Topic: Stress
Environmental Stresses
Environmental Stresses and its Effects
Environmental Stresses and its Psychosocial Effects
TITLE: ENVIRONMENTAL STRESSES AND THEIR PSYCHOSOCIAL EFFECTS
Thesis Statement:
The hyper exploitation of natural resources in conjunction with natural disasters provokes stress on the environment, which result in harmful psychosocial effects like social withdrawal and depression.
Guide Questions
1. What are the pressures that can cause environmental stress?
2. What are the natural events of the environment and how can these cause stress?
3. Are social withdrawal and depression the psychosocial effects of the mentioned environmental ...view middle of the document...
It is defined as the minor irritations and frustrations of everyday life that we all experience.
Body:
I. The following are the pressures on the environment.
A. Overpopulation makes the environment crowded and stressful.
B. Unpleasant or annoying noise does put pressure on the environment.
II. These are the natural events that cause environmental stress.
A. Natural disaster is a major adverse event resulting from natural processes of the Earth and causes damage to the environment.
III. The two major psychosocial effects brought by environmental stresses are:
A. Social withdrawal is avoiding people and activities you would usually enjoy; for some people, this can progress to a point of social isolation
B. Depression is a mood state that goes well beyond temporarily feeling sad or blue.
IV. The following are the signs and symptoms of environmental stress:
A. The person feels aches and pains including stomach aches, headaches and muscle aches.
B. The person tends to commit suicide.
C. The person experiences panic attacks.
D. The person feels helpless about himself.
E. The evident changes in the person’s mood including anger and sadness.
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Conclusion: knowing and understanding environmental stresses and their psychosocial effects.
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ENVIRONMENTAL STRESSES AND ITS PSYCHOSOCIAL EFFECTS
Thesis Statement:
The hyper exploitation of natural resources in conjunction with natural disasters provokes stress on the environment, which result in harmful psychosocial effects like social withdrawal and depression.
Introduction: Environmental stress is constraints or pressure on the environment. Natural and/or human-directed causes can be the reasons.Itis defined as the minor irritations and frustrations of everyday life that everyone experience such as trying to get things done, amongst clutter and disorganization, being late for work or an appointment, and then getting caught in a traffic jam. In addition, environmental stress include such things as quality of the air breathed, the type of lighting that people have to work in, and the level of noise in the environment
Body:
I. Pressure on the environment caused by human activities such as generation of pollution or by natural events such as the occurrence of a drought can cause environmental stress to the people. There are many stresses on the environment, countless in fact, including crowding, temperature, noise, and many others. Although some of these stresses are out of humans’ control, many can and could be prevented.
A. Overpopulation makes the environment crowded and stressful. Population growth and distribution have significant roles to play in the sustainability of the world's vast resources. Not only the number of people, but also the lifestyle, consumption patterns, and regions people inhabit and use directly affect the environment.Clearly one of the challenges of a growing population is that the mere presence of so...
