A client who is being seen at a physician's office states that he ...

[cdr_15]

A client who is being seen at a physician's office states that he has bad headaches all the time. Diagnostic tests are normal. What is this type of response to stress called?
 
  A) Psychosomatic disorder
  B) Acute illness
  C) Chronic illness
  D) Pretend disorder

Question 2

What phase of the general adaptation syndrome is a client in when he uses all of his adaptive mechanisms for dealing with stress, leaving no defense against the distress?
 
  A) Alarm reaction stage
  B) Fight-or-flight stage
  C) Stage of resistance
  D) Stage of exhaustion

[31809pancho]

Answer to Question 1

Ans: A
Each person reacts to stress in his or her own way. With prolonged stress, some may develop diarrhea, others headaches. Such illnesses are real and are called psychosomatic disorders because the physiologic alterations are thought to be at least partially caused by psychological influences.

Answer to Question 2

Ans: D
Exhaustion results when the adaptive mechanisms are exhausted. Without defense against the stressor, the body may either rest and mobilize its defenses to return to normal, or reach total exhaustion and die.

[cdr_15]

Both answers were spot on, thank you once again

[31809pancho]

Great! Please up vote