If a person's body's all-out effort to combat stress fails and the stress persists,the individual moves into the _____ stage of the general adaptation syndrome.

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The exhaustion stage of the general adaptation syndrome occurs when the body's resources have been depleted in trying to combat stress and it is unable to continue to respond. It is the final stage after the initial alarm and mobilization stage and the subsequent resistance stage.

If a Person's Body's All-Out Effort to Combat Stress Fails