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Stress
Physical and emotional reactions to events or circumstances experienced in everyday life.
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What are some strategies for helping a child cope with stress?
To help a child cope with stress, encourage open communication by creating a safe space for them to express their feelings. Teach relaxation techniques, such as deep breathing or mindfulness exercises, to help them manage anxiety. Establish a consistent routine that includes time for play and physical activity, as these can alleviate stress and promote well-being. Additionally, model healthy coping strategies yourself, as children often learn by observing their caregivers.
What are the long-term and short-term effects of stress on the body brain and behavior?
The long term effects of stress on the body may result in the immune system being weakened. The stress may not be all negative stress. Positive stress, such as working out and being particularly active may weaken the immune system, although not being active enough may also weaken the immune system. Too many stressors can affect the body's immune system.
A short term effect of stress on the body could result in the 'fight or flight response being triggered. This response shuts down other parts of the body that is not needed in an emergency response such as a bear chasing after you in the woods. The body would simply shut down the digestion cycle in the body. This would retain energy for other responses and provide oxygen to other muscles that would need it to fight off the bear, or run away.
A long term effect of stress on the brain may result in memory loss, dementia or Alzheimer's. This is caused by continuous stressors and lack of positive things in our life that may help reduce the negative stress. Relaxation among exercise is needed to maintain a healthy and proactive lifestyle.
A short term effect of stress on the brain may result in learning difficulties and impair the cell communication between neurons in our brains. Cortisol is released into the brain when in a stressful situation; the cortisol dissipates across the brain and affects the hippocampus which is vital for memory creation and function. Although cortisol does not remain in the brain for long, prolonged exposure to the drug may lead to further long term affects.
A long term effect of stress on behavior may result in a person being overweight and unhealthy due to not eating a healthy diet while being under stress. When a person is under stress behavior can have an effect on the mediators that increase the stress or decrease the stress. Smoking, drinking and eating excessively may be a result of a coping mechanism due to stress. However the behavior does not result in achieving the stress being lowered.
A short term effect of stress on behavior may result in a person driving faster in a car due to a stressor. An example of a stressor could be a pregnant wife being rushed to the hospital. The stressor affects the behavior but this is only short term. Influences like these stressors may be positive and negative stressors. They can lead to long term stressors over time if the behavior is repeated in pattern such as smoking a cigarettes over a long period of time can lead to mediators that contribute towards cancer and heart disease.
What is the difference between anger and stress?
Both are physiological responses to outside stimili, however stress is more like anxiety caused by being upset or feeling in danger and usually can not be easily controlled. It is a automatic response. Anger is an emotional state but usually can be controlled by the individual.
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Which describes what happens during the resistane stage?
The body adapts to the presence of the stressor.
How do you pass through Treadmill Stress Test?
Treadmill Testing is simply a way to get your heart rate up so the heart health can be measured. You will be hooked up to a device with wires & readers that stick to your skin. You will then step onto the treadmill & start to walk or run and the machine records how fast & with what regularity your heart responds to the activity. fairly painless & takes 20 minutes. Nothing to it. Once it is done a Cardiologist will look at the record & examine the way your heart was working & let you know if your heart seems to be healthy or not.
What are the ego-defense mechanisms you use when under stress?
Numbing by dissociation by tensing the body. It is an attempt by the ego to control over the body when it experiences episodes of anxiety, helplessness, inadequacy. It is for this reason meditation is helpful. It helps to relax the tension in the body.
What are the symptoms of stress?
The physical symptoms of stress include aches and pains, chest pain, headaches, high blood pressure, trouble sleeping, and digestive problems.
an anxiety disorder characterized by a cluster of dissociative and anxiety symptoms occurring within one month of a traumatic event
Acute stress disorder is an anxiety disorder with the following criteria:
1) An obvious stressor has occurred
2) Dissociative symptoms, at least three of the following: detachment, reduction in awareness, derealization, depersonalization, and dissociative amnesia
3) Re-experiencing the trauma through dreams, flashbacks and ruminations
4) Situations similar to the stressor are avoided
5) Anxiety symptoms, at least one of the following: difficulty sleeping, difficulty concentrating, and physiological arousal
6) Interference with social, occupational, and educational aspects of life
7) Occurs for longer than two days but less than a month.
Which is not a example of an everyday problem that can cause stress?
Everything causes stress my friend
What is the abcx model of family stress and coping?
a= the event or stressor
b= resources
c = perception
x= level of stress
Family stress model focuses on the change and the stress that accompanies it since family processes, roles, and structures change when stress is encountered.
Involuntary nerves that stimulate the body in times of stress and crisis?
the peripheral nervous system can be further organized into two divisions: the somatic (which controls voluntary movements like walking and talking) and the autonomic (which controls involuntary movements like breathing and heartbeat).
But did you know that this autonomic nervous system can be further broken down into two main divisions? These are the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems. The sympathetic nervous system prepares the body to act during times of stress---that is, to undergo the complex of changes known as the fight-or-flight response. The parasympathetic system conserves and restores the body's resources.
What are some natural stress relievers?
Natural stress relievers can be found in many different sensory experiences. Blueberries have been shown to help relieve stress and are packed with antioxidants and vitamin C. Running and exercise a excellent stress relievers, especially yoga. Stretching helps to release tense muscles and relieve the stress that has built up. Sitting outside and getting natural sunlight has also been shown to relieve anxiety.
What is the difference between emotional and physical stress?
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Explain peer review article to a scholarly practitioner?
Here's a really great article about explaining the peer review process: http://www.ehow.com/how_4765842_explain-peer-review-process.html
Can post traumatic stress result from severe broken heart syndrome?
Well, I don't think so because there really isn't such a thing a a broken heart syndrome that can be fixed, because EVERYBODY has a broken heart sometime in their life. Post Traumatic Stress Disorder is something completely different.
Why do your hands seize up and contort on you why your having a panic attack?
This just happened to me today for the first time ever. It was v scary, especially since I was driving at the time. I thought I was having a stroke. A nurse told me that the hands contort when they're not getting enough oxygen--i.e., when the panicked person is hyperventilating. To make it stop, you have to get control of your breathing & take deep, slow breaths. (I still don't understand why it's the hands that are affected, and not some other body part.)
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What is the role of psychiatrist in stress managent?
Psychiatrists usually play the role in diagnosing patients & dispensing medication for mental health problems. They then refer the patient to a psychologist to learn some cognitive behavioral therapy which is effective in managing/coping with stress.
Can you regain the memories you've lost after going through amnesia?
It depends on the mechanism of memory loss. If it's physical damage (say encephalitis or brain trauma) to areas such as the hippocampus or related structures, then no. This is what is called 'retrograde amnesia', meaning you forget more things closer to the event of brain damage (with amnesia extending about 2 years back, getting better the further before the event). This is phsyical amnesia and you don't regain those memories. However, there is amnesia induced by stress or psychological disorders, where the memories are there but you are consciously or (most likely) subconsciously suppressing them. Recovering such memories is possible but difficult. You also run into the danger of 'remembering' things that never really happen.
Really, the best way to deal with it is rather than try to remember the lost memories, deal with the psychological boundaries (stress, trauma, etc.) that's blocking them.
