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Achieving the Mind-Body-Spirit Connection:  Stress Management Workbook.  Brian Luke Seaward.  Jones and Bartlett.  2005.

The Art of Happiness at Work. The Dalai Lama and Howard C. Cutler. Riverhead Books. 2003.

Beyond Caring: Hospitals, Nurses, and the Social Organization of Ethics. Daniel F. Chambliss. The University of Chicago Press. 1996.

Burn Brightly Without Burning Out: Balancing Your Career with the Rest of Your Life. Dick Biggs. Successories, 1998.

Calm Energy: How People Regulate Mood with Food and Exercise. Robert E. Thayer. Oxford University Press. 2003.

Cancer and the Family Caregiver: Distress and Coping. Ora Gilbar and Hasida Ben-Zur. Charles C. Thomas Publisher Ltd. 2002.

Career Success/Personal Stress: How to Stay Healthy in a High-Stress Environment. Christine A. Leatz, with Mark W. Stolar. McGraw-Hill. 1993.

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Managing Stress. Jeff Davidson. Alpha Books. 1997.

Controlling Work Stress; Effective Human Resource and Management Strategies. Michael T. Matteson and John M. Ivancevich. Jossey-Bass Publishers. 1987.

Coping with Stress in a Changing World. Richard Blonna. Mosby. 1996.

Dear Job Stressed: Answers for the Overworked, Overwrought, and Overwhelmed. Mary H. Dempey and Rene Tihista. Davies-Black Publishing. 1996.

De-Stressing Doctors: A Self-Management Guide. Valerie Sutherland and Gary L. Cooper. Butterworth Heinemann. 2003.

Don't Sweat The Small Stuff; P.S. It's All Small Stuff. Michael Mantell. Impact Publishers. 1988.

Don't Sweat the Small Stuff...and It's All Small Stuff: Simple Ways to Keep the Little Things from Taking Over Your Life. Richard Carlson. Hyperion. 1997.

Don't Sweat the Small Stuff at Work. Richard Carlson. Hyperion. 1998.

The End of Stress as We Know It. Bruce McEwen with Elizabeth Norton Lasley. Joseph Henry Press. 2002.

Families and Change: Coping with Stressful Events and Transitions. Patrick McKenry and Sharon Price. Sage. 2000.

From Burned Out to Fired Up:  A Woman's Guide to Rekindling the Passion and Meaning in Work and Life.  Leslie Godwin.  Health Communications, Inc.  2004.

Handbook of Stress, Coping, and Health: Implications for Nursing Research, Theory, and Practice. Virginia Hill Rice, editor. Sage. 2000.

Healing Trauma: Attachment, Mind, Body, and Brain. Edited by Marion F. Solomon and Daniel J. Siegel. W. W. Norton & Company. 2003.

Healthful Solutions for Managing Stress. Mayo Clinic Health Information. Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research, 1999.

Healthy Work; Stress, Productivity, and The Reconstruction of Working Life. Robert Karasek and Tores Theorell. Basic Books, Inc. 1990.

Help for the Helper: The Psychophysiology of Compassion Fatigue and Vicarious Trauma. Babette Rothschild, with Marjorie L. Rand. Norton. 2006.

How To Stay Cool, Calm and Collected When The Pressure's On; A Stress Control Plan for Businesspeople. John Newman. AMACOM/American Management Association. 1992.

Humor and Life Stress; Antidote to Adversity. Herbert M. Lefcourt and Rod A. Martin. Springer-Verlag. 1986.

I Used to Have a Handle on Life But It Broke: Six Power Solutions for Women With Too Much to Do. Mary Loverde. Simon & Schuster. 2002.

If You Want to Know If You're Dying Ask the Cleaning Lady and Other Thoughts on Life and Happiness.
Sally Peterson Karioth. K-P Publications. 1985.

Just Enough: Tools for Creating Success in Your Work and Life. Laura Nash and Howard Stevenson. John Wiley. 2004.

The Lemming Conspiracy: How to Redirect Your Life From Stress to Balance. Bob McDonald and Don Hutcheson. Longstreet Press. 1997.

Managing Stress: Principles and Strategies for Health and Well-Being. Brian Luke Seaward. 4th edition. Jones and Bartlett. 2004.

Managing Workplace Chaos: Solutions for Handling Information, Paper, Time, and Stress. Patricia J. Hutchings. AMACOM. 2002.

Margin: Restoring Emotional, Physical, Financial, and Time Reserves to Overloaded Lives.
Richard A. Swenson. NavPress. 1992.

Minding The Body, Mending The Mind. Joan Borysenko. Addison-Wesley. 1987.

