Includes bibliographical references and index.

Parental stress and child behavioral adjustment in children with congenital heart disease / Karen J. Visconti -- Stress cardiovascular disease and hypertension / Pedro Armario ... [et al.] -- Of stress, mice and men: a radical approach to old problems / Rubina Mian ... [et al.] -- Growth in early life is associated with stress symptoms in adults / Yin Bun Cheung -- Evaluating parental stress experiences following preterm birth / Rosalind Lau and Carol Morse -- Cortisol responses to experimental stress in patients with whiplash associated disorder / Mariette Blockhorst -- Cytokines in behavioral medicine research: importance for psychological states of stress, depression and fatigue, and health outcomes / Shamini Jain and Paul J. Mills -- Effect of stress on male and female fertility: literature review / Naomi Schneid-Kofman and Eyal Sheiner -- Brief cognitive-behavioral couples support groups developed to manage the stress of IVF treatment / Mary Ellen McNaughton-Cassill ... [et al.] -- Psychological adjustment of short interval follow-up mammography: a French study of about 129 patients / B. Barreau ... [et al.].