This course explores what stress is, the physical and psychological impact of the stress response, the stress vulnerability bucket model, basic coping theory, everyday ways of coping, how genetics and the environment influence our vulnerability to stress and what can help when dealing with stress.
This course will take approximately 40 to 75 minutes to complete, but this timing will depend on how fast you read and how long you spend on any activities. You do not need to complete the whole course in one go. If you leave and come back to the course, it will remember where you got up to.
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