The Nursing Assistant's Survival Guide: Tips and Techniques for the Most Important Job in America. Dr. Karl Pillemer, Richard Hoffman, and Martin Schumacher. Frontline Publishing. 1999.

Occupational Stress: A Practical Approach.
Edited by Ken Addley. Butterworth Heinemann. 1997.

Occupational Stress: Personal & Professional Approaches.
Stanley Thornes Publishers. 1998.

Office Biology: Or Why Tuesday Is Your Most Productive day and Other Relevant Facts for Survival in The Workplace. Edith Weiner and Arnold Brown. MasterMedia, Ltd. 1993.

Overcoming Secondary Stress in Medical and Nursing Practice: A Guide to Professional Resilience and Personal Well-Being. Robert J. Wicks. Oxford University Press. 2006.

The Overload Syndrome: Learning to Live Within Your Limits. Richard A. Swenson. NavPress. 1998.

The Performance Edge; New Strategies to Maximize Your Work Effectiveness and Competitive Advantage.
Robert K. Cooper. Houghton Mifflin Company. 1991.

The Pleasure Prescription: To Love, To Work, To Play--Life in the Balance.
Paul Pearshall. Hunter House. 1996.

Preventive Stress Management in Organizations. American Psychological Association. 1997.

Reexamining Family Stress: New Theory and Research. Wesley R. Burr, Shirley R. Klein and Associates. Sage. 1994.

The Relaxation and Stress Reduction Workbook. Martha Davis, Elizabeth Robbins Eshelman, and Matthew McKay. New Harbinger Publications. 1995.

Relaxation for Concentration, Stress Management & Pain Control.
Edited by Carol Horrigan. Butterworth-Heinemann. 1997.

Self-Renewal; A Workbook for Achieving High Performance and Health in A High-Stress Environment. Dennis T. Jaffe and Cynthia D. Scott. Simon and Schuster. 1989.

Shortcuts for Smart Managers: Checklists, Worksheets and Action Plans for Managers With No Time to Waste. Lisa Davis. AMACOM. 1998.

Sitting on The Job; How to Survive The Stresses of Sitting Down to Work--A Practical Handbook.
Scott W. Donkin and Joseph J. Sweere. Houghton Mifflin Company. 1989.

Spirituality, Suffering, and Illness:  Ideas for Healing.  Lorraine M. Wright.  F. A. Davis Company.  2005.

Stress: 63 Ways to Relieve Tension and Stay Healthy.
Charles B. Inlander and Cynthia K. Moran. Walker and Company. 1996.

Stress and Coping: State of the Science and Implications for Nursing Theory, Research, and Practice, 1991-1995.
Midwest Nursing Research Society. 2000.

Stress and Emotion: A New Synthesis. Richard Lazarus. Springer. 1999.

Stress and Health among The Elderly. May L. Wykle, Eva Kahana, and Jerome Kowal, editors. Springer Publishing Company. 1992.

Stress and the Heart: Psychosocial Pathways to Coronary Heart Disease.
Edited by Stephen A. Stansfeld and Michael G. Marmot. BMJ Books. 2002.

Stress and the Health Care Environment; Practical Guidelines for Executives and Managers.
Donald N. Lombardi. Health Administration Press. 1990.

Stress and Strategy.
Shirley Fisher. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates. 1986.

Stress: Controlling It Before It Controls You. Wendy Leebov and The Einstein Consulting Group. American Hospital Publishing, 1990.

Stress for Success; How To Make Stress on The Job Work for You.
Peter G. Hanson. Doubleday. 1989.

Stress for Success: The Proven Program for Transforming Stress into Positive Energy at Work. James E. Loehr. Times Business. 1997.

Stress in Health Professionals: Psychological and Organizational Causes and Interventions. Wiley. 1999.

Stress Management: A Comprehensive Handbook of Techniques and Strategies.
Jonathan C. Smith. Springer. 2002.

Stress Management for Busy People.
Carol A. Turkington. McGraw-Hill. 1998.

The Stress Management Handbook: Strategies for Health and Inner Peace. Lori A. Leyden-Rubenstein. Keats Publishing. 1998.

Stress That Motivates: Self-Talk Secrets for Success. Dru Scott. Crisp Publications. 1992.

Stress Training for Life.
Herbert Kindler and Marilyn Ginsburg. Nichols Publishing. 1990.

Stressed Out About Nursing School: An Insider's Guide to Success.
Stephanie Thibeault. Bandido Books. 2001.

