But we seem to be denying the obvious by treating domestic violence as something entirely separate from other forms of violence, subject to none of the usual stressors we know are associated with crime.
Nowadays, the stressors have changed beyond all recognition (there are no sabre-toothed tigers any more), but the responses haven't.
At first many experts categorized it with other so-called functional somatic syndromes, such as chronic fatigue syndrome and fibromyalgia, which presumably represent aberrant responses to various stressors such as anxiety and infection.
People in small settlements typically plant several crops in diverse and specific environments to minimize the danger of famine in case of flood, drought, pests, or other natural stressors.
While vulnerable to pathological, physiological, and pharmacological stressors, cardiac rhythm control is remarkably constant and robust.
Environmentally triggered illnesses in humans arise when normal biological functions become compromised by stressors.
Stressors may be internal or external factors, and illness attributed to them may be due to various types of exposure, such as acute exposure or low-grade but long-term cumulative exposure.
This three-part mechanism for coping with a stressor is called the general adaptation syndrome and appears to have evolved primarily to deal with systemic stressors.
Multiple studies have suggested that CCD might be the result of simultaneous exposure to a combination of two or more pathogens or stressors, in which the combination of stressors has a synergistic effect.
Once a tree is in a weakened condition, it is more likely to succumb to other environmental stressors such as drought, insect infestation, and infection by pathogens.
It has been suggested that overstimulation of the stress response, in which psychological stressors produce physical changes in the body, can lead to psychosomatic illness.
