Stress - Causes, Effects and Solutions

It is estimated that more than 75% of all visits to a doctor are for stress-related complaints. Read about the causes and effects of stress on the following websites. I don't understand why health professionals don't prescribe “Stress reduction” along with medicines, treatments, and surgeries. You can get an idea about stress and its management from the resources on this page. 

From my experience and feedback from practitioners of all ages, I believe 'focusing on breathing' practice, and how it's practice is suggested on this website; is the simplest, no-cost solution for stress reduction and its prevention. It works for all ages and cultures.  

Links

Stress  Medline Plus a part of National Institute of Health

Chronic stress - Wikipedia

Test your stress IQ  WebMD

An Overview of Stress Management    Verywellmind.com

What Causes Stress and Stress Management    medicinenet.com 

What are the physical effects of stress?  

    Health.howstuff works.com

Manage Stress. Be Happy and Effective at Work   mindtools

Stress effects on the body: Body stress affects all systems of the body including muscles, respiratory, cardiovascular, endocrine, gastrointestinal, nervous, and reproductive systems. American Psychological Association

Stressed out? Listen to your brain and body Geisinger.org 

How Does Stress Affect Your Body? The Latest Research Shows It Can Vary   Stress.org

Stress Effects - How Is Stress Affecting You? The American Institute of Stress

Stress and Health - Harvard T. Chan School of Public Health

28 Simple Ways to Relieve Stress Every Single Day Prevention magazine

Understanding the stress response Harvard Medical School

How chronic stress changes the brain, and what you can do to reverse the damage Neuroscience news

 How Does Stress Impact Human Body? IntechOpen

Perceived stress scale Online scoring from bemindfulonline.com

Online 'Perceived Stress Scale' (PSS)  Kresser Institute 

How to evaluate the score: 0-13    Low stress; 14-26 Medium stress; 27 -40 High-stress       

Online Holmes and Rahe Stress Scale with evaluation

Youtube videos on Psychological stress

Scholarly articles

Best practices for stress measurement: How to measure psychological stress in health research NCBI

More than a feeling: A unified view of stress measurement for population science  NCBI

Cardiorespiratory Dynamic Response to Mental Stress: A Multivariate Time-Frequency Analysis  NCBI

Stressed or stressed out: What is the difference?  Journal of Psychiatry and Neuroscience 

More than a feeling: A unified view of stress measurement for population science NCBI