Structured Exercises in Stress Management: A Whole Person Handbook for Trainers, Educators and Group Leaders.
Edited by Nancy Loving Tubesing and Donald A. Tubesing. Whole Person Press. 1998.

Suffering and Illness: Insights for Caregivers.
Fay Carol Reed. F. A. Davis. 2003.

Survival Skills for Doctors and Their Families.
Ruth Chambers, Kay Mohanna and Steph Chambers. Radcliffe Medical Press. 2003.

Take This Job and Love It; How to Change Your Work without Changing Your Job.
Dennis T. Jaffe and Cynthia D. Scott. Simon and Schuster. 1988.

TechnoStress: Coping with Technology. Michelle M Weil and Larry D. Rosen. John Wiley & Sons. 1997.

The Ten Commandments of Working in a Hostile Environment.  T. D. Jakes.  Berkley Books.  2005.

Toxic Emotions at Work: How Compassionate Managers Handle Pain and Conflict. Peter J. Frost. Harvard Business School Press. 2003.

Toxic Work: How to Overcome Stress, Overload, and Burnout and Revitalize Your Career.
Barbara Bailey Reinhold. Plume Book. 1996.

Transforming Nurses’ Stress and Anger: Steps Toward Healing.
Sandra P. Thomas. Second edition. Springer. 2004.

Treating Compassion Fatigue. Edited by Charles R. Figley. Brunner-Routledge. 2002.

The Truth About Burnout: How Organizations Cause Personal Stress and What To Do About It.
Christina Maslach and Michael P. Leiter. Jossy-Bass. 1997.

Visualization for Change. Patrick Fanning. New Harbinger Publications. 1988.

The Whole Person Guide to Teaching About Stress: Using Kicking Your Stress Habits and the Whole Person Structured Exercises Handbooks.
Whole Person Press, 1989.

Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers: An Updated Guide to Stress, Stress-Related Diseases, and Coping.
Robert M. Sapolsky. W.H. Freeman & Co. 1998.

The Wizard of Is. Tom Thiss. Fairview Press. 1995.

Work Is Not A Four-Letter Word; Improving The Quality of Your Work Life.
Stephen Strasser and John Sena. Business One Irwin. 1992.

Work Overload!: Redesigning Jobs to Minimize Stress and Burnout.
Frank M. Gryna. ASQ Quality Press. 2004.

The Work Stress Connection; How To Cope with Job Burnout. Robert L. Veninga and James P. Spradley. Ballantine. 1982.

The Working Woman's Guide to Managing Stress. J. Robin Powell with Holly George-Warren. Prentice-Hall. 1994.

Working Wonders: 60 Quick Break Techniques to Beat Burnout, Boost Productivity, and Revive Your Workday. James Joseph. Berkley Books. 1998.

Write Your Own Pleasure Prescription: 60 Ways to Create Balance and Joy in Your Life.
Paul Pearsall. Hunter House. 1997.

You Don't Have to Go Home from Work Exhausted; The Energy Engineering Approach.
Ann McGee-Cooper, with Duane Trammell, and Barbara Lau. Bowen and Rogers. 1990.


Videos

About Job Stress. An 18-minute video program with a guide in the What You Should Know series. 1990. Channing L. Bete, Inc.

Synopsis: Job stress definition and causes; how to manage job stress; what to do if stress becomes unmanageable.

Adapting to Stress. A 15-minute video program with a guide in the START TAKING CHARGE HEALTH VIDEOS series. 1992. Hope Publications.

Synopsis: How to keep your stress in balance; 21 terrific no-nonsense tips to reduce stress; stress versus distress.

Energy for All Reasons. With Camille Wade Maurice. A 45-minute video program with a guide. 1986. Wade Maurice Associates.

Synopsis: Ways to enhance and renew energy, to take charge, to have choice experiences and to maintain a purpose in life.
Note: Appropriate as accompaniment to wellness programming and/or for use with those who suffer from low morale, fear of the unknown or life's demands, or anyone struggling with a crisis or illness.

How Serious is This? With Loretta LaRoche. An 80-minute video program. 1997. WGBH Educational Foundation.

Synopsis: LaRoche examines the irrational and exaggerated patterns of thinking that drive us all nuts and helps us find the path to the "joy of living."

Humor Your Stress: Jest For the Fun of It. A 60-minute video program.1995. Kinetic Inc. With Loretta LaRoche.

Synopsis: Discusses eight steps to en-lightenment including: finding the humor in everyday situations; learning how to stop "to-doing" and start "tah-dahing"; learning how to walk lightly; and finding "the bless in all the mess".

The Joy Of Stress. With Loretta LaRoche. A 45 minute video program. 1995. WGBH Video Productions.

Synopsis: Explores the concept of stress and how it affects your body, mind and spirit; how to use humor to break the negative and irrational thought patterns that cause stress and reframe them into positive, powerful and productive tools for change.

Less Stress in Five Easy Steps. With Ed Asner. A 45-minute video program. 1984. Market W. Productions for the Western Mood and Sleep Disorders Institute, San Diego, CA.

Synopsis: Steps of self monitoring; ventilation techniques; relaxation exercises; challenge and creative skills; self appreciation; signs of stress; letting off steam; making stress a positive force.

Lighten Up; Developing a Sense of Joy. With C.W. Metcalf. A 37-minute video program with an accompanying book as the guide. 1993. American Media, Inc.

Synopsis: How to look at adversity in a new light; how to accept change to better cope with today's workforce demands; how to avoid "terminal professionalism" and realize that business is not a battlefield; use Humaerobics to deal with adversity.

Managing To Have Fun. With: Matt Weinstein. A 3 volume video program with guide. 1997. Excellence in Training Corporation.

Contents: Part 1) Four Principles of Fun at Work; Part 2) Building a Winning Team; Part 3) Customer Service with a Smile.
Synopsis: Discusses how regular doses of fun can produce dramatic effects in stress management, team building, customer service, and company loyalty.

One Nation Under Stress. A 52-minute video program. 1995. Films for the Humanities and Sciences.

Synopsis: Helps viewers understand what causes stress; explains the consequences of stress; demonstrates ways to turn stress into a positive force.

Preventing Burnout in Your Organization. [1 video]. Stanford, CA: Stanford Alumni Association, 2001. 43 minutes. (Stanford Executive Briefings). With: Christina Maslach.

Synopsis: Dr. Maslach, the creator of "The Maslach Burnout Inventory" and author of The Truth About Burnout, shares her views of burnout and its high costs both to the employee and the organization.

The Relax Video. A 40-minute video. 1988. Health Edco.

Note: Winner of the American Journal of Nursing Media Festival Award. Use caution while operating a vehicle or machinery immediately after viewing.
Synopsis: Discusses the use of several relaxation techniques to give anyone the ability to "turn off" the pressures of everyday life and put themselves into a completely relaxed state.

Staying Energized in a Draining World. A 90 minute video. 1996. Bruce Christopher Seminars, Inc.

Synopsis: Helps identify the symptoms and causes of stress and energy-drain, provides personal strategies for stress reduction and self-empowerment, and suggests ways to increase personal productivity, performance, and morale.

Stress and Illness. A 30-minute video program in the HEALTHSCOPE series. 1986. Karol Video for the American College of Physicians.

Synopsis: Palpitations, low back pain, asthma symptoms, extreme fatigue--diseases with either physical causes or physical manifestations of anxiety and depression; the link between stress and illness; why the presence of stress, anxiety, or depression complicates the diagnosis of physical symptoms.

Stress Management for Professionals; Staying Balanced under Pressure. With Roger Mellott. A 231-minute video seminar with a guide. 1988. CareerTrack. [VC346 Pts. 1-3]

Synopsis: Productivity under stress; the "teacup theory;" skills for living with change; the "banana theory" for stressful moments; four ways to vent frustration without hurting others; constructive depression; balancing goals for home, work, and health.

The Stress of Success: What I Am Is What I Do. With Layne Longfellow. A 100-minute video program. 1991. Institute for Human Skills/Lecture Theatre.

Synopsis: Relaxation for Type-A personalities; stress and success do not go hand-in-hand; Type-A behavior as a form of addiction to stimulation and pressure; identifying stressors.

Stressbusters!: Ten Little Commitments to Reduce Stress. [1 video with guide]. Cambridge, MA: Enterprise Media, 1999. 37 minutes. With: Loretta Laroche.

Synopsis: Loretta Laroche has been an internationally acclaimed speaker and consultant for over 20 years in the field of stress management. She uses humor to help people learn how to cope and regain perspective in their work and home. Behind her irreverent, unconventional and just plain funny style, Loretta has sucessfully found a way to make cognitive therapy (rethinking the way you think) accessible, and in doing so, help put your life back into perspective.


The list of resources on this page is not intended to be complete or comprehensive. The selected resources included are representative of the subject area covered and are an excellent starting point for further research. Additional print and electronic information can be found by conducting your own literature search, consulting other library collections, or contacting a professional librarian/informationist for assistance. Please check with your local library to determine availability of these resources and local library access to national interlibrary loan networks for resources not owned locally. The list of resources is updated regularly as new resources are identified by the Mayo Clinic Libraries, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine.

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