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Stress ulceration. Stress ulceration is a single or multiple fundic mucosal ulcers that causes upper gastrointestinal bleeding, and develops during the severe physiologic stress of serious illness. It can also cause mucosal erosions and superficial hemorrhages in patients who are critically ill, or in those who are under extreme physiologic ...
Acute stress reaction ( ASR, also known as psychological shock, mental shock, or simply shock [a]) and acute stress disorder ( ASD) is a psychological response to a terrifying, traumatic or surprising experience. Combat stress reaction (CSR) is a similar response to the trauma of war. The reactions may include but are not limited to intrusive ...
Adjustment disorder is a maladaptive response to a psychosocial stressor. It is classified as a mental disorder. [2] The maladaptive response usually involves otherwise normal emotional and behavioral reactions that manifest more intensely than usual (considering contextual and cultural factors), causing marked distress, preoccupation with the ...
Exhaustion disorder. Exhaustion disorder or stress-induced exhaustion disorder ( SED, Swedish: Utmattningssyndrom) is a diagnosis used in Swedish healthcare to indicate a maladaptive stress disorder more severe than adjustment disorder. Common signs include exhaustion, reduced cognitive ability and a range of physical symptoms.
Social anxiety disorder ( SAD ), also known as social phobia, is an anxiety disorder characterized by sentiments of fear and anxiety in social situations, causing considerable distress and impairing ability to function in at least some aspects of daily life. [4] : 15 These fears can be triggered by perceived or actual scrutiny from others.
Psychosocial distress is commonly caused by clinically related trauma, personal life changes, and extraneous stressors, which negatively influences the patient's mood, cognition, and interpersonal activity, eroding the patient's wellbeing and quality of life. [6] Symptoms manifest as psychological disorders, decreased ability to work and ...
A mental disorder, also referred to as a mental illness, [6] a mental health condition, [7] or a psychiatric disorder, is a behavioral or mental pattern that causes significant distress or impairment of personal functioning. [8] A mental disorder is also characterized by a clinically significant disturbance in an individual's cognition ...
Anxiety disorders are a group of mental disorders characterized by exaggerated feelings of anxiety and fear responses. [8] Anxiety is a worry about future events and fear is a reaction to current events. These feelings may cause physical symptoms, such as a fast heart rate and shakiness.