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Stress: comes in several different packages some being big other being small, stress is experienced by every individual in some way or form. Example the stress that new immigrants face in canada (i. e. finding a job, proper housing, etc ) Biopsychosocial model states that physical illness is caused by a complex interaction of biological, psychological, and sociocultural factors. After realizing that psychological factors play a major role in physical health, a new branch of psychology was emerged known as health psychology. Health psychology concerned with how psychosocial factors relate to the maintenance of health, and with causation, prevention, and treatment of illness. Stress any circumstances that threaten or are perceived to threaten one"s well-being and that thereby tax one"s coping abilities (these threats could vary and are different for all individuals) Studies show that in the aftermath of natural disasters typically the rates of psychological and physical illness are elevated in the communities affected.