Table of Contents

Introduction
Kate L. Harkness and Elizabeth P. Hayden

1. Major Life Events: A Review of Conceptual, Definitional, Measurement Issues, and Practices
Scott M. Monroe and George M. Slavich

2. Daily Stress and Hassles
Aidan G. C. Wright, Elizabeth N. Aslinger, Blessy Bellamy, Elizabeth A. Edershile, and William C. Woods

3. Early Life Stress and Psychopathology
Katie A. McLaughlin

4. Quantitative Modeling of Stress and Coping
Richard W. J. Neufeld and Bryan Grant

5. Stress in Depression
Suzanne Vrshek-Schallhorn, Maria Ditcheva, and Gail Corneau

6. Stress in Bipolar Disorder
Lauren B. Alloy, Madison K. Titone, Tommy H. Ng, and Corinne P. Bart

7. Stress in Schizophrenia
Katherine Goines, Allison LoPilato, Derek Novacek, Roberto España, and Elaine Walker

8. Stress in Personality Disorders
Christina Noel White, Christopher C. Conway, and Thomas F. Oltmanns

9. Alcohol Dependence Conceptualized as a Stress Disorder
Leandro Vendruscolo and George M. Koob

10. Stress in Eating Disorders and Obesity
Alexandra F. Corning and Isabella M. Viducich

11. Trauma Exposure in Posttraumatic Stress and Acute Stress Disorders
Annette M. La Greca, BreAnne Danzi, Ashley N. Marchante-Hoffman, and Naomi Tarlow

12. The Developmental Psychopathology of Stress Exposure in Childhood
Jenalee Doom and Dante Cicchetti

13. Perinatal Depression as an Early Stress: Risk for the Development of Psychopathology in Children
Sherryl H. Goodman and Meeka S. Halperin

14. Stress and Comorbidity of Physical and Mental Health
Kelsey D. Vig, Reneé El-Gabalawy, and Gordon J. G. Asmundson

15. Stress Generation and Depression
Constance Hammen

16. The Stress Sensitization Model
Catherine B. Stroud

17. Cognitive Risks: Translating Stress into Psychopathology
Tina H. Schweizer and Benjamin L. Hankin

18. Personality-Stress Vulnerability Models
Thomas M. Olino, Rebekah J. Mennies, and Zuzanna K. Wojcieszak

19. Stress and Emotion Regulation: The Dynamic Fit Model
Sarah Myruski, Samantha Denefrio, and Tracy A. Dennis-Tiwary

20. Stress and the Brain: Structural and Functional Neuroimaging
Deanna Barch and David Pagliaccio

21. Neuroendocrinological Models of Stress and Psychopathology
Nestor L. Lopez-Duran, Valerie J. Micol, and Andrea Roberts

22. Psychophysiological Models
Ellen Zakreski and Jens C. Pruessner

23. Psychoneuroimmunology of Stress and Mental Health
George M. Slavich

24. Genetic and Epigenetic Models
Rudolf Uher

25. Developmental Timing of Stress Effects on the Brain
Keira B. Leneman and Megan R. Gunnar

26. Coping Models of Stress and Resilience
Bruce E. Compas, Lauren Henry, Allison Vreeland

27. Biological Sensitivity to Context: A Framework for Understanding Relations Between Early Life Experiences and Problem Behaviors
Nila Shakiba, Elisabeth Conradt, and Bruce Ellis

28. Temporal Elements of Psychological Resilience to Potential Trauma
Kan Long and George Bonanno

29. Novel Pharmacotherapeutics for Stress-Related Disorders
Jamie E. Mondello, Jenny E. Pak, Dennis F. Lovelock, and Terrence Deak

30. Cognitive-Behavioral Interventions for Disorders of Extreme Stress: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Acute Stress Disorder
J. Gayle Beck, Allison M. Pickover, Alexandra J. Lipinski, Han N. Tran, and Thomas S. Dodson

31. Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction and Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy
Philip A. Desormeau, Kathleen M. Walsh, Zindel V. Segal

32. Expressive Writing and Stress-Related Disorders
Kay Wilhelm and Joanna Crawford

33. Stress and Mental Health: Epilogue
Elizabeth P. Hayden and Kate L. Harkness

About the Author

Kate L. Harkness is a Professor in the Departments of Psychology and Psychiatry at Queen's University. Her research program is focused on understanding how stress exposures throughout the lifespan lead to critical changes in biological and psychological mechanisms that cause and maintain depression. She is an Associate Editor for Journal of Abnormal Psychology. Her research has been funded by the Canadian Biomarker Integration Network for
Depression, the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, the Ontario Mental Health Foundation, the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, and the Sick Kids Foundation.

Elizabeth P. Hayden is a Professor in Psychology at the University of Western Ontario and the Brain and Mind Institute. Her research interests include understanding the developmental processes that lead to mental health problems across the lifespan, as well as developing novel assessment and measurement approaches to improve early identification of vulnerability to psychopathology. She is an Associate Editor for Psychological Assessment. Her research has been funded by
the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, and the National Institute of Mental Health.

Reviews

"Editors Harkness and Hayden embrace the goal of providing "a comprehensive, current overview of the methods, concepts, and empirical findings that are central to the field of stress and mental health." They succeed resoundingly! Each chapter provides detailed information and empirical knowledge on a specific aspect of stress. All articles are well written and expertly researched. The reference lists alone are impressive. Taken as a whole, this handbook
provides an extensive, up-to-date picture of the psychological aspects of stress as related to mental health. It will serve as an excellent reference for students and scholars of mental health who have
serious interest in stress, whether they work in clinical or academic settings."

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