Learning Outcomes

Having completed this course you will be able to:

• Explain how the brain responds during a stressful situation
• Explain how stress affects different organs
• List the disorders that are caused by stress
• Discuss the role of the endocrine system
• Explain how the nervous system induces stress
• Describe how stress affects the immune system
• List the health risks associated with stress
• Describe the effect of stress on the various systems of the body
• List psychiatric disorders associated with stress