for quick reference and navigating the book.

Assessment
This book helps readers understand stress and provides them tools to help reduce it. Leveraging an understanding of the world's spiritual and cultural history, coupled with global scientific advancements, the book demonstrates that connections between our mind, body, heart, soul, and personal energy can be controlled. It uses information from renown authors and real-life examples to equip readers with lessons and tools to apply to their own lives and stressors. Countless suggestions for managing stress are offered as possibilities to reduce that stress in personal and professional situations. As the eleventh edition is written with an eye to the post-COVID world, it is a must read for those in need.