In psychology, stress is a feeling of emotional strain and pressure. Stress is a type of psychological pain. Small amounts of stress may be beneficial...

Acute stress reaction (ASR, also known as psychological shock, mental shock, or simply shock) and acute stress disorder (ASD) is a psychological response...

impacts of psychological trauma. All psychological traumas originate from stress, a physiological response to an unpleasant stimulus. Long-term stress increases...

stimulus or an event seen as causing stress to an organism. Psychologically speaking, a stressor can be events or environments that individuals might consider...

Stress, whether physiological, biological or psychological, is an organism's response to a stressor such as an environmental condition. When stressed...

The diathesis-stress model, also known as the vulnerability–stress model, is a psychological theory that attempts to explain a disorder, or its trajectory...

between psychological stress and sleep is complex and not fully understood. In fact, many studies have found a bidirectional relationship between stress and...

evidence-based psychological treatments for posttraumatic stress disorder in the Veterans Health Administration". Journal of Traumatic Stress. 23 (6): 663–73...

Occupational stress is psychological stress related to one's job. Occupational stress refers to a chronic condition. Occupational stress can be managed...

(1991). "Diathesis-stress theories in the context of life stress research: Implications for the depressive disorders". Psychological Bulletin. 110 (3):...