DEBORAH CARR is a professor of sociology at Rutgers University and a faculty member at the Institute for Health, Health Care Policy, and Aging Research. Her work focuses on dying and end-of-life issues and the effects of family-related stressors on health and well-being. She is the author and editor of numerous works, such as Encyclopedia of the Life Course and Human Development (2009) and Spousal Bereavement in Later Life (2006).

"In Worried Sick, Deborah Carr provides a fascinating, detailed look at five broad factors that help determine why some people crumble and others bounce back." (The Globe and Mail) "In Worried Sick, [Carr] looks at stress-from its definition, including its physical and mental effects, to why some people roll with the punches and others cannot. The final chapter is a tip-sheet for beating, or at least taming, stress." (Rutgers Magazine) "In Worried Sick, Deborah Carr provides a fascinating, detailed look at five broad factors that help determine why some people crumble and others bounce back." (The Globe and Mail) "In Worried Sick, [Carr] looks at stress-from its definition, including its physical and mental effects, to why some people roll with the punches and others cannot. The final chapter is a tip-sheet for beating, or at least taming, stress." (Rutgers Magazine)

• 1          Introduction: What Is Stress?2          Sweating the Small (and Big) Stuff: How and Why Stress Affects Our Mental Health3          Under Our Skin: How and Why Stress Affects Our Physical Health4          Why Some Crumble and Others Bounce Back: Risk and Resilience in the Face of Stress5          Paths to Healing: Strategies for Overcoming Life’s StressorsRecommended Reading

DEBORAH CARR is a professor of sociology at Rutgers University and a faculty member at the Institute for Health, Health Care Policy, and Aging Research. Her work focuses on dying and end-of-life issues and the effects of family-related stressors on health and well-being. She is the author and editor of numerous works, such as Encyclopedia of the Life Course and Human Development (2009) and Spousal Bereavement in Later Life (2006).

"In Worried Sick, Deborah Carr provides a fascinating, detailed look at five broad factors that help determine why some people crumble and others bounce back." (The Globe and Mail) "In Worried Sick, [Carr] looks at stress-from its definition, including its physical and mental effects, to why some people roll with the punches and others cannot. The final chapter is a tip-sheet for beating, or at least taming, stress." (Rutgers Magazine) "In Worried Sick, Deborah Carr provides a fascinating, detailed look at five broad factors that help determine why some people crumble and others bounce back." (The Globe and Mail) "In Worried Sick, [Carr] looks at stress-from its definition, including its physical and mental effects, to why some people roll with the punches and others cannot. The final chapter is a tip-sheet for beating, or at least taming, stress." (Rutgers Magazine)

• 1          Introduction: What Is Stress?2          Sweating the Small (and Big) Stuff: How and Why Stress Affects Our Mental Health3          Under Our Skin: How and Why Stress Affects Our Physical Health4          Why Some Crumble and Others Bounce Back: Risk and Resilience in the Face of Stress5          Paths to Healing: Strategies for Overcoming Life’s StressorsRecommended Reading

DEBORAH CARR is a professor of sociology at Rutgers University and a faculty member at the Institute for Health, Health Care Policy, and Aging Research. Her work focuses on dying and end-of-life issues and the effects of family-related stressors on health and well-being. She is the author and editor of numerous works, such as Encyclopedia of the Life Course and Human Development (2009) and Spousal Bereavement in Later Life (2006).

"In Worried Sick, Deborah Carr provides a fascinating, detailed look at five broad factors that help determine why some people crumble and others bounce back." (The Globe and Mail) "In Worried Sick, [Carr] looks at stress-from its definition, including its physical and mental effects, to why some people roll with the punches and others cannot. The final chapter is a tip-sheet for beating, or at least taming, stress." (Rutgers Magazine) "In Worried Sick, Deborah Carr provides a fascinating, detailed look at five broad factors that help determine why some people crumble and others bounce back." (The Globe and Mail) "In Worried Sick, [Carr] looks at stress-from its definition, including its physical and mental effects, to why some people roll with the punches and others cannot. The final chapter is a tip-sheet for beating, or at least taming, stress." (Rutgers Magazine)

• 1          Introduction: What Is Stress?2          Sweating the Small (and Big) Stuff: How and Why Stress Affects Our Mental Health3          Under Our Skin: How and Why Stress Affects Our Physical Health4          Why Some Crumble and Others Bounce Back: Risk and Resilience in the Face of Stress5          Paths to Healing: Strategies for Overcoming Life’s StressorsRecommended Reading