What is Stress?
What is Stress?
- Stress: Emotional stress (sometimes refers to physical stress).
- Stress: (psychology) a state of mental or emotional strain or suspense; "he suffered from fatigue and emotional tension"; "stress is a vasoconstrictor".
Source - WordNet 2.1
Stress: Introduction
Types of Stress:
Types of Stress:
How serious is Stress?
Complications of Stress:
see complications of Stress
What causes Stress?
Causes of Stress: see causes of Stress
Risk factors for Stress:
see
risk factors for Stress
What are the symptoms of Stress?
Symptoms of Stress:
see symptoms of Stress
Complications of Stress:
see complications of Stress
Stress: Testing
Diagnostic testing: see tests for Stress.
Misdiagnosis: see misdiagnosis and Stress.
How is it treated?
Treatments for Stress:
see treatments for Stress
Research for Stress:
see research for Stress
Society issues for Stress
Hospitalization statistics for Stress:
The following are statistics from various sources about hospitalizations and Stress:
- Neurotic, stress-related and somatoform disorders resulted in 49,415 hospitalisations in Australia 2001-02 (AIHW Hospital Morbidity Database 2001-02, Australia’s Health 2004, AIHW)
- Neurotic, stress-related and somatoform disorders accounted for 210,115 patient days inhospitals in Australia 2001-02 (AIHW Hospital Morbidity Database 2001-02, Australia’s Health 2004, AIHW)
- 0.05% (6,290) of hospital consultant episodes were for reaction to severe stress and adjustment disorders in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 95% of hospital consultant episodes for reaction to severe stress and adjustment disorders required hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 50% of hospital consultant episodes for reaction to severe stress and adjustment disorders were for men in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 50% of hospital consultant episodes for reaction to severe stress and adjustment disorders were for women in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 80% of hospital consultant episodes for reaction to severe stress and adjustment disorders required emergency hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
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Organs Affected by Stress:
Organs and body systems related to Stress include:
Name and Aliases of Stress
Main name of condition: Stress
Other names or spellings for Stress:
general stress
Tension, Tenseness
Source - WordNet 2.1
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