doctor stress

[hitchhiker]

https://www.post-gazette.com/local/neighborhood/2020/05/11/Us-column-Bruce-Rabin-stress-coping-pandemic-loneliness-UPMC/stories/202005050123

In retirement, Dr. Rabin, 79, of Squirrel Hill, continues practicing what he preaches as Pittsburgh’s calmest, gentlest force — a prophet of peacefulness — that I can best describe as Mister Rogers for adults.

For years he has spent his own time and dime helping city teachers, firefighters, students, doctors and journalists, among many others, to adopt certain mental and physical practices to keep predatory stress at bay, as a tamer does tigers.

The science is complex but excessive inflammation from stress exacts a heavy toll on physical and mental health, with potential to cause heart disease, diabetes and autoimmune diseases.

For years, Dr. Rabin taught medical students the biology of stress and how to treat patients suffering from it. But his complementary goal was preparing them to withstand the rigors of their own profession. Since his 2017 retirement, Dr. Rabin has focused on helping neglected and abused children by helping parents contend with their own stress.

The pandemic put his sessions on the South Side and at the Hazlewood Center of Life on hold, so he has posted stress-coping Youtube videos to help anyone and everyone. His January 2019 book, “Coping with Stress for Mental and Physical Health and Longevity,” is available through Amazon or Barnes & Noble.

the outward links to dr. rabin's stuff:
* youtube videos

* http://healthylifestyle.podbean.com/

Comments

[cjsmith]

I suspect understanding these links is one of the more underrated areas of modern medicine. (It dovetails neatly and depressingly with studies on how stress, stress hormone levels, and health/longevity correlate with rank in social hierarchies.)