Mike is a single dad who has been working 65-hour weeks while caring for his aging father. Yesterday his son was in a car accident and totaled the car. Mike is on the verge of experiencing what?

A) chronic stress syndrome
B) the fight-or-flight response
C) general adaptation syndrome
D) allostatic overload


Answer: D

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