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Stress & Cortisol
Chronic stress raises cortisol levels โ damaging the brain, immune system and heart over time
Canada ๐ 1936 Mental Health
Key Facts
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Hans Selye (1936) described General Adaptation Syndrome โ alarm, resistance, exhaustion phases
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Cortisol: fight-or-flight hormone from adrenal glands; elevated chronically shrinks hippocampus (memory)
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Chronic stress links: heart disease, diabetes, obesity, immune suppression, depression, addiction
๐ Did you know? Hans Selye coined "stress" in the medical context in 1936; before that, the word was only used in physics and engineering
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Mental Health
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๐ Canada
Year / Era
1936
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Chronic stress raises cortisol levels โ damaging the brain, immune system and heart over time