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Record 1 2020-05-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Symptoms (Medicine)
  • Clinical Psychology
DEF

The cost of chronic exposure to elevated or fluctuating endocrine or neural responses resulting from chronic or repeated challenges that the individual experiences as stressful.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Symptômes (Médecine)
  • Psychologie clinique
OBS

Le terme «charge allostatique» désigne […] les conséquences biologiques liées au fait de s'adapter ou s'accommoder à un facteur de stress chronique. Il s'agit donc des effets biologiques de l'allostasie ou en d'autres mots de la «charge» que supporte obligatoirement l'organisme pour faire face à un facteur de stress chronique.

Spanish

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