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When crisis strikes : 5 steps to heal your brain, body, and life from chronic stress / Jennifer Love, MD and Kjell Tore Hovik, PsyD, PhD ; foreword by Daniel Amen, MD.

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Love, Jennifer (Psychiatrist), author.

Hovik, Kjell Tore, author.

Amen, Daniel G., writer of foreword.

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9780806540818

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Love, Jennifer (Psychiatrist), author.

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xix, 260 pages ; 23 cm

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Stress is an unfortunate fact of modern life, and when those stressors are catastrophic--divorce, illness, caregiving, loss--a brain under stress becomes a brain in crisis. In this invaluable guide, award-winning psychiatrist Dr. Jennifer Love and neuropsychologist Dr. Kjell Hovik explore how to heal the damage that prolonged stress can do to your brain and your health. In When Crisis Strikes you'll learn how to prevent these side effects from hijacking your daily life.

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Stress is an unfortunate fact of modern life, and when those stressors are catastrophic - divorce, illness, caregiving, loss - a brain under stress becomes a brain in crisis. In this invaluable guide, award-winning psychiatrist Dr. Jennifer Love and neuropsychologist Dr. Kjell Hovik explore how to heal the damage that prolonged stress can do to your brain and your health. In When Crisis Strikes you'll learn how to prevent these side effects from hijacking your daily life.

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Dr. Jennifer Love, MD is board-certified in psychiatry, addiction psychiatry and addiction medicine, and is a Diplomate of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology and the American Board of Addiction Medicine. She attended medical school at Loma Linda University School of Medicine, and completed her internship, residency and subspecialty fellowship training at the University of Hawaii. She served as chief resident and as clinical faculty at the University of Hawaii Department of Psychiatry before returning to California where she is currently in group practice. Dr. Love is an award-winning researcher and international speaker, has appeared as a medical expert on The Dr. Phil Show and The Doctors , and has been interviewed for documentaries (including the Broken Brain series by Dr. Mark Hyman), podcasts and vlogs.

Kjell Tore Hovik, PsyD, Ph.d. is a clinical neuropsychologist who has authored and co-authored more than 16 peer-reviewed academic articles and book chapters. He has trained professional athletes to use mental techniques to boost their peak performance potential. Dr. Hovik is Editor-in-Chief of Nevropsykologi , which is the peer-reviewed journal of the Norwegian Neuropsychological Society.

Daniel Amen, MD

Foreword	p. ix
Preface	p. xv
Introduction	p. 1
Part 1 Stress and the Five Steps	p. 5
The Science of Stress (a.k.a. Why You Feel Like Crap)	p. 7
Introduction to the Five-Step Model	p. 21
Step 1 Get a Grip	p. 25
Step 2 Pinpoint What You Can Control	p. 40
Step 3 Push into Motion	p. 57
Step 4 Pull Back	p. 74
Step 5 Hold On and Let Go	p. 86
Part 2 Applying the Five Steps	p. 101
Chronic Illness: Depression, Borderline Personality Disorder, Terminal Cancer, and Chronic Pain	p. 103
Family Crisis: Addiction, Child with Special Needs, Partner with Cancer, Cognitive Decline and Partner with Traumatic Brain Injury	p. 128
Loss: Divorce, Death of Sibling, Visitation Rights Sabotage, and Financial Ruin	p. 160
Trauma: Alcoholic Parent, Sexual Abuse, Mass Shooting, and Bullying	p. 181
Existential Crisis: Midlife Affair, Suicide, Chronic Worry, and Spiritual Crisis	p. 203
Conclusion: From Pain to Sane	p. 225
Postscript: The COVID-19 Diaries	p. 239
Acknowledgments	p. 255

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