Stress Threshold

Topic

A stress threshold is the critical limit or point at which an organism's psychological or physiological systems can no longer maintain homeostasis under environmental, physical, or emotional pressure, triggering a stress response or behavioral symptoms. In clinical settings, such as dementia care, models like the Progressively Lowered Stress Threshold (PLST) describe how cognitive decline reduces this limit, causing individuals to exhibit behavioral symptoms at lower levels of stress.