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Stress affects us all. Although some stress can lead to stimulation, creativity and success, it can also be detrimental to our health, relationships and performance. This book will enable you to assess and identify your own stress, and learn how to develop your own stress management plan.

Dr Olga Gregson is Senior Lecturer in the Physiology and Behaviour Department of Biological Sciences at the Manchester Metropolitan University. Her teaching and research interests and publications are in stress, physiology and health. Dr Gregson is Fellow of the International Stress Management Association.

Professor Terry Looker lectures and researches in the areas of cardiovascular physiology, stress and health. He is Vice-President and Fellow of the International Stress Management Association, Fellow of the Institute of Biology and Chairman of the Governing Council of the National Register of Hypnotherapists and Psychotherapists.