Work Stress Costs $300 Billion
That’s the figure the American Psychological Association puts on the loss of productivity, absenteeism, turnover and increased medical costs caused by stress at work
Published: Tuesday, October 30, 2007
© 2007 The Providence Journal
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20071030/BIZ/710300031

Stress a Major Health Problem in the U.S., Warns APA
New Poll Shows Stress on the Rise:
One-third of Americans are living with extreme stress and nearly half of Americans (48 percent) believe that their stress has increased over the past five years.
APA Press Release, October 24, 2007
© 2007 American Psychological Association
http://www.apa.org/releases/stressproblem.html

Stress Unlocks Fat Cells, Ups Obesity
By Jennifer Warner, July 2, 2007
WebMD Medical News
Reviewed by Louise Chang, MD
© 2007 WebMD, Inc. All rights reserved.
http://www.webmd.com/diet/news/20070702/stress-unlocks-fat-cells-ups-obesity

Discovery Health News
Chronic Stress May Help Cause Depression
Monday, April 17, 2006, (HealthDay News)
Copyright © 2006 HealthDay. All rights reserved.
http://health.discovery.com/news/healthscout/article.html?article=532154&category=21&year=2006

Forbes Magazine
Sharp As A Tack
Author: Kerry Dolan
March 12, 2006
© Forbes.com LLC.™ All Rights Reserve
http://www.forbes.com/home/free_forbes/2006/0327/072.html

American Institute of Stress
Stress: America's #1 Health Problem
Time Magazine article from 1983
http://www.stress.org/americas.htm?AIS=2ad4f0814d4d64867b7bb6500e41ea85

Caremark®
Stress
Rebecca J. Frey, PhD
Copyright 2004. The Thomson Corporation. All rights reserved.
http://healthresources.caremark.com/topic/stress1

Mayo Clinic
Stress Center
© 1998-2007 Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research. All rights reserved
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/stress/SR99999

APA Help Center from the American Psychological Association
The Different Kinds of Stress
© 2004 American Psychological Association
Adapted from The Stress Solution by Lyle H. Miller, Ph.D., and Alma Dell Smith, Ph.D.
http://www.apahelpcenter.org/articles/article.php?id=21

Mental Health America
Stress - Coping with Everyday Problems
Page last updated: 02/01/2007
© 2007 Mental Health America. All rights reserved.
http://www.nmha.org/go/information/get-info/stress/stress-coping-with-everyday-problems

The Early Show, CBS
Less Stress May Slow Aging
Dr. Emily Senay, CBS Early Show medical correspondent
New York, December 1, 2004
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/12/01/earlyshow/contributors/emilysenay/main658503.shtml

Science News Online
Stressed to Death: Mental tension ages cells
Christen Brownlee
Science News, Vol. 166, No. 23, Dec. 4, 2004, p. 355
© 2004 Science Service. All rights reserved.
http://www.sciencenews.org/articles/20041204/fob1.asp

Washingtonpost.com
Study is first to Confirm that Stress Speeds Aging
By Rob Stein, Washington Post staff Writer
Tuesday, November 30, 2004; p A01
© 2004 The Washington Post Company
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A20394-2004Nov29.html

Psychology Today
The Difficulties of Multi-tasking
By Colin Allen, March 14, 2003
Psychology Today Magazine © Copyright 1991-2005
http://cms.psychologytoday.com/articles/index.php?term=pto-20030314-000001.xml&print=1

Houston Business Journal
Job stress is common, costly problem
© 2004 American City Business Journals Inc.
http://houston.bizjournals.com/houston/stories/2004/12/13/focus2.html

Biological Psychology News Link
Size of brain structure could signal vulnerability to anxiety disorders
The report's co-authors are Roger Pitman, MD, of MGH Psychiatry; Brian Quinn and Bruce Fischl, PhD, of MGH Radiology, and Scott Orr, PhD, of the VA Medical Center in Manchester, N.H. The study was supported by grants from the National Institute of Mental Health and the MGH Tosteson Fellowship.
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2005-07/mgh-sob070805.php

The NIH Word on Health
Stress and Disease: New Perspectives
By Harrison Wein, PhD
Copyright® October , 2000
http://www.nih.gov/news/WordonHealth/oct2000/story01.htm

University of Wisconsn-Madison News
Study: Brain structures contribute to asthma attack severity
© 2007 Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System
http://www.news.wisc.edu/11467

The JHU Gazette
Scientists Ponder Whether Stress Affects Skin Cancer
Vanessa Wasta, John Hopkins Medicine, December 13, 2004
http://www.jhu.edu/~gazette/2004/13dec04/13mice.html

Washingtonpost.com
Uncharted Territory
© 2005 The Washington Post Company
By Sandra G. Boodman, Washington Post Staff Writer, Tuesday, September 13, 2005
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/09/12/AR2005091201445.html

The American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP)
Helping Teenagers with Stress
No. 66; Updated May 2005
© 2007 by the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. All Rights Reserved.
http://aacap.org/page.ww?name=Helping+Teenagers+with+Stress&section=Facts+for+Families

National Institutes of Health
Stress System Malfunction Could Lead to Serious, Life Threatening Disease
Press release: Monday, September 9, 2002
http://www.nih.gov/news/pr/sep2002/nichd-09.htm

National Center for Complementary and Alterenative Medicine
National Institutes of Health
A Hassle a Day May Keep The Doctor Away:Enhancing Versus Suppressive Effects of Stress on Immune Function
© June 9-10, 2005
Firdaus S. Dhabhar, Ph.D., Associate Professor, College of Dentistry & College of Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
http://nccam.nih.gov/news/upcomingmeetings/abstracts_mt/stress.htm