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| the initial reaction of the body to stress, which alerts the body's defenses |
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| an emotional state consisting of a subjective feeling of animosity or strong displeasure |
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| a state of mental uneasiness, apprehension, or dread producing an increased level of arousal caused by an impending or anticipated threat to self or significant relationships |
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| a complex syndrome of behaviors that can be likened to the exhaustion stage of the general adaptation syndrome; an overwhelming feeling that can lead to physical and emotional depletion, a negative attitude and self concept, and feelings of helplessness and hopelessness |
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| responses such as chronic fatigue, sleeping difficulties, and high blood pressure to long term stress in family members who undertake the care of a person in the home for a long period coping |
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| an innate or acquired way of responding to a changing environment or specific problem or situation |
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| second part of the alarm reaction in which the changes the body during the shock phase are reversed |
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| therapy focused on solving immediate problems involving individuals, groups, or families in crisis |
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| a short term helping process of assisting clients to work through a crisis to its resolution and restore their pre crisis level of functioning |
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| feelings of sadness and dejection, often accompanied by physiologic change such as a decreased functional activity |
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| (Freud) mental mechanisms that develop as the personality attempts to defend itself, establish compromises among conflicting impulses, and allay inner tensions |
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| an emotional response to an actual, present danger |
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| General adaptation syndrome |
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| (Selye) a general arousal response of the body to a stressor characterized by certain physiologic events and dominated by the sympathetic nervous system |
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| Local adaptation syndrome (LAS) |
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| the reaction of one organ or body part to stress |
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| first part of the alarm reaction in which the stressor may be perceived consciously or unconsciously by the person |
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| the third stage in the GAS and LAS syndromes that occurs when the adaptation that the body made during the second stage cannot be maintained |
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| the second stage in the GAS and LAS syndromes when the body's adaptation takes place |
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| Stimulus based stress model |
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| stress is defined as a stimulus, life event, or set of circumstances that arouses physiologic and/or psychologic reactions that may increase the individual's vulnerability to illness |
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| an event or set of circumstances causing a disrupted response; the disruption caused by a noxious stimulus or stressor |
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| any factor that produces stress or alters the body's equilibrium |
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| Transactional stress theory |
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| a theory that encompasses a set of cognitive, affective, and adaptive (coping) responses that arise out of person-environment transactions; the person and the environment are inseparable and affect each other |
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