Indicators Of Stress And Trauma Flashcards
Review indicators and risk factors that suggest impairments in functioning
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Indicators if Psychological Stress
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Psychosocial stress results from real or imagined threats in social interactions with others.
*PHYSICAL - HBP, sweating, lowered immune response, changes in metabolism, shallow breathing.
(Can be caused by trauma, discrimination, unsatisfactory occupational performance, environmental, dysfunctional relationships.
Indicators:
*PSYCHOLOGICAL/EMOTIONAL - anxiety, depression, irritability/anger.
*BEHAVIORAL - aggressiveness, disruptive behavior, substance use/abuse
