How do doctors treat symptoms of stress?
In 1977 Dr. Pelletier suggested that 50-70 percent of all disease and illness was related to stress.[1] It has been estimated by doctors themselves that about 85% of their patients suffer from stress.
Interview your friends, your family, or your doctor and ask them how they deal with stress.
1.What advice did they give you?
2. How are naturopathic and allopathic physicians similar and different in their treatment of stress symptoms? You may consult an online dictionary if you do not know what the words "naturopathic'' or ''allopathic'' denote.[2]
3.What did you learn that was most helpful?
1. Brian Luke
Seaward, Managing Stress: Principles and Strategies for Health and Wellbeing,
6th ed. (Boston: Jones Bartlett Publishers), p. 4
2. Merrily
Manthey, Natural Medicine Handbook for People Over 50, Kent, WA: The
Foundation for Excellence in Health Care,1998, p.6
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