stress

Examples of stress in the following topics:

• Managing Stress Through Conventional and Alternative Medicine

  • Stress management resources aim to control or diminish a person's level of stress through both conventional and alternative methods.
  • Stress management resources aim to control a person's level of stress, whether chronic and recurring or acute and unique.
  • Stress management techniques provide a way to cope with stress and its symptoms to promote and maintain general well-being.
  • This finding led to the belief that stress was somehow outside of or beyond the control of the person experiencing stress.
  • This precept allows stress to be controlled by the person and provides the basis for most stress management techniques.

• How Stress Impacts our Health

  • Stress is a necessity for life and is a primary biological incentive for all.
  • Acute stress occurs in the short-term and is usually resolved rather quickly; chronic stress is long-term and usually unresolved, leading to a variety of problems.
  • Many people experience some type of depressive mood or feeling in relation to stress, and excessive amounts of stress has been shown to contribute to depression or anxiety.
  • One of the most serious ways that stress can impact psychological well-being is in post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
  • Cortisol, also known as the "stress hormone", plays an integral role in our body's reaction to stress.

• Reducing Workplace Stress

  • A combination of organizational change and stress management is a productive approach to preventing stress at work.
  • Stress management refers to a wide spectrum of techniques and therapies that aim to control a person's levels of stress, especially chronic stress, to improve everyday functioning.
  • But there are many ways managers can prevent job stress in the first place.
  • Among the many different techniques managers can use to effectively prevent employee stress, the main underlying themes are awareness of possibly stressful elements of the workplace and intervention when necessary to mitigate any stress that does arise.
  • Examine the various ways in which job stress can be prevented or reduced in an organization

• Coping with Stress

  • In the case of stress, coping mechanisms seek to master, minimize, or tolerate stress and stressors that occur in everyday life.
  • The root of stress is the cognitive appraisal of an event as stressful or stress-inducing.
  • Men and women also assess stress differently but tend to cope with stress similarly.
  • Some cultures promote a head-on approach to stress and provide comforting environments for managing stressful situations, while others encourage independence and self-sufficiency when it comes to coping with stress.
  • A person's perception of stress and ability to cope with that stress are products of many different influences in life.

• Introduction to Stress

  • One basic definition of stress is "a psychological feeling of strain and pressure."
  • Stress can be either positive (eustress) or negative (distress).
  • Eustress, or positive stress, on the other hand, is the positive emotional or cognitive response to stress that is healthy; it gives a feeling of fulfillment or happiness.
  • Stress management is the application of methods to either reduce stress or increase tolerance to stress.
  • Relaxation techniques are physical methods used to relieve stress.

• The Endocrine System and Stress

  • Stress is the simple name for what happens when the body's emergency response is activated; a stressful event is one that activates the sympathetic (fight-or-flight) nervous system.
  • In experimental studies in rats, a distinction is often made between social stress and physical stress, but both types activate the HPA axis, albeit through different pathways.
  • Stress hormone release tends to decline gradually after a stressor occurs.
  • In post-traumatic stress disorder there appears to be lower-than-normal cortisol release, and it is thought that a blunted hormonal response to stress may predispose a person to develop PTSD.
  • Children who were stressed prenatally may show altered cortisol rhythms.

• Consequences of Workplace Stress

  • Since stress of this type is often difficult to notice, managers would benefit from carefully monitoring employee behavior for indications of discomfort or stress.
  • Physiological reactions to stress can have a long-term impact on physical health.
  • In fact, stress is one of the leading precursors to long-term health issues.
  • Managers should keep an eye out for such behaviors as possible indicators of workplace stress.
  • Managers are in a unique position when it comes to workplace stress.

• Defining Stress

  • The differing viewpoints suggest different ways to prevent stress at work.
  • In other words, what is stressful for one person may not be a problem for someone else.
  • Four categories of stressors underline the different causal circumstances for stress at work:
  • A black and white photo of a woman that captures her high level of stress.
  • Define stress within the field of organizational behavior and workplace dynamics

• Specific Effects of Stress: Cancer

  • While psychological stress alone has not been proven to cause cancer, prolonged psychological stress may affect a person's overall health and ability to cope with cancer.
  • Psychological stress describes what people feel when they are under mental, physical, or emotional pressure.
  • People who have cancer may find the physical, emotional, and social effects of the disease to be stressful.
  • However, there is no evidence that successful management of psychological stress improves cancer survival.
  • Emotional and social support can help cancer patients learn to cope with psychological stress.

• Stress and Immunity

  • Evidence shows that stress has a negative effect on the body's immune system.
  • Participants were infected with the virus and given a stress index.
  • Normally, stress responses are beneficial for the body, provided they are moderate and cortisol returns to normal levels after the stressful situation ends.
  • Chronic stress occurs when the body's stress levels remain too high for too long and do not return to normal levels for long enough.
  • Chronic stress takes a more significant toll on the body than does acute stress.