What You Will Learn in this Chapter
To define stress.
To discriminate between eustress and distress.
To describe the effects of stress on physical, psychological, and occupational functioning.
To understand the relationship between stress and illness.
To assess your own level of stress with the Life Readjustment Scale.
To recognize the fight-or-flight reaction.
To list the symptoms and signs of fight-or-flight activation.
To describe the General Adaptation Syndrome (GAS).
To understand the mind–body connection.
To identify how the mind–body connection relates to placebo effects.
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