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GAS (general adaptation syndrome)
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hens selye 1963
stages:alarm, resistance, exhaustion
types of stress: eustress, distress |
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| The body tries to cope with the stressor |
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| Coping fails and permanent damage or death occures. |
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E: pos. activates organisms
D: neg. strains organisms |
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"fight or flight"
Produces increase in heart rate and blood pressure |
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delays immune response to physical harm
(car wreck) |
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| directly connected with the pituitary gland to produce cortisol. |
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Used units to measure stress in peoples lives in order to predict the likelihood of major illness within 2 years.
outcome: 300+ scored units, more than 2/3 would. |
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Restores the body to a calm state after a stress situation.
conservation of energy (digestion process) |
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A: uptight-health issues
B: relaxed |
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| Lab rats administered conditioned taste adversion to see the affect. Pavlovian conditioning (most with the higher dose died and they were surprised) |
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| Unpredictable vs predictable stressors |
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U:more harmful on immune function
P: less harmful on immune function |
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Of mental disorders:
suggested stressors triggered the cause of onsets in certain disorders to those predispposed. |
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| condition to seek treatment for illness, but not related to mental disorders. |
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Issues expected to arise again within 6 months of the onset and cure.
Very high suicide risks |
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| Treatments for severe stress reactions |
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| CBT, EMDR, pharmacological interventions, crisis interventions |
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| Managing stress then being exposed to the stress head on |
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| Patient follows the movement of an object while telling about the stressor and the reaction of the eyes is observed |
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| Pharmacological interventions |
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| The use of drugs such as valum and zynex to control stressor reaction. |
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| Controls internal body process such as heart rate, and digestive process. |
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| balanced is maintained in the dynamic system. |
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| Study of neural effects on the psychological events in the immune system. |
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| Therapeutic technique when a patient is made to confront the issue of anxiety |
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| Depression closely related to? |
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