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Stress Management

Harvard Medical School via Harvard Health Online Learning

Overview

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Chronic stress can exact a toll upon you—physically, emotionally, and psychologically. "Stress Management," Harvard's in-depth online course, will restore calm and put you in command! This course gives you the tools you need to build a powerful shield to protect yourself from stress and its effects.

Syllabus

Getting Started

  • Introduction
  • Why We Feel Stress

Impact of Stress

  • Introduction
  • Stress and Your Health

Different Faces of Stress

  • Introduction
  • Who Gets Stressed?
  • Stress and You

The Relaxation Response

  • Introduction
  • Understanding the Relaxation Response
  • Relaxation Strategies
  • Genes and the Relaxation Response

Boosting Your Resilience

  • Introduction
  • What Is Resilience?
  • Strategies for Strengthening Resilience

Key Takeaways: Guide to Stress Relief

  • Introduction
  • Stress-Relief Strategies to Go
  • Quiz
  • Before You Exit

Taught by

Mallika Marshall, MD and Gregory Fricchione, MD

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