January 2017
Beginner
480 pages
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Stress shows itself in a number of ways, such as high blood pressure, ulcers, irritability, difficulty making routine decisions, changes in appetite, accident proneness, and the like. Refer back to Exhibit 17-7. These symptoms can be fit under three general categories: physiological, psychological, and behavioral symptoms.
Most early concerns with stress were directed at physiological symptoms because most researchers were specialists in the health and medical sciences. Their work led to the conclusion that stress could create changes in metabolism, increase heart and breathing rates and blood pressure, bring on headaches, and induce heart attacks.
Evidence now clearly suggests stress may ...
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