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Stress and Health
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What is Stress?
Psychological states cause physical illness.
Stress is any circumstance (real or perceived) that threatens a person’s well-being
When we feel severe stress, our ability to cope with it is impaired
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Stressors
A stressor is a thing that causes a person to experience stress. Stress is not a stimulus
or a response. process by which we
appraise and cope with threats and challenges
When short-lived or taken challenge: may have positive effects.
threatening or prolonged: can be harmful
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Stress Response System
Our initial stress response is a fight-or-flight Epinephrine and norepinephrine from the inner adrenal glands Increasing heart and
respiration rates Sugar and fat
mobilized Natural pain killers
released
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Hans Selye’s General Adaption Syndrome
The stresses individual goes through three phases
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Stress and the Heart
Stress that leads to elevated blood pressure may result in coronary heart disease a clogging of the
vessels that nourish the heart muscle
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Do Hand-out 14-10
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Personality Types
Type A is a term used for competitive, hard-driving, impatient, verbally aggressive, and anger-prone people. More likely to develop
heart diseaseType B refers to
easygoing, relaxed people
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Modifying a Type-A lifestyle may reduce the recurrence of heart attacks
Pessimistic adult men are twice as likely to develop heart disease over a 10-year period
A and B Continued
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Stress & Disease
psychophysiological illness is any stress-related physical illness such as hypertension and some headaches
Psychoneuroimmunology (PNI) studies the health effects of psychological, neural, and endocrine processes on the immune system
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Psychoneuroimmunology
B lymphocytes fight bacterial infections
T lymphocytes attack cancer cells and viruses
microphages ingest foreign substances.
During stress, energy is removed from the immune system High levels of
stress=colds more likely
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Behavioral Medicine
Interdisciplinary field developed by psychologists and physicians Integrates behavioral
knowledge with medical knowledge
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Exercise
Many studies suggest that aerobic exercise can elevate mood and well-being Raises energy,
increases self-confidence
Lowers tension, depression, and anxiety
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R-E-L-A-X
Relaxation and meditation have similar effects in reducing tension and anxiety
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Faith
Regular religious attendance has been a reliable predictor of a longer life span with a reduced risk of dying
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Intervening Factors
Investigators suggest there are three factors that connect religious involvement and better health.