Stress and Its Serious Effects

This research paper concerns how individuals perceive stress and the serious effect on their psychological thought process and physical and mental health and how they can cope with their anxiety driven thoughts. Research was gathered using printed material obtained at the Syracuse Bird Library, and also using various online sources and scholarly journals. One printed source written by Frank Campbell addresses the health effects stress can have on an individual while author Richard Lazarus explores coping mechanisms individuals can use to attempt to get rid of the their stress. Author Bruce G. Charlton in his publication in the Journal of Medical Ethics, claims that stress is an empty word, with little value and explains the origin of the Stress. Robert Lazarus explains the concept of stress along with the ambiguity associated with the word. Ruth O’Hara explains what situations causes stress. While authors Carolyn Aldwin and Sandi Mann discuss coping and how to alleviate stress.

The Perception of Stress: The Effects on Health and
How Individuals can Cope with Anxiety Driven Thoughts
Shakespeare was a grand literary icon, although his works were fiction, they provided insight, realization and literary stories to please the crowds. In his infamous play Hamlet, the main role of Hamlet states “There is nothing good or bad but thinking it makes it so” (William Shakespeare, act 11, p. 11). Hamlets decent into insanity throughout the play parallels a concept in psychology, the perception of stress. By correctly identifying and defining the term of stress, defining the causes of stress, learn of the health implications of stress and also learning how to cope with stressful events, we can begin to understand this psych...

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Works Cited

Aldwin, C. M. (1994). Why is Coping Important? . Stress, coping, and development: an integrative perspective (p. 86). New York: Guilford Press.
Bruce G. Charlton Journal of Medical Ethics , Vol. 18, No. 3 (Sep., 1992), pp. 156-159
Campbell, F., Singer, G., & Schofield, P. (1983). Stress and Illness. Stress, drugs and health: recent brain-behaviour research (p. 32). Sydney: Pergamon Press.
Lazarus, R. S. (1966). Stress as a Psychological Problem. Psychological stress and the coping process (p. 3). New York: McGraw-Hill.
Mann, S. (2004). 'People-work': emotion management, stress and coping. British Journal Of Guidance & Counseling, 32(2), 205-221.
O'Hara, R. (2006). Stress, aging, and mental health. The American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 14(4), 295-8. Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com/docview/195991009?accountid=14214