psychological stress
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psychological feeling of strain and pressure, that could increase the risk of strokes, heart attacks, ulcers, and mental illnesses such as depression and aggravation of a pre-existing condition
Key facts
- Specialty
- Psychology , occupational medicine
- Symptoms
- Anxiety , worry , paranoia , anger , burnout , compassion fatigue , sleep disturbances , hypervigilance , impatience , derealization , dissociation , changes in volition
via Wikipedia infobox
Research
245,194 papersvia PubMed
Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- psychosocial hazard
- Image
- Anxiety.gif
- Said to be same as
- occupational stress
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- ICPC 2 ID
- P02
- Commons category
- Occupational stress
- facet of
- psychology
- handled, mitigated, or managed by
- coping
- health specialty
- occupational medicine
- has cause
- job activity
- ICD-9-CM
- V62.1
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Encyclopedic overview
In psychology, stress is a feeling of emotional strain and pressure. Stress is a form of psychological and mental discomfort. Small amounts of stress may be beneficial, as it can improve athletic performance, motivation and reaction to the environment. Excessive amounts of stress, however, can increase the risk of strokes, heart attacks, ulcers, and mental illnesses such as depression and also aggravate pre-existing conditions.
Psychological stress can be external and related to the environment, but may also be caused by internal perceptions that cause an individual to experience anxiety or other negative emotions surrounding a situation, such as pressure, discomfort, etc., which they then deem stressful.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “psychological stress” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.