Stress  

"Over time, chronic excessive exposure to stress can lead to physical symptoms and exacerbate many illnesses. Just as stress affects our body, so too it affects the ways we feel, think, and act..."  This guide includes selected resources that provide information on stress, stress management, and work-life balance.  Please contact Martha Jermé if you have comments, questions or suggestions.

Benson, H.  (1992).  The Wellness Book.  Secaucus, NJ: Birch Lane Press.

American Heart Association: Stress Management
Includes information and online tools for assessing, controlling and dealing with stress.

American Psychological Association: Stress
Includes the latest news on stress, tips for managing stress, and information on getting help.

Benson-Henry Institute for Mind Body Medicine: Managing Stress
Includes warning signals of stress, mini-relaxation exercises, stress busters, and ways to relax your body at work.

Healthfinder.gov: Stress
Links to a number of stress management resources.

InteliHealth: Stress
Includes information on coping and stress management techniques.

Mayo Clinic: Stress Management

MedlinePlus: Stress
Provides links to many resources with information on managing stress.

Consumer Health Complete
Includes evidence-based reports, encyclopedias and other reference books, pamphlets, news, drug and herb information, images and diagrams, and videos and animations on diseases, conditions, and procedures.  Off-campus access restricted to individuals with current MU ids.

Health Source: Consumer Edition
Includes the full-text of almost 80 consumer health magazines, over 1000 pamphlets, and over 130 health reference books.  Also includes the Lexi-PAL Drug Guide and Merriam-Webster's Medical Desk Dictionary.  Off-campus access restricted to individuals with current MU ids.

Other Health Sciences Databases

MARQCAT, the Marquette Libraries catalog, lists books, DVDs, videos, and CDs the library owns in print or electronic format.

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Candle Flame Meditation
Mayo Clinic

Bare Attention Meditation
Mirabai Bush, Founding Director,
The Center for Contemplative Mind in Society

Breathing meditation
Diana Winston, Director of the Mindfulness Center,
UCLA Mindful Awareness Research Center

Four Part Bell Sound Practice
Arthur Zajonc, Director,
The Center for Contemplative Mind in Society

Breathing Away Stress
RAYNOR RESERVES - Video / DVD RA782 .B74 2004

Coping with Stress
RAYNOR RESERVES - Video / DVD RA785 .C66 2004

Daily Energy : Vinyasa Flow Yoga
RAYNOR RESERVES - Video / DVD  RA781.7 .D35 2009

The Healing Power of Nature
RAYNOR RESERVES - Video / DVD GF75 .N44 2000

Momentary Meditations
RAYNOR RESERVES - Video / DVD RA785 .M65 2003

One Nation Under Stress
RAYNOR RESERVES - VIDEO / DVD RA785 .O5 2005

The Science of Stress
RAYNOR RESERVES - Video / DVD  QP82.2.S8 S35 2004

Stress and Your Body
RAYNOR RESERVES - Video / DVD  QP82.2.S8 S264 2010 

Stress, Health and Coping
RAYNOR RESERVES - Video / DVD -  RA785 .S87 2001

Stress Management
RAYNOR RESERVES - Video / DVD RA785 .S873 2002

This Emotional Life
RAYNOR RESERVES - Video / DVD -  BF531 .T45 2010

Yoga for Beginners
RAYNOR RESERVES - Video / DVD  RA781.7 .Y643 2008

The 10-minute Stress Manager
MEMORIAL LEVEL 1  BF575.S75 M55 2004

A Day Away from Stress
MEMORIAL LEVEL 5  RA785 .M325 2006

A Day Away from Stress
MEMORIAL LEVEL 5  RA785 .M325 2006

A Day Away from Stress
MEMORIAL LEVEL 5  RA785 .M325 2006

A Day Away from Stress
MEMORIAL LEVEL 5  RA785 .M325 2006