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| concerned with the effects of stress and other psychological factors in the development and maintenance of physical problems |
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| concerned with psychological factors that may predispose an individual to medical problems |
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| posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) |
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| a condition of persistent mental and emotional stress occurring as a result of injury or severe psychological shock, typically involving disturbance of sleep and constant vivid recall of the experience, with dulled responses to others and to the outside world. |
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| something that causes a state of strain or tension |
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| a state of mental or emotional strain or tension resulting from adverse or very demanding circumstances |
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| efforts to deal with stress |
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| healthy psychological and physical functioning after a potentially traumatic event |
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| The biological cost of adapting to stress |
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| sympathetic-adrenomedullary (SAM) system |
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| designed to mobilize resources and prepare for a fight-or-flight response. |
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| hypothalamus- pituitary-adrenal (HPA) system |
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| In addition to stimulating the SNS, the hypothalamus releases a hormone called corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH). Traveling in the blood, this hormone stimulates the pituitary gland. The pituitary then secretes adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH). This induces the adrenal cortex (the outer portion of the adrenal gland) to produce the stress hormones called glucocorticoids |
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| the stress glucocorticoid that is produced |
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| the study of the interactions between the nervous system and the immune system |
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| the partial or complete suppression of the immune response of an individual. |
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| protects the body from such things as viruses and bacteria |
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| produced in the bone marrow and then stored in various places throughout the body, such as the spleen and the lymph nodes |
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| foreign bodies such as viruses and bacteria, as well as internal invaders such as tumors and cancer cells |
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| (so named because it matures in the thymus, which is an important endocrine gland). When the immune system is stimulated, B-cells and T-cells become activated and multiply rapidly, mounting various forms of counterattack |
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| small protein molecules, serve as chemical messengers and allow immune cells to communicate with each other. |
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| the protective end parts of chromosomes. Telomeres shorten with age, increasing the risk of disease. Stress also shortens telomeres. Telomere length is maintained by an enzyme called telomerase and the activity of telomerase is reduced by the stress hormone cortisol. |
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| characterized by excessive competitive drive, extreme commitment to work, impatience or time urgency, and hostility |
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| a tendency to experience negative emotions and also to feel insecure and anxious |
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| This school of psychology focuses on human traits and resources such as humor, gratitude, and compassion that might have direct implications for our physical and mental well-being. |
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| a psychological response to a common stressor (e.g., divorce, death of a loved one, loss of a job) that results in clinically significant behavioral or emotional symptoms |
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| a diagnostic category that can be used when symptoms develop shortly after experiencing a traumatic event and last for at least 2 days. |
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| Clinical Symptoms of PTSD |
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1. Intrusion
2. Avoidance
3. Negative alterations in mood and cognitions
4. arousal and reactivity |
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| stress- inoculation training |
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| prepares people to tolerate an anticipated threat by changing the things they say to themselves before or during a stressful event |
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| an immediate and short-term emergency response to mental, emotional, physical, and behavioral distress |
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| The patient is asked to vividly recount the traumatic event over and over until there is a decrease in his or her emotional responses. This procedure also involves repeated or extended exposure, either in vivo or in the imagination, to feared (but objectively harmless) stimuli |
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