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Overview, Types, Risk Factors

Post a new topicby contentuser on Tue Dec 18, 2007 4:52 pm


Overview

Stress is the body's response to physical, mental, or emotional changes, situations, and forces. Stress can result from external factors (e.g., events, environment) or from internal factors (e.g., expectations, attitudes, feelings).

Stress often occurs in response to situations that are perceived as being difficult to handle or threatening. Common causes for stress (called stressors) include illness, injury, fear, and anxiety

Each person reacts to stress differently. A healt...Read the full article

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