chronic stress
collocation in Englishmeaningsofchronicandstress
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chronic
adjective
uk/ˈkrɒn.ɪk/us/ˈkrɑː.nɪk/
(especially of a disease or something bad) continuing for a ...
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stress
noun
uk/stres/us/stres/
great worry caused by a difficult situation, or something that causes ...
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(Definition ofchronicandstressfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Unlikechronicstress, traumatic events can be single occurrences that have a profound impact on the individual and his or her development.
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Early andchronicstressand their relation to breast cancer.
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Furthermore, as the chronicity of these conditions became apparent, distinguishing betweenchronicstress reactions and adjustment disorders was necessary.
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Alternatively, it may simply be that the adverse effects ofchronicstressdo not manifest themselves in the hippocampus until postpubertal development.
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In the total sample, after controlling for externalizing disorder, depression severity was associated with interpersonal episodic andchronicstress.
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There have been several studies that have focused on the impact ofchronicstressin childhood on later behavioral and biological adaptation.
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Prior exposure tochronicstressresults in enhanced synthesis and release of hippocampal norepinephrine in response to a novel stressor.
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Chronicstressduring childhood is linked to mental health outcomes, including depression.
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These changes occurred quite gradually, suggesting an adaptive response tochronicstress.
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Similarly, those youths withchronicstressin peer relationships also experienced more sustained manic symptoms.
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It is thechronicstressarising from feelings such as these which does the damage.
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In contrast, after controlling for depression, severity of externalizing disorder was associated with noninterpersonal episodic andchronicstress.
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Externalizing disorder also was marginally associated with interpersonalchronicstress.
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Many of the studies of the effects ofchronicstresson memory have focused on glucocorticoids.
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This would be the pattern consistent with downregulation of the axis following periods of significantchronicstress.
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The highest ratings ofchronicstresswere in the domains of family relationships and school.
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Research within the domain of developmental psychopathology has increasingly evaluated immediate and longer term consequences ofchronicstressexposure among children.
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As noted earlier, the inappropriate combination of variables and studies does not adequately, of fairly, test the role of severe, long-term andchronicstress.
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