Stress & Struggle - a comprehensive book on stress and mental health

This book is a response to curiosity of trainees and medical students. The current generation of trainees are inquisitive, articulate and expect precise answers. Stress is one among the several topics on which they are seeking clarity. This is understandable as the literature on the stress is unclear, ambiguous and filled with individualistic views. The common resources trainees and medical students approach usually make an oblique reference to stress and switch to describing either causes or management of stress without addressing the fundamental issue about what stress is. In addition, the literature links stressors as aetiology of mental illnesses without definitive evidence leading to confusion about management of mental illness such as rationale for treatment of mental illness with drugs.

The following are some common questions professionals and trainees are looking for answers

What is stress?

How is it assessed and measured?

Does stress cause mental illnesses?

Can people develop mental illness without stress or stressors?

Can stress be managed and prevented?