“We know we are stressed … Thank goodness, we now have a valuable, easy-to-read, practical book that helps us figure out what to do about it! Lawson Wulsin, MD is a highly experienced and knowledgeable psychiatrist who writes with humor and great insight. Using interesting clinical vignettes and understandable explanations and solutions, this book is a must read for those who want to improve the connections between stress-behavior-illness … and get healthier!”

“Toxic Stress towers over other books that offer help for stressed-out readers. This insightful and compassionate guide by a renowned medical scientist and practicing physician examines the myriad toxic stressors to which all of us are being exposed in the 21st Century and the many ways in which toxic stress can affect our health and well-being. It goes on to explain how we can build resilience to prevent stress-related illnesses and how to find help for stress-related problems. And it leaves us with good reasons to believe that we can find ways to thrive, even when we’re swimming in a sea of troubles.”

“An easy-to-read and very catchy book which is, to many doctors, opening the black box of the complex bodily stress system and the risk factors for toxic stress. Health care professionals tend to ignore the problem of toxic stress despite it causing a range of diseases and also premature death. This book should be mandatory reading for doctors across the world.”

“This is an erudite, informative, and engaging book written by a master physician. Dr Wulsin draws on both his own experience as a clinician and on his thoughtful reading of the research literature, to tell a story that we all need to hear: the story of stress. He explains how, whilst stress is an integral and inescapable part of all our lives, it can become toxic and make us ill. He also gives us sound advice about what we, and the health care system, should do about it. This is a sound and thought-provoking read for anyone interested in health, whether as patient, physician, or health care planner.”

“In this fabulous book, it becomes clear ‘How Stress Is Making Us Ill and What We Can Do About It,’ Dr Wulsin outlines the adverse health consequences of toxic stress but also the various advantages of resilience when coping with adverse life situations. Readers will find helpful information about how mind and body influence each other, which is especially important when stress levels are high. You will also find useful examples of how to talk about stress with your doctor, family and friends. This inspiring book makes stress understandable for a broad range of readers and also for health care professionals.”

“In this brilliant and eminently readable book, Lawson Wulsin highlights the role of chronic stress and trauma as the most burdensome (and neglected) public health issue in our society, affecting multiple organ systems in the body that have a profound impact on our social, financial and medical well-being. Illustrated with vivid case histories, Wulsin presents the complex and multidimensional impact of toxic stress, while providing us with exciting and life-altering evidence based solutions.”

“Dr Lawson Wulsin’s new book is authentic in its timeliness. He impressively analyses the burgeoning science of mind body and lifestyle medicine that has emerged to fight the so-called syndemic of toxic stress that the nation and indeed the world are currently experiencing. We do have evidence-based practices and practice-based evidence in medicine that can help our neighbors and our communities build their resilience and robustness. Dr Wulsin’s book provides us with a pro-active prescription that can help us promote health and, in some cases, prevent the stress-related illnesses described in this book. In this way, this book is both timely and hopeful.”