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Stress and Health

The Facts about Stress and Tension

  • Stress is a normal part of life
  • Too little stress is undesirable.
  • Individuals tend to adapt best to moderate stress.
  • Individuals react and adapt differently to stressors.

Facts about Sources of Stress

  • Stress can come from a variety of sources.
  • Financial problems are a significant source of stress for college students.
  • Stressors vary in severity.
  • The nature and magnitude of stressors change during the lifespan.
  • Stress can be self-induced and pleasurable, or unpleasurable.
  • Negative, ambiguous and uncontrollable events are usually the most stressful.
  • Occupations are common sources of stress, and some are more stressful than others.

Facts about the Appraisal of Stress

  • Your appraisal of a stressful situation influences its severity.
  • Certain personality characteristics have been found to be associated with the ability to deal with stressful situations.

The Facts about Responses to Stress

  • Responses to stressors can be short or long-lived
  • Stress can have physical effects on the body.
  • Stress can have mental and emotional effects on the body.
  • Stress can lead to changes in behavior.

The Facts about Stress and Health

  • Chronic stress can cause or exacerbate a variety of health problems.
  • Excessive stress reduces the effectiveness of the immune system.
  • Chronic Fatigue Syndrome has been associated with stress
  • Headaches and Backaches are commonly associated with chronic stress
  • Depression is associated with excessive negative stress.
  • Stress can also influence health indirectly.

Strategies for Action: The Facts

  • Self-assessments of stressors in your life can be useful in managing stress.

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Improve mental health and ensure access to appropriate, quality mental health services.

Increase mental health treatment, including treatment for depression and anxiety disorders.

Increase mental health screening and assessment.

Reduce suicide and suicide attempts, especially among young people.

Increase availability of worksite stress reduction programs.







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