Stress (disambiguation)

This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the same or a similar title.

Health

•  Stress (physiology): Pathological process resulting from the reaction of the body to external forces and conditions that tend to disturb the organism's homeostasis. ^[e]
•  Physiological stress: Biological consequences of the failure of an organism to respond appropriately to emotional or physical threats to its being, whether actual or imagined. ^[e]
•  Stress test: Graded test to measure an individual's heart rate and oxygen intake while undergoing strenuous physical exercise. ^[e]

Psychology

•  Psychological stress: Biological reactions to any adverse stimulus, mental or emotional, that tends to disturb the organisms homeostasis, and may lead to disorders. ^[e]
• Combat stress: Add brief definition or description
•  Traumatic stress: An acute emotional condition associated with reactive anxiety, depression, and disturbance of conduct. ^[e]

Posttraumatic stress disorder

• Posttraumatic stress disorder: Add brief definition or description
• Acute posttraumatic stress disorder: The subset of PTSD in which the onset is soon after the event, and duration of the symptoms is between 1 to 3 months ^[e]
• Chronic posttraumatic stress disorder: The subset of PTSD in which symptoms last more than 3 months. ^[e]
•  Complex post-traumatic stress: Clinically recognized condition that results from extended exposure to prolonged social and/or interpersonal trauma. ^[e]
• Delayed posttraumatic stress disorder: The subset of PTSD in which symptoms develop more than 6 months after the traumatic event. ^[e]

Chemistry and biology

•  Oxidative stress: An imbalance between the production of reactive oxygen and a biological system's ability to readily detoxify the reactive intermediates or easily repair the resulting damage. ^[e]

Linguistics

• Stress (linguistics): Phonological and phonetic prominence of a syllable relative to other syllables, generally involving greater pitch, length or loudness. ^[e]