Stress and coping

Stress is the emotional , psychological, or physical strain caused by our response to pressure from the outside world. Common stress reactions include tension, irritability, inability to concentrate, and a variety of physical symptoms that include headache and a fast heartbeat. Stress can cause both mental and physical symptoms. The effects of stress are different for different people. Coping refers to the use of conscious or unconscious strategies or mechanisms in adapting to stress, various disorders, or environmental demands.

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StudyFinder - Participate in a study related to Stress and coping

Vanderbilt Kennedy Center researchers need subjects to complete the studies listed below.

• How hard can it be to listen?
• Mood and Listening Study
• Mothers, Children and Emotions
• Transitioning to Adulthood with Autism
• Women and Interpersonal Violence

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Video, Podcast and Images

• Health Disparities and the Stress Hypothesis
  

  January 9, 2013
  Developmental Disabilities Grand Rounds
  R. Jay Turner, Ph.D., Harvie Branscomb Chair and Professor of Sociology, Professor of Psychiatry

• Social Interaction and Stress in Autism
  September 5, 2012
  Developmental Disabilities Grand Rounds
  Blythe Corbett, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, VKC Investigator
• SafeCare: Preventing Child Maltreatment—An Evolution from Early Exploration to International Implementation
  

  Presentation on 5-17-2012

  Special Lecture

  John Lutzker, Ph.D., director of the Center for Healthy Development at George State University.

• Understanding Autism Through Peers, Play, and Performance
  Blythe Corbett, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of California-Davis MIND Institute, presented a special lecture at the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center on December 15, 2009.

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In the News

• The Times (U.K.): Stress: why are we anxious amid our plenty?

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