Stress Management and Wellness

By Dr. Sunday Aidenogie Agunede

Stress is a part of our everyday life. It is a very cheap commodity that is easily bought by both the rich and the poor. Today it is a problem of the chief executives and the poor market woman.
To our early men it was all about the fear of harmful wild animals in the forest; but as civilization increases there is also increase in life demands and issues that could cause stress, hence the need to be equip with the tools to cope with it.
The need for the knowledge on stress management can never be over emphasized if we realize that stress could go a long way to adversely affect our individual productivity vis--vis our National productivity and development.
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Philosophy is always trying to reach that state of mind where all mistakes can stand corrected and to exercise that unprejudiced, large and perceptive affection for the world, that openness of reason, which can tolerate what is real and true and when no decisive answer is possible, can endure doubt and which always remain ready to communicate and prevent the rigidity of fixed opinion
Karl Jaspers
This book is a must- read for everyone who has the need to fight stress in any way. The application of the fighting strategies cuts across the poor, the rich, the employers and the employees. Everyone can use the knowledge acquired in this book to empower himself in the fight against stress. The book should therefore find a place in the shelves of all those who want to be progressive in life, as it is known that the road to progress is full of stress.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Partridge Publishing Africa
• Release date: Sep 25, 2014
• ISBN: 9781482803082

Dr. Sunday Aidenogie Agunede

The author of this book Dr. Sunday Aidenogie Agunede; a medical practitioner, born into the family of late Mr. Lawrence Abhulumen Agunede, in Emuhi village, in Esan West Local Government Area of Edo State, Nigeria; is a graduate of the Faculty of Medicine, University of Benin, Benin City, Edo State, Nigeria. He has worked in several hospitals like the general hospital Benin City, general hospital Damaturu, international hospital Kano and Silgrey Royal Hospital Awka to mention a few. Apart from his medical practice in the hospital he has also carried out several health promotion programs in his community and attended several medical trainings, workshops and conferences in Nigeria and beyond. Currently he is the acting director of health services at the Federal University Lafia, Nasarawa State Nigeria, where he has been involved in programs aimed at promoting and protecting the health and wellbeing of members of this university community. Having acquired huge experience in the healthcare industry and having known the health issues that pose serious challenges to a large proportion of the population, he has been motivated to write this book on Stress Management and Wellness. We do hope that everyone that have reason to fight stress, will find this book most useful. Happy Reading!

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Copyright © 2014 by Dr. Sunday Aidenogie Agunede.

ISBN:      Softcover      978-1-4828-0307-5

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Contents

1.   Introduction

2.   Stress

i.    Definition

ii.   Types of Stress

iii.   Epidemiology of Stress

iv.   Pathophysiology of Stress

v.    Causes of Stress

vi.   Signs and Symptoms of Stress

vii.   Complications of Stress

3.   Stress and Productivity

4.   Stress Management

5.   Sleep

6.   Managing Workplace Stress

7.   Role of Managers in Workplace-Stress Reduction

8.   Health

9.   Wellness

10.   Conclusion

Dedication

This book is first and foremost dedicated to God Almighty for giving me the ample knowledge and opportunity to write the book despite the very busy schedule in my office. To God Almighty I am grateful.

This work is also for the memory of my late wife, Mrs Agunede, Amakasunny Edith, whose death inspired me to write this book (may her soul rest in perfect peace).

Foreword

Stress is a part of our everyday life. It is a very cheap commodity that is easily bought by both the rich and the poor. Today it is a problem of the chief executives and the poor market woman.

To our early men, it was all about the fear of harmful wild animals in the forest, but as civilization increases, there is also